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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Med-el Elektromedizinische Geraete Gmbh, Innsbruck, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61F 11/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrode guide bridge is used for inserting a cochlear implant electrode into a cochlea scala of a patient cochlea. An electrode holder encloses at least a portion of a cochlear implant electrode while allowing the electrode to slide freely without friction. A pointed distal tip of the electrode holder is sized to fit within a posterior tympanotomy during electrode insertion surgery and into an electrode opening in an outer surface of the patient cochlea without entering the cochlea scala to prevent an apical tip of the enclosed electrode from contacting tissues around the electrode opening during the insertion surgery.