Template for Bilateral Symmetric Stimulator Fixation/Implantation
AssigneeMED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
InventorsAnandhan Dhanasingh, Claude Jolly, Andreas Harnisch
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Abstract
A bilateral hearing implant surgical template arrangement is described. An adjustable headpiece with left and right sides fits over the head of a surgical patient. There are left and right implant stimulator templates, each configured to conform against an underlying side of the patient's head and each connected to a corresponding left and right side of the adjustable headpiece by an adjustable connection. Each adjustable connection is configured to allow adjustment of the position of the implant stimulator template with respect to the adjustable headpiece so as to define stimulator implantation sites at symmetric locations on each side of the patient's head.
Claims19
A symmetric surgical template arrangement for a bilateral hearing implant system, the arrangement comprising:
- an adjustable headpiece with left and right sides is configured to fit over the head of a surgical patient;
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- left and right implant stimulator templates, each connected to a corresponding left and right side of the adjustable headpiece by an adjustable connection and configured to conform against an underlying side of the patient's head, wherein each implant stimulator template has an implant outline defining an area corresponding to an implanted stimulator of the bilateral hearing implant system, and wherein each adjustable connection is configured to allow adjustment of the position of the implant stimulator template with respect to the adjustable headpiece so as to define stimulator implantation sites at symmetric locations on each side of the patient's head.
A surgical template arrangement for a bilateral hearing implant system, the arrangement comprising:
- an implant stimulator template configured to fit behind an outer ear pinna of a recipient patient at an adjustable connection and configured to conform against an underlying side of the head, wherein the implant stimulator template has an implant outline defining an area corresponding to an implanted stimulator of the bilateral hearing implant system, and wherein the adjustable connection is configured to allow adjustment of the position of the implant stimulator template with respect to the outer ear pinna so as to define stimulator implantation sites at symmetric locations on each side of the patient's head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.