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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Med-el Elektromedizinische Geraete Gmbh, Innsbruck, AT;
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Charles Coleman Della Santina, Towson, MD (US);
Andreas Marx, Innsbruck, AT;
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A vestibular stimulation electrode lead is described for conducting electrical stimulation signals generated by an implanted vestibular stimulation module. An extra-vestibular lead branch carries the stimulation signals from the stimulation module to a vestibular entry location. A stopper collar is bent away at a first discrete angle from a distal end of the extra-vestibular lead branch to penetrate into a vestibular structure at the entry location. An intra-vestibular electrode array is bent away at a second discrete angle from the stopper collar and has an outer surface with one or more electrode contacts for delivering the stimulation signals to vestibular neural tissue at a target location within the vestibular structure. The first and second discrete angles form a geometry of the stopper collar and intra-vestibular electrode array that limits insertion of the intra-vestibular electrode array beyond the target location within the vestibular structure.