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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Fysh Dadd, Lane Cove, AU;
Dusan Milojevic, Westleigh, AU;
Fysh Dadd, Lane Cove, AU;
Dusan Milojevic, Westleigh, AU;
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Abstract
An implantable electrode assembly for a cochlear implant comprising: an elongate carrier member having an intra-cochlear region, an extra-cochlear region, and an additional region immediately adjacent the extra-cochlear region and extending to a stimulator unit; one or more electrodes disposed on the intra-cochlear region of the elongate carrier member; and one or more signal pathways extending from the additional region through at least a portion of the intra-cochlear region, wherein a cross-sectional profile of each of the one or more signal pathways is smaller in the intra-cochlear region than in the additional region.