Patents by Inventor Farhang Abbasi

Farhang Abbasi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Intra-cochlear electrode with a partially detachable hydrophilic segment for deferred self-positioning
    Patent number: 8145326
    Abstract: A perimodiolar electrode for cochlear implantation includes an electrode carrier having a front end and a back end. The electrode carrier includes one or more contacts and a hydrophilic segment that swells after insertion in a cochlea and detaches at least in part from the carrier. In accordance with related embodiments, the hydrophilic segment may detach from the electrode carrier between the front end and the back end. The detached hydrophilic segment may surround the modiolus of a scala tympani of the cochlea or the inner wall of a scala tympani of the cochlea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventors: Farhang Abbasi, Claude Jolly, Mohammad Farhadi, Erwin S. Hochmair, Hamid Mirzadeh
  • Intra-Cochlear Electrode with a Partially Detachable Hydrophilic Segment for Deferred Self-Positioning
    Publication number: 20080058914
    Abstract: A perimodiolar electrode for cochlear implantation includes an electrode carrier having a front end and a back end. The electrode carrier includes one or more contacts and a hydrophilic segment that swells after insertion in a cochlea and detaches at least in part from the carrier. In accordance with related embodiments, the hydrophilic segment may detach from the electrode carrier between the front end and the back end. The detached hydrophilic segment may surround the modiolus of a scala tympani of the cochlea or the inner wall of a scala tympani of the cochlea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Farhang Abbasi, Claude Jolly, Mohammad Farhadi, Erwin Hochmair, Hamid Mirzadeh
  • Intra-cochlear electrode with a partially detachable hydrophilic segment for deferred self-positioning
    Publication number: 20030078516
    Abstract: A perimodiolar electrode for cochlear implantation includes an electrode carrier having a front end and a back end. The electrode carrier includes one or more contacts and a hydrophilic segment that swells after insertion in a cochlea and detaches at least in part from the carrier. In accordance with related embodiments, the hydrophilic segment may detach from the electrode carrier between the front end and the back end. The detached hydrophilic segment may surround the modiolus of a scala tympani of the cochlea or the inner wall of a scala tympani of the cochlea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Farhang Abbasi, Claude Jolly, Mohammad Farhadi, Erwin S. Hochmair, Hamid Mirzadeh