How Does Electrode Design Increase the Safety of a Cochlear Implant?
Release Date: 10/03/2023
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info_outlineProf. Dr. med. Sebastian Schmerber and Dr. Anandhan Dhanasingh talk to Manfred Pieber about how the design features of MED-EL’s flexible, free-fitting, straight FLEX series electrode arrays contribute to implant safety and reliability by reducing the occurrence of common problems such as tip fold-over, scalar deviation, and migration and also preserve intracochlear structures.
Weblinks:
Cochlear Implant Safety and Reliability (medel.pro)
Electrode Arrays | MED-EL Pro (medel.pro)
Download the full Reliability Report at: Reliable Cochlear Implants by Design from MED-EL (medel.com)
Literature Links:
An overview of cochlear implant electrode array designs (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29102129/)
Review on cochlear implant electrode array tip fold-over and scalar deviation (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31467506/)
Scalar localization by cone-beam computed tomography of cochlear implant carriers: a comparative study between straight and periomodiolar precurved electrode arrays (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25575374/)
Correlation Between Cochlear Length, Insertion Angle, and Tonotopic Mismatch for MED-EL FLEX28 Electrode Arrays (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34538852/)
Suitable Electrode Choice for Robotic-Assisted Cochlear Implant Surgery: A Systematic Literature Review of Manual Electrode Insertion Adverse Events (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35402479/)