Cochlear implant electrode insertion bridge

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9381040
APP PUB NO 20150032123A1
SERIAL NO

14334768

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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.

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MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH6020 INNSBRUCK

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dhanasingh, Anandhan Innsbruck, AT 30 179
Jolly, Claude Innsbruck, AT 68 1130
van, de Heyning Paul Boom, BE 3 10

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