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Optical sensing system for cochlear implant surgery

  • US 9,345,397 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2011
  • Issued: 05/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sensing system for implant surgery, comprising:

  • an insertion device or stylet configured for moving a cochlear implant into a narrow cavity in a patient'"'"'s body;

    an optical sensor for measuring distance from an end of the insertion device to anatomic surfaces at a distance from the end of the insertion device; and

    an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system connected to the optical sensor,wherein the optical sensor is incorporated within and at a distal end of the insertion device, andwherein a distal end of the optical sensor provides a reference signal for the OCT system.

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