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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Gordon Wallace, Gwynneville, AU;
Geoff Spinks, Balgownie, AU;
Dezhi Zhou, East Melbourne, AU;
Claudiu Treaba, Wollstonecraft, AU;
Peter Gibson, South Coogee, AU;
Elaine Saunders, Hampton East, AU;
Jin Xu, Doncaster, AU;
Robert Cowan, Prahan, AU;
Gordon Wallace, Gwynneville, AU;
Geoff Spinks, Balgownie, AU;
Dezhi Zhou, East Melbourne, AU;
Claudiu Treaba, Wollstonecraft, AU;
Peter Gibson, South Coogee, AU;
Elaine Saunders, Hampton East, AU;
Jin Xu, Doncaster, AU;
Robert Cowan, Prahan, AU;
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Abstract
An implantable electrode array includes an elongated carrier () and a plurality of electrodes mounted within the carrier. A actuator adjusts the curvature of the carrier and can be controlled by varying an electric potential applied to the actuator. The actuator is based on an electrochemical cells and may be a conducting polymer based actuator.