Eric M. Hudak,Anil K. Patnala,Bing Xu,Timothy Lee Conrad,Kurt J. Koester
申请号：
US15963808
公开号：
US20190329027A1
申请日:
2018.04.26
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
An exemplary self-curling cochlear electrode lead includes a flexible body formed of a flexible insulating material, a shape memory polymer element that is embedded within the flexible body and that is configured to cause the self-curling cochlear electrode lead to transition to a curved spiral shape so as to conform with a curvature of a human cochlea when a temperature of the shape memory polymer element reaches a transition temperature, a plurality of electrode contacts arranged along a side of the flexible body, and a plurality of wires embedded within the flexible body and configured to electrically connect the plurality of electrode contacts to at least one signal source. Corresponding methods of manufacturing a self-curling cochlear electrode lead are also described.
