Patent ID: 11889272
Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A medical procedure, comprising:
obtaining access to an implant implanted in a recipient, wherein at least a portion of at least a first component of the implant is located in a recess in bone and is fixed to the bone;
while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, detaching a second component from the first component;
while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, removing the second component from within the recipient while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone; and
while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, reattaching the second component or attaching a third component to the first component such that the second component or the third component is attached to the recipient, wherein
the first component is a housing;
the second component is a component of a hearing prosthesis; and
the third component is a replacement component of the hearing prosthesis.