US Patent Issued to Advanced Bionics on May 6 for "Reinforced electrode leads and methods for manufacturing the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,679, issued on May 6, was assigned to Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, Switzerland).

"Reinforced electrode leads and methods for manufacturing the same" was invented by Sung Jin Lee (Valencia, Calif.), Jeryle L. Walter (Valencia, Calif.) and Honggang Jiang (Valencia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary electrode lead includes a flexible body formed of a flexible insulating material and that comprises a fantail region that connects to a cochlear implant configured to be implanted within a recipient and that extends to a ground electrode located toward a proximal end of the electrode lead, an electrode contact disposed on a ...