US Patent Issued to Advanced Bionics on Sept. 8 for "Assemblies, electrode leads, and methods for steering an electrode lead during insertion into a cochlea" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,261, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Advanced Bionics LLC (Valencia, Calif.).

"Assemblies, electrode leads, and methods for steering an electrode lead during insertion into a cochlea" was invented by Stephan Geiger (Hannover, Germany) and Martin Grossoehmichen (Nienhagen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary assembly may be adapted for insertion into a cochlea. The assembly may comprise a tubular element and an electrode lead having a flexible body and one or more electrode contacts located on the flexible body. The tubular element may comprise a lumen that extends along a length of the flexible body; and a pluralit...