US Patent Issued to Advanced Bionics on Jan. 28 for "Scalar translocation detection for an electrode lead of a cochlear implant system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,265, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, Switzerland).

"Scalar translocation detection for an electrode lead of a cochlear implant system" was invented by Kanthaiah Koka (Valencia, Calif.) and Leonid M. Litvak (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative scalar translocation detection system directs a loudspeaker to apply acoustic stimulation to a cochlear implant patient while an electrode lead is inserted into a cochlea of the cochlear implant patient. The system detects a first evoked response to the acoustic stimulation while an electrode is positioned at a first location in the cochlea ...