COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230115968A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17499813

    申请日:2021-10-12

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05 A61N1/372

    摘要: A system including a cochlear implant with a cochlear lead including a plurality of electrodes, an antenna, a stimulation processor operably connected to the antenna and to the cochlear lead, and a magnet apparatus, adjacent to the antenna, including a case defining a central axis, a frame within the case and rotatable relative to the case about the central axis of the case, and only two elongate diametrically magnetized magnets that are located in the frame, that are separated from one another by a fixed non-zero distance, that each define a longitudinal axis and a N-S direction, and that are rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the frame, and an external device including an axially magnetized disk-shaped positioning magnet and an antenna adjacent to the axially magnetized disk-shaped positioning magnet.

    REINFORCED ELECTRODE LEADS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210322763A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US17258922

    申请日:2018-07-23

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05 A61N1/36 A61N1/375

    摘要: An exemplary electrode lead includes a flexible body formed of a flexible insulating material, an electrode contact disposed on a side of the flexible body, a coiled electrode wire provided within the flexible body so as to extend along a length of the flexible body and electrically connect the electrode contact to a signal source, and a coiled reinforcing element provided within the flexible body so as to extend together with the coiled electrode wire along the length of the flexible body. A winding direction of the coiled electrode wire is opposite a winding direction of the coiled reinforcing element and a winding pitch of the coiled electrode wire is smaller than a winding pitch of the coiled reinforcing element. Corresponding methods of manufacturing an electrode lead are also described.