Novel optical fibre for cochlear implants

  • Hwa Yaw Tam
  • , Zhengyong Liu
  • , Dinusha Serandi Gunawardena
  • , Arvind N. Vadivelu
  • , Bernard Chen
  • , Denny Oetomo
  • , Stephen O’Leary

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Abstract

We report the application of low-bending loss fibres inscribed with fibre Bragg grating sensor arrays integrated inside a cochlear implant’s electrode array for contact force measurement to reduce insertion trauma during cochlear surgery.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSixth International Workshop on Specialty Optical Fibers and Their Applications, WSOF 2019
EditorsJohn Ballato, Liang Dong
PublisherSPIE
Volume11206
ISBN (Electronic)9781510631618
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2019
Event6th International Workshop on Specialty Optical Fibers and Their Applications, WSOF 2019 - Charleston, United States
Duration: 6 Nov 20198 Nov 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11206
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference6th International Workshop on Specialty Optical Fibers and Their Applications, WSOF 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCharleston
Period6/11/198/11/19

Keywords

  • Bending loss
  • Cochlear implant
  • Contact force measurement
  • Fibre Bragg grating
  • Fibre-optic sensor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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