	US 12,186,560 B2
	Vestibular stimulation prosthesis
Angel Manuel Ramos Macias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES); Angel Ramos De Miguel, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES); Koen Erik Van Den Heuvel, Macquarie University (AU); and Mattheus Johannes Petrus Killian, Macquarie University (AU)
Assigned to Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU); and University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES)
Filed by Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU); and University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/507,403.
Application 18/507,403 is a continuation of application No. 16/816,965, filed on Mar. 12, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 19382629 (EP), filed on Jul. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0082577 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01)

CPC A61N 1/3606 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/36142 (2013.01); A61N 1/372 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A method comprising:

surgically accessing an implantation area in a recipient;

placing a first surface of a flexible body of a vestibular stimulation prosthesis against an oval window of the recipient, the flexible body having a second surface substantially opposed to the first surface, wherein the first surface includes at least a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to stimulate vestibular tissue of the recipient to provide a sense of balance to the recipient;

implanting the flexible body at least partially in contact with an ossicular chain of the recipient; and

implanting, remote from the flexible body, an implantable housing including a stimulator, wherein the stimulator is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode via a lead.