Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANT SURGERY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/040355
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system for cochlear implant surgery includes a reference device having at least a portion adapted to be arranged at a fixed position relative to a cochlea of a patient to provide a reference position, an image acquisition and processing system adapted to acquire an image of at least a portion of the cochlea relative to the reference position and to provide an implant plan based at least partially on the acquired image, and an implant system adapted for implanting a cochlear lead array using the reference position and the implant plan.
Inventors:
TAYLOR RUSSELL H (US)
CHIEN WADE WEI-DE (US)
IORDACHITA IULIAN (US)
NIPARKO JOHN (US)
CHIEN WADE WEI-DE (US)
IORDACHITA IULIAN (US)
NIPARKO JOHN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/052596
Publication Date:
June 21, 2012
Filing Date:
September 21, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV JOHNS HOPKINS (US)
TAYLOR RUSSELL H (US)
CHIEN WADE WEI-DE (US)
IORDACHITA IULIAN (US)
NIPARKO JOHN (US)
TAYLOR RUSSELL H (US)
CHIEN WADE WEI-DE (US)
IORDACHITA IULIAN (US)
NIPARKO JOHN (US)
International Classes:
A61F11/00; A61B5/107; A61F2/18
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2006048097A1 | 2006-05-11 |
Foreign References:
| US20060247517A1 | 2006-11-02 | |||
| US20060167472A1 | 2006-07-27 | |||
| US20060247513A1 | 2006-11-02 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
DALEY, Henry, J. (P.O. Box 34385Washington, District of Columbia, US)
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