Patent ID: 9440073
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A61N

Claim Text:
1. A cochlear implant, comprising: a stimulating assembly comprising a plurality of stimulating contacts configured to be implanted in a recipient's cochlea such that the stimulating assembly spirals around at least a portion of the cochlea's modiolus; and a stimulator unit configured to deliver stimulation current to the modiolus via at least one stimulating contact and configured to sink the stimulation current via a plurality of other stimulating contacts such that the stimulation current enters the modiolus at a first population of spiral ganglion cells and exits the modiolus at a second population of spiral ganglion cells that is physically separated from the first population of spiral ganglion cells, wherein the stimulator unit is configured to deliver stimulation current to the cochlea via a plurality of stimulating contacts.