Electrode array with non-uniform electrode spacing
CA 2380434 A1 · Owner: The University Of Melbourne · Inventors: Cohen, Lawrence T.
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An electrode array for use with a cochlear implant is disclosed which has , electrodes selectively spaced to better target selected regions of the cochlea. In one form, the spacing between adjacent electrodes decreases towards an apical end of the array, allowing the electrodes to better target receptors on the inner wall of the scala timpani of the cochlea.
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- Filed August 28, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 28, 2020.
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