A61N 1/0541
Cochlear electrodes
Official title: {Cochlear electrodes}
A61N1/0541 (Cochlear electrodes) appears on 1,204 US grants and 1,577 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 1,204
- Published applications
- 1,577
- Assignees
- 253
- Inventors
- 1,469
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 1 |
| 2002 | 12 | 6 |
| 2003 | 9 | 15 |
| 2004 | 6 | 22 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16 |
| 2006 | 9 | 33 |
| 2007 | 11 | 33 |
| 2008 | 13 | 44 |
| 2009 | 10 | 44 |
| 2010 | 23 | 55 |
| 2011 | 37 | 81 |
| 2012 | 49 | 59 |
| 2013 | 49 | 69 |
| 2014 | 81 | 80 |
| 2015 | 58 | 102 |
| 2016 | 81 | 92 |
| 2017 | 84 | 80 |
| 2018 | 67 | 94 |
| 2019 | 58 | 57 |
| 2020 | 83 | 88 |
| 2021 | 67 | 91 |
| 2022 | 68 | 102 |
| 2023 | 47 | 75 |
| 2024 | 79 | 91 |
| 2025 | 80 | 79 |
| 2026 | 38 | 68 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Magnet removal and replacement apparatus and methods for use with cochlear implants6 Oct 2026US 12,752,113 B2Advanced Bionics AG
- Cochlear implants having MRI-compatible magnet apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,114 B2Advanced Bionics AG
- Magnified binaural cues in a binaural hearing system15 Sep 2026US 12,739,573 B2Cochlear Limited
- System for accessing a cochlear implant lead insertion site8 Sep 2026US 12,728,245 B2Spiral Therapeutics Inc.
- Assemblies, electrode leads, and methods for steering an electrode lead during insertion into a cochlea8 Sep 2026US 12,728,261 B2Advanced Bionics AG
- Electrocochleography-based classification8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306009 A1The University of Melbourne
- Medical device insertion with contour mapping8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306841 A1Cochlear Limited
- Smart medical device insertion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295255 A1Cochlear Limited
- Visualization system for real-time monitoring of the cochlea1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295256 A1Northwestern University
- Acoustic modulation device for medical applications and method thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295277 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cochlear implant system component having multiple electrode assemblies1,455US 9,119,957 B2Cochlear Limited · 2015
- Surgical instrument including housing, a cutting accessory that extends from the housing and actuators that establish the position of the cutting accessory relative to the housing1,181US 9,707,043 B2Stryker Corporation · 2017
- Living tissue stimulation and recording techniques with local control of active sites455US 6,038,480 AMedtronic, Inc. · 2000
- Devices, systems and methods for diagnosing and treating sinusitus and other disorders of the ears, nose and/or throat357US 7,654,997 B2Acclarent, Inc. · 2010
- Stereotactic hypothalamic obesity probe321US 6,129,685 AUniversity of Iowa Research Foundation · 2000