Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Methods – Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
Patent
1990-07-19
1991-08-06
Silbaugh, Jan H.
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Methods
Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
264511, 264154, 26427215, 264277, B29C 4514, B32B 110
Patent
active
050374974
ABSTRACT:
An array of electrodes, suitable for use as an auditory prosthesis, and a method for fabricating such an array, are disclosed. The array includes an electrode body formed from an electrically insulating flexible material, preferably at least one annulus of an electrically insulating flexible material which is formed separately from the body and adhered thereto, at least one electrode positioned concentrically about each of the at least one annulus or electrode body, with the surface of each electrode being recessed and being exposed.
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Cochlear Corporation
Ortiz Angela
Silbaugh Jan H.
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