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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Farhang Abbasi, East Azerbayjan, IR;
Claude Jolly, Voels, AT;
Mohammad Farhadi, Tehran, IR;
Erwin S. Hochmair, Axams, AT;
Hamid Mirzadeh, Tehran, IR;
Farhang Abbasi, East Azerbayjan, IR;
Claude Jolly, Voels, AT;
Mohammad Farhadi, Tehran, IR;
Erwin S. Hochmair, Axams, AT;
Hamid Mirzadeh, Tehran, IR;
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
Abstract
A perimodiolar electrode for cochlear implantation includes an electrode carrier having a front end and a back end. The electrode carrier includes one or more contacts and a hydrophilic segment that swells after insertion in a cochlea and detaches at least in part from the carrier. In accordance with related embodiments, the hydrophilic segment may detach from the electrode carrier between the front end and the back end. The detached hydrophilic segment may surround the modiolus of a scala tympani of the cochlea or the inner wall of a scala tympani of the cochlea.