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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2002
S. George Lesinski, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Armand P. Neukermans, Portola Valley, CA (US);
S. George Lesinski, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Armand P. Neukermans, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Otokinetics Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A fenestration () piercing the otic capsule bone of the cochlea () receives a therapeutic appliance, such as a microactuator (), plug (), micropump for drug or therapeutic agent delivery, electrode (), etc. Disclosed are several different ways of achieving a 'water tight' seal between the otic capsule bone and the therapeutic appliance. Also disclosed are specific ways of implanting the therapeutic appliance both with and without a sheath () lining the wall of the fenestration () formed using specialized surgical burrs ().