Electrode assembly for cochlear implant

Details Electrode assembly for cochlear implant Electrode assembly for cochlear implant

1986-09-26

1989-03-07

Cohen, Lee S.

Surgery

Truss

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1284206, A61N 105, A61N 118

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048097128

ABSTRACT:
A cochlear implant electrode assembly and a method for affixing it to a bone in the ear. An electrode ball of unfixed turns is made from one end of each wire leading to the electronics part of the implant, a corresponding attachment hole is drilled in the bone, and the ball is affixed to the hole without the use of fixation devices by tapping the turns into the hole.

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