TY - GEN
T1 - Integrated Force Sensor in a Cochlear Implant for Hearing Preservation Surgery
AU - Vadivelu, Arvind N.
AU - Liu, Zhengyong
AU - Gunawardena, Dinusha S.
AU - Chen, Bernard
AU - Tam, Hwa Yaw
AU - O'Leary, Stephen
AU - Oetomo, Denny
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Cochlear Implant is used for patients with severe hearing loss. It is a neural-prosthesis that stimulates the nerve endings within the cochlea, which is the organ of hearing. The surgical technique involves inserting the electrode array of the implant into a very small 'snail-like' spiral structure. During this insertion process, the surgeon's finger tip is not able to perceive the resistance from the contact of the implant and the cochlea's internal structure, below the internal rupture threshold. This can potentially damage vital structures and result in the worsening of residual hearing and poor speech perception. Currently, there is no clinically and commercially available intra-operative force feedback system. A custom made sensor is therefore proposed, integrated within the implant to enable real-time force readings. The device will provide surgeons with the vital force feedback information related to the implants' position within the cochlea. This paper concentrates on demonstrating that the proposed sensor is capable of measuring the contact force below the rupture threshold of the cochlea's internal structure.
AB - Cochlear Implant is used for patients with severe hearing loss. It is a neural-prosthesis that stimulates the nerve endings within the cochlea, which is the organ of hearing. The surgical technique involves inserting the electrode array of the implant into a very small 'snail-like' spiral structure. During this insertion process, the surgeon's finger tip is not able to perceive the resistance from the contact of the implant and the cochlea's internal structure, below the internal rupture threshold. This can potentially damage vital structures and result in the worsening of residual hearing and poor speech perception. Currently, there is no clinically and commercially available intra-operative force feedback system. A custom made sensor is therefore proposed, integrated within the implant to enable real-time force readings. The device will provide surgeons with the vital force feedback information related to the implants' position within the cochlea. This paper concentrates on demonstrating that the proposed sensor is capable of measuring the contact force below the rupture threshold of the cochlea's internal structure.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077890267&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856549
DO - 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856549
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
C2 - 31946706
AN - SCOPUS:85077890267
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
SP - 3819
EP - 3822
BT - 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2019
Y2 - 23 July 2019 through 27 July 2019
ER -