US 12,171,999 B2
Vestibular stimulation device
Frank Risi, Newtown (AU); Colin Irwin, Nice (FR); Jay T. Rubinstein, Seattle, WA (US); Felipe Santos, Boston, MA (US); and James O. Phillips, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU); and University of Washington Center for Commercialization, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU); and University of Washington Center for Commercialization, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,679.
Application 18/315,679 is a continuation of application No. 18/162,340, filed on Jan. 31, 2023.
Application 18/162,340 is a continuation of application No. 17/145,583, filed on Jan. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,596,786, issued on Mar. 7, 2023.
Application 17/145,583 is a continuation of application No. 16/237,794, filed on Jan. 2, 2019, granted, now 10,888,696, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Application 16/237,794 is a continuation of application No. 14/744,951, filed on Jun. 19, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/744,951 is a continuation of application No. 13/375,141, granted, now 9,089,692, issued on Jul. 28, 2015, previously published as PCT/AU2010/000655, filed on May 28, 2010.
Claims priority of application No. 2009902449 (AU), filed on May 29, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285747 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0526 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/361 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
inserting at least one electrode array into a recipient, wherein the at least one electrode array comprises one or more electrodes electrically connected to a stimulator unit so as to form at least part of a vestibular stimulation device;
after the at least one electrode array is inserted into the recipient, delivering one or more electrical stimulation signals to a vestibular system of the recipient with the one or more electrodes;
obtaining, via the one or more electrodes, one or more electrically evoked compound action potentials (ECAPs) generated by the vestibular system in response to the one or more electrical stimulation signals;
positioning the at least one electrode array in response to the one or more ECAPs generated by the vestibular system in response to the one or more electrical stimulation signals; and
after positioning, delivering the one or more electrical stimulation signals to otolithic organs or a vestibular periphery of the recipient.