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Timestamp: 2017-10-19 22:12:28
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 93501', 'Application No. 95246', 'Application No. 95286', 'Application No. 95286', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 01973835', 'Application No. 01973835', 'Application No. 01973835', 'Application No. 01973835', 'Application No. 01973835', 'Application No. 01975835', 'Application No. 01975835', 'Application No. 01975875', 'Application No. 01973835', 'Application No. 01975875', 'Application No. 01973835', 'Application No. 01973835', 'Application No. 2002', 'Application No. 2002']

Patent US7974711 - Double stylet insertion tool for a cochlear implant electrode array - Google Patents
A cochlear implant electrode assembly device (10) comprising an elongate electrode carrier member (11), a first stiffening element (15 a), and a second stiffening element (15 b). The carrier member (11) is made of a resiliently flexible first material and has a plurality of electrodes (12) mounted thereon....http://www.google.com/patents/US7974711?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7974711 - Double stylet insertion tool for a cochlear implant electrode array
Publication number US7974711 B2
Application number US 11/853,641
Also published as CA2382894A1, DE60113293D1, DE60113293T2, EP1341578A1, EP1341578A4, EP1341578B1, US7269461, US20030045921, US20080004684, WO2002030507A1
Publication number 11853641, 853641, US 7974711 B2, US 7974711B2, US-B2-7974711, US7974711 B2, US7974711B2
Inventors Fysh Dadd, Derek I. Darley, Peter Gibson, John Parker, Claudiu Treaba
Patent Citations (66), Non-Patent Citations (39), Referenced by (3), Classifications (10), Legal Events (2)
US 7974711 B2
While stylets 15 a,15 b are each depicted as a platinum stylet, one of both stiffening elements could be provided by a bioresorbable stylet formed from a bioresorbable polyacrylic acid (PAA) that is adapted to dissolve or soften on exposure to cochlear fluids. It will be appreciated that a bioresorbable stylet could be formed from other suitable bioresorbable materials. A stylet made from a shape memory or heat sensitive material could also be utilised as stylet 15 a and/or stylet 15 b.
While the elongate member 11 is manufactured with a preformed curved configuration, the assembly 10 is typically delivered to a surgeon with the stylets 15 a,15 b in place. The placement of both of the stylets 15 a,15 b in the lumen 14 is sufficient to hold the elongate member 11 in the straight configuration depicted in FIG. 1.
US20030093139 Oct 17, 2001 May 15, 2003 Peter Gibson Insertion tool for a cochlear implant electrode array
JPH11502441A Title not available
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U.S. Classification 607/137, 607/56, 607/55, 607/57
Cooperative Classification A61N1/0541, A61F11/004
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