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Patent No.:

US 9056196 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 14, 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);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49204 (2015.01); A61N 1/36032 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cochlear lead includes a plurality of electrode assemblies partially embedded in a flexible body configured to stimulate an auditory nerve from within a cochlea. Each of the electrode assemblies includes a flexible electrically conductive material forming a plurality of support structures and an electrode pad attached a support structure, the electrode pad having a surface that is configured to be exposed to cochlear tissue and fluids and has a charge transfer to the cochlear tissue and fluids that is higher than the flexible electrically conductive material.


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