Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Therapeutic appliance for cochlea
- Patent Title (中): 耳蜗治疗器具
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Application No.: US10494345Application Date: 2002-10-26
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Publication No.: US08147544B2Publication Date: 2012-04-03
- Inventor: S. George Lesinski , Armand P. Neukermans
- Applicant: S. George Lesinski , Armand P. Neukermans
- Applicant Address: US UT Salt Lake City
- Assignee: Otokinetics Inc.
- Current Assignee: Otokinetics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Salt Lake City
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- International Application: PCT/US02/34360 WO 20021026
- International Announcement: WO03/037212 WO 20030508
- Main IPC: A61B17/32
- IPC: A61B17/32
Abstract:
A fenestration (36) piercing the otic capsule bone of the cochlea (34) receives a therapeutic appliance, such as a microactuator (78), plug (92), micropump for drug or therapeutic agent delivery, electrode (102), etc. Disclosed are several different ways of achieving a “water tight” seal between the otic capsule bone and the therapeutic appliance. Also disclosed are specific ways of implanting the therapeutic appliance both with and without a sheath (72) lining the wall of the fenestration (36) formed using specialized surgical burrs (122, 124, 162, 164).
Public/Granted literature
- US20050203557A1 Implantation method for a hearing aid microactuator implanted into the cochlea Public/Granted day:2005-09-15
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