IMPLANTABLE AUDITORY PROSTHESIS WITH TEMPORARY CONNECTOR
    2.
    发明公开
    IMPLANTABLE AUDITORY PROSTHESIS WITH TEMPORARY CONNECTOR 有权
    植入听觉假体与临时连接器

    公开(公告)号:EP2688638A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-29

    申请号:EP12713456.7

    申请日:2012-03-16

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05

    CPC分类号: A61N1/0541 A61N1/36036

    摘要: An implantable electrode arrangement for an ear implant system is described. A proximal electrode lead has electrode wires for carrying one or more electrical stimulation signals. A distal electrode array has electrode contacts each forming a terminal end of an electrode wire for applying the electrical stimulation signals to target neural tissue, and one or more intra-operative sensors for generating insertion sensing signals during surgical insertion of the electrode array into the target tissue. An intra-operative electrode section has a sensor connector for providing a temporary connection of one or more external measurement arrangements to the one or more intra-operative sensors during the surgical insertion of the electrode array without being functional after the surgical insertion.

    STAPEDIUS MUSCLE REFLEX RECORDING ELECTRODE WITH A SACRIFICIAL PART
    4.
    发明公开
    STAPEDIUS MUSCLE REFLEX RECORDING ELECTRODE WITH A SACRIFICIAL PART 审中-公开
    带有牺牲部分的STAPEDIUS肌肉反射记录电极

    公开(公告)号:EP3247451A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-29

    申请号:EP16740559.6

    申请日:2016-01-19

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00

    摘要: A stapedius muscle recording electrode arrangement is described having one or more wire electrodes with an inner conducting wire covered by an outer layer of electrical insulation. There is an electrode opening in the electrical insulation that exposes underlying conducting wire. A curved needle has a tip configured for insertion into stapedius muscle tissue, and a base end coupled to the at least one wire electrode. The wire electrode and the needle are configured for insertion of the curved needle through the stapedius muscle tissue or between the stapedius muscle surface and the inner bony surface of the pyramidal eminence to embed the wire electrode in the stapedius muscle tissue or between the stapedius muscle surface and the inner bony surface of the pyramidal eminence for electrical interaction of the conducting wire at the electrode opening with the stapedius muscle tissue.

    ELECTRODE WITH ANTI-SPRING BACK COMPONENT
    5.
    发明公开
    ELECTRODE WITH ANTI-SPRING BACK COMPONENT 审中-公开
    ELEKTRODE MIT抗反弹 - KOMPONENTE

    公开(公告)号:EP3104930A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-21

    申请号:EP15749005.3

    申请日:2015-02-10

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05

    摘要: An implantable electrode arrangement for a cochlear implant system is described that prevents post-surgical retraction of the electrode. The arrangement includes at least one retraction limiter having an extracochlear portion located at a distal end of the extracochlear electrode lead and an intracochlear portion located at a proximal end of the intracochlear electrode array and made at least in part of a swellable material that expands in response to fluid contact. The intracochlear portion of the retraction limiter is adapted for deformation away from an outer surface of the array proximal end in response to exposure of the swellable material to perilymph fluid within the cochlea after surgical insertion of the electrode array into the implanted cochlea so as to form an anti-retraction projection preventing post-surgical retraction of the array proximal end back through the electrode opening in the outer surface of the implanted cochlea.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于耳蜗植入系统的可植入电极装置,其防止电极的手术后缩回。 该装置包括至少一个缩回限制器,其具有位于耳蜗外电极引线的远端处的外耳廓部分和位于耳内电极阵列的近端处的耳内部分,并且至少部分地作为响应而膨胀的可溶胀材料 流体接触。 回缩限制器的耳内部分适于远离阵列近端的外表面的变形,以响应于在将电极阵列手术插入到植入的耳蜗中之后,将可溶胀材料暴露于耳蜗内的外淋巴液,从而形成 防缩回投影防止阵列近端的手术后缩回穿过植入的耳蜗的外表面中的电极开口。

    ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR INNER EAR DRUG DELIVERY
    6.
    发明公开
    ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR INNER EAR DRUG DELIVERY 审中-公开
    附件设备内耳药物CHARGE

    公开(公告)号:EP2825244A2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-21

    申请号:EP13762024.1

    申请日:2013-03-05

    IPC分类号: A61M31/00 A61F11/00

    摘要: An implantable drug delivery accessory is described. A middle ear guide member has a hollow interior enclosed by a non-permeable outer surface. A proximal end of the middle ear guide member is fixed to the tympanic membrane of an implanted patient. A distal end of the middle ear guide member penetrates through a fluid-tight sealed opening into the inner ear. An inner ear holding member has a proximal end connected to the distal end of the middle ear guide member at the sealed opening and a closed distal end terminating the inner ear holding member some predetermined distance within the cochlea. A hollow interior of the inner ear holding member contains a replaceable drug delivery member which stores a therapeutic drug. A semi-permeable outer surface of the inner ear holding member is connected to a cochlear implant electrode and adapted to release therapeutic drug from the hollow interior into adjacent tissue. The drug delivery member is removable and replaceable via the ear canal of the implanted patient through the proximal end of the middle ear.

