US 12,121,415 B2
Inner ear plug
Kristien Johanna Maria Verhoeven, Mechelen (BE); Daniel Smyth, Dublin (IE); Marcus Andersson, Mölnlycke (SE); Claudiu G. Treaba, New York, NY (US); and Fysh Dadd, Lane Cove (AU)
Assigned to Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Filed by Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/556,053.
Application 17/556,053 is a continuation of application No. 15/165,165, filed on May 26, 2016, granted, now 11,213,430.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110795 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 11/00 (2022.01); A61F 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 11/00 (2013.01) [A61F 11/045 (2013.01); A61M 31/002 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0662 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant, comprising:
a first member, including:
an annular member configured to be inserted into an opening to a body chamber within a recipient,
a groove extending around an outer surface of the annular member, wherein the groove is configured to mate with a body structure surrounding the opening to the body chamber, and
a lumen extending through the first member; and
a second member configured to be inserted into the lumen, wherein the second member is configured to mate with the annular member and is configured to deliver one or more drugs into the body chamber, and wherein the second member comprises an outer body defining a reservoir for the one or more drugs.