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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Chuladatta Thenuwara, Castaic, CA (US);
Mark Downing, Valencia, CA (US);
Chuladatta Thenuwara, Castaic, CA (US);
Mark Downing, Valencia, CA (US);
Advanced Bionics LLC., Valencia, CA (US);
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, the stiffening element extending past a most distal electrode at the tip of the cochlear lead, wherein a distal portion of the stiffening element plastically deforms upon insertion into a curved portion of the cochlea.
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