US Patent Issued to Cochlear on May 26 for "Electroporation shield for implantable electrodes" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,491, issued on May 26, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Electroporation shield for implantable electrodes" was invented by Paul Michael Carter (Galson, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented herein is an electroporation shield configured to be removably coupled to an implantable stimulating assembly that includes one or more stimulation electrodes. The electroporation shield is coupled to stimulating assembly such that the electroporation shield electrically insulates the one or more of the stimulation electrodes from an electroporation electrical field generated by one or more electroporat...