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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Marco Tortonese, Mountain View, CA (US);
Timothy Beerling, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew I. Haller, Valley Village, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marco Tortonese, Mountain View, CA (US);
Timothy Beerling, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew I. Haller, Valley Village, CA (US);
Assignee:
ADVANCED BIONICS, LLC, Valencia, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61M 25/0102 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61N 1/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stylet for inserting an electrode array into a cochlea includes a first sensor insertable within a lumen of the electrode array and sensitive to force applied by a lumen wall to the first sensor and a first actuator adapted to move the electrode array in response to the force sensed by the first sensor.