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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
May. 27, 2010
Applicants:
Chuladatta Thenuwara, Castaic, CA (US);
Timothy Beerling, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chuladatta Thenuwara, Castaic, CA (US);
Timothy Beerling, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
ADVANCED BIONICS LLC, Valencia, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/36032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cochlear lead includes a plurality of electrodes configured to stimulate an auditory nerve from within a cochlea and a flexible body supporting the plurality of electrodes along a length of the flexible body. A stiffening element is slidably encapsulated within the flexible body and positioned such that the stiffening element plastically deforms upon insertion into a curved portion of the cochlea.