Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Real time cochlear implant insertion status indicator
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Application No.: US14700647Application Date: 2015-04-30
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Publication No.: US09987490B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Ernst Kabot , Mathias Kals
- Applicant: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
- Applicant Address: AT Innsbruck
- Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
- Current Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: AT Innsbruck
- Agency: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/08 ; A61N1/05
Abstract:
A method of determining insertion status of a cochlear implant electrode array into a cochlea of a patient is provided. The method includes measuring conductivity associated with an electrode in the electrode array. Insertion status of the electrode is determined based, at least in part, on the measured conductivity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150314122A1 Real Time Cochlear Implant Insertion Status Indicator Public/Granted day:2015-11-05
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