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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Claude Jolly, Voels, AT;
Ingeborg Hochmair, Axams, AT;
Inventors:
Claude Jolly, Voels, AT;
Ingeborg Hochmair, Axams, AT;
Assignee:
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cochlear implant system is described. An implantable housing includes an electronics module containing circuitry for developing an electrical stimulation signal for the inner ear, and a fluid channel port for receiving therapeutic fluid for the inner ear. An electrode array includes multiple electrode contacts in electrical communication with the electronics module for stimulating neural tissue of the inner ear with the electrical stimulation signal, and a fluid delivery channel for delivering the therapeutic fluid from the fluid channel port to the inner ear.