Patent ID: 9101732
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A61K,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable medical device comprising: an elongate component that is at least partially implantable in a cochlear of a recipient; and a drug-delivery sleeve releasably carrying at least one drug and having a lumen configured to receive the elongate component so as to allow relative displacement of the sleeve and the elongate component, wherein the sleeve is manually compressible to the elongate component such that the sleeve is retained stationary relative to the elongate component at an intra-cochlear region of the elongate component, wherein the sleeve includes an attachment frame having a length extending between first and second ends of the sleeve, and a plurality of rings each connected to the attachment frame, wherein the rings are aligned along the length of the attachment frame such that the elongate component is positionable in respective lumens of each of the rings concurrently, and wherein the attachment frame comprises a plurality of severable regions at which the rings may be severed from each other.