Anup Ramachandran,Stefan B. Nielsen,Claude Jolly,Martin Zimmerling
申请号：
US13693268
公开号：
US08948884B2
申请日:
2012.12.04
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
A novel electrode array is described for ear implant systems such as cochlear implants (CI) and vestibular implants (VI). The electrode array includes an electrode array core made of a flexible polymer material including an elongated helical portion having multiple helical turns. Electrode wires are embedded within the array core for carrying electrical stimulation signals. At a terminal end of each electrode wire, an electrode stimulation contact is exposed through the array core for applying the electrical stimulation signals to adjacent neural tissue. An electrode carrier of resilient material encases the electrode array and has an outer surface with contact openings exposing the stimulation contacts.