    COCHLEAR IMPLANT STABILIZATION IN THE MASTOID BONE
    8.
    发明公开
    COCHLEAR IMPLANT STABILIZATION IN THE MASTOID BONE 审中-公开
    耳蜗植入稳定在MASTOID骨骼

    公开(公告)号:EP3284270A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-21

    申请号:EP16780589.4

    申请日:2016-04-13

    IPC分类号: H04R25/02

    摘要: A cochlear implant system is described which includes an implant housing that includes an inward planar surface fits against an outer temporal bone surface of the implant patient, an outward planar surface is parallel to the inward planar surface and fits against overlying skin of the implant patient, and an outer perimeter around each of the planar surfaces forms a connecting surface between the planar surfaces. An implant stabilizer fits over a portion of the connecting surface at the radial outer perimeter and extends into a mastoid bowl opening in the temporal bone of the implant patient. At least one stabilizer attachment element connects to the implant stabilizer parallel to the planar surfaces and project towards the temporal bone at the mastoid bowl opening to fixedly secure the implant housing against the outer temporal bone surface.

    MODIFIED ELECTRODE LEAD FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
    9.
    发明公开
    MODIFIED ELECTRODE LEAD FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANTS 审中-公开
    改性电极用于耳蜗植入

    公开(公告)号:EP3204107A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-16

    申请号:EP15849756.0

    申请日:2015-10-05

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05

    CPC分类号: A61N1/0541

    摘要: An implantable electrode arrangement for a cochlear implant system is described. The arrangement includes a flexible intracochlear electrode array having an outer surface with electrode contacts for applying cochlear stimulation signals to target neural tissue within the implanted cochlea. A flexible extracochlear electrode lead is coupled at a lead proximal end to an implanted signal processor that provides the cochlear stimulation signals, and connected at a lead distal end to a proximal end of the electrode array. A lead holder is connected to the lead distal end and has an initial shape. The lead holder is malleable and adapted to be intra-surgically deformed into and retain a new desired shape so as to secure the lead distal end at the electrode opening into the implanted cochlea and decouple post-surgical mechanical strain at the lead distal end from the electrode array.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于耳蜗植入系统的可植入电极布置。 该装置包括灵活的耳蜗内电极阵列,其具有带电极触点的外表面,用于施加耳蜗刺激信号以对准植入耳蜗内的神经组织。 柔性的超外科缝线电极引线在引线近端处耦合到提供耳蜗刺激信号并且在引线远端处连接到电极阵列的近端的植入式信号处理器。 引线座连接到引线末端并具有初始形状。 引线座具有延展性并且适合于手术内变形并保持新的期望形状,以便将电极开口处的引线远端固定到植入的耳蜗中并且将引线远端处的手术后机械应变与 电极阵列。

    TEMPLATE FOR BILATERAL SYMMETRIC STIMULATOR FIXATION/IMPLANTATION
    10.
    发明公开
    TEMPLATE FOR BILATERAL SYMMETRIC STIMULATOR FIXATION/IMPLANTATION 审中-公开
    双侧对称刺激器固定/植入的模板

    公开(公告)号:EP3203951A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-16

    申请号:EP15849754.5

    申请日:2015-10-05

    IPC分类号: A61F11/04

    摘要: A bilateral hearing implant surgical template arrangement is described. An adjustable headpiece with left and right sides fits over the head of a surgical patient. There are left and right implant stimulator templates, each configured to conform against an underlying side of the patient's head and each connected to a corresponding left and right side of the adjustable headpiece by an adjustable connection. Each adjustable connection is configured to allow adjustment of the position of the implant stimulator template with respect to the adjustable headpiece so as to define stimulator implantation sites at symmetric locations on each side of the patient's head.

    摘要翻译: 描述了双侧听力植入物手术模板布置。 左侧和右侧的可调节头戴式耳机适合手术患者的头部。 有左侧和右侧的种植体刺激器模板,每个模板配置成与患者头部的下侧相符,并且每个都通过可调节连接与可调节机头的相应的左侧和右侧连接。 每个可调连接件被构造成允许调节植入物刺激器模板相对于可调节的头戴件的位置,以便在患者头部的每一侧的对称位置限定刺激器植入位置。