Rodolfo R. LLINAS,Hirobumi Watanabo,Mutsuyuki Sugimori,Masayuki Nakao
申请号：
US13585615
公开号：
US20120310258A1
申请日:
2012.08.14
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A cochlear implant device includes a deformable and stretchable flexible strip composed of a biological compatible material and positioned about a longitudinal axis so as to form a spiral. The implant device has a plurality of conductive strips with electrode windows formed so as to expose a segment of each conductive strip. A density of the electrode windows is sufficient to monitor a distance of the flexible strip from a non-conductive tissue of a patient in a 360 degree field of view about the longitudinal axis. A method of inserting a cochlear implant includes providing a multi-joint robot comprised of a series of actuator units, guiding the multi-joint robot into an inner ear of a patient, monitoring the position of the multi-joint robot relative to a non-conductive portion of the patient and applying current to the multi-joint robot so as to adjust the position of the actuator units.
