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Class Information
Number: 607/137
Name: Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application > Light, thermal, and electrical application > Electrical energy applicator > Placed in body > Inner ear (e.g., cochlea)
Description: Subject matter wherein the electrodes are implanted in the structures of the inner ear such as the cochlea for stimulating nerve fibers of the auditory system.
Patents under this class:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7587248 |
Implantable prosthetic device |
Sep. 8, 2009 |
| 7574264 |
Multirate cochlear stimulation strategy and apparatus |
Aug. 11, 2009 |
| 7571012 |
Apparatus for delivery of pharmaceuticals to the cochlea |
Aug. 4, 2009 |
| 7571005 |
Adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for optimizing performance of a multi-channel neural stimulator |
Aug. 4, 2009 |
| 7555352 |
Implantable carrier member having a non-communicative lumen |
Jun. 30, 2009 |
| 7519434 |
Electrode array for a cochlear implant having one or more adjustable electrodes |
Apr. 14, 2009 |
| 7519435 |
Methods for maintaining low impedance of electrodes |
Apr. 14, 2009 |
| 7496405 |
Sound processing and stimulation systems and methods for use with cochlear implant devices |
Feb. 24, 2009 |
| 7493170 |
Adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for optimizing performance of a multi-channel neural stimulator |
Feb. 17, 2009 |
| 7451000 |
Pre-curved cochlear implant electrode array |
Nov. 11, 2008 |
| 7444185 |
High contact count, sub-miniature, fully implantable cochlear prosthesis |
Oct. 28, 2008 |
| 7409070 |
Implant device |
Aug. 5, 2008 |
| 7406352 |
Laminated electrode for a cochlear implant |
Jul. 29, 2008 |
| 7367992 |
Curved cochlear implant electrode array |
May. 6, 2008 |
| 7349741 |
Cochlear implant sound processor with permanently integrated replenishable power source |
Mar. 25, 2008 |
| 7349744 |
Cochlear electrode array |
Mar. 25, 2008 |
| 7328072 |
Telescopic array for a cochlear implant |
Feb. 5, 2008 |
| 7319906 |
Cochlear implant electrode and method of making same |
Jan. 15, 2008 |
| 7315763 |
Cochlear implant electrode and method of making same |
Jan. 1, 2008 |
| 7292892 |
Methods and systems for fitting a cochlear implant to a patient |
Nov. 6, 2007 |
| 7283876 |
Electrical stimulation of the acoustic nerve based on selected groups |
Oct. 16, 2007 |
| 7277759 |
Method of rapid neural response measurement without amplitude attenuation |
Oct. 2, 2007 |
| 7272449 |
Cochlear implant electrode array |
Sep. 18, 2007 |
| 7272446 |
Power efficient electrical stimulation |
Sep. 18, 2007 |
| 7269461 |
Double stylet insertion tool for a cochlear implant electrode array |
Sep. 11, 2007 |
| 7251530 |
Optimizing pitch and other speech stimuli allocation in a cochlear implant |
Jul. 31, 2007 |
| 7242985 |
Outer hair cell stimulation model for the use by an intra--cochlear implant |
Jul. 10, 2007 |
| 7225027 |
Cochlear implants and apparatus/methods for improving audio signals by use of frequency-amplitude-modulation-encoding (FAME) strategies |
May. 29, 2007 |
| 7194314 |
Cochlear implant including a modiolar return electrode |
Mar. 20, 2007 |
| 7184843 |
Electrode array with non-uniform electrode spacing |
Feb. 27, 2007 |
| 7174223 |
Virtual wire assembly having hermetic feedthroughs |
Feb. 6, 2007 |
| 7149583 |
Method of using non-simultaneous stimulation to represent the within-channel fine structure |
Dec. 12, 2006 |
| 7146227 |
Combination stylet and straightening coating for a cochlear implant electrode array |
Dec. 5, 2006 |
| 7103417 |
Adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for optimizing performance of a multi-channel neural stimulator |
Sep. 5, 2006 |
| 7082332 |
Sound processor for a cochlear implant |
Jul. 25, 2006 |
| 7063708 |
Insertion tool system for an electrode array |
Jun. 20, 2006 |
| 7050858 |
Insertion tool for placement of electrode system inside the cochlear lumen |
May. 23, 2006 |
| 6980864 |
High contact count, sub-miniature, full implantable cochlear prosthesis |
Dec. 27, 2005 |
| 6968238 |
Method for inserting cochlear electrode and insertion tool for use therewith |
Nov. 22, 2005 |
| 6889094 |
Electrode array for hybrid cochlear stimulator |
May. 3, 2005 |
| 6862805 |
Method of making a cochlear electrode array having current-focusing and tissue-treating features |
Mar. 8, 2005 |
| 6826430 |
High contact count, sub-miniature, fully implantable cochlear prosthesis |
Nov. 30, 2004 |
| 6810289 |
Transcutaneous power optimization circuit for cochlear implant |
Oct. 26, 2004 |
| 6782619 |
Method of making high contact density electrode array |
Aug. 31, 2004 |
| 6726719 |
Attachment mechanism for middle ear prosthesis |
Apr. 27, 2004 |
| 6678564 |
Bio-implant and method of making the same |
Jan. 13, 2004 |
| 6628991 |
Minimally-invasive access into the cochlea for electrode insertion and fluid delivery |
Sep. 30, 2003 |
| 6556870 |
Partially inserted cochlear implant |
Apr. 29, 2003 |
| 6549814 |
Blade electrode array for insertion under soft tissue of lateral wall of cochlea |
Apr. 15, 2003 |
| 6542777 |
Spiral shield for a flexible high-Q implantable inductively coupled device |
Apr. 1, 2003 |
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