ArticleGMS current topics in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery2009
Biomaterials in cochlear implants.
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18 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Novel Drug-Loaded Porous Parylene Electrode for Targeted Anti-Inflammatory Therapy and Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation.Advanced healthcare materials · 2026Article
- Overcoming failure: improving acceptance and success of implanted neural interfaces.Bioelectronic medicine · 2025Review
- Survivability of Titanium Implant Materials: In Vitro Simulated Inflammatory and Infectious Environment.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Article
- Computational Modeling of Diffusion-Based Delamination for Active Implantable Medical Devices.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Biopolymeric Coatings for Local Release of Therapeutics from Biomedical Implants.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023Review
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- Closing the Gap between the Auditory Nerve and Cochlear Implant Electrodes: Which Neurotrophin Cocktail Performs Best for Axonal Outgrowth and Is Electrical Stimulation Beneficial?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- On the Fabrication and Characterization of Polymer-Based Waveguide Probes for Use in Future Optical Cochlear Implants.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Antibacterial Designs for Implantable Medical Devices: Evolutions and Challenges.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2022Review
- Antibacterial Polysiloxane Polymers and Coatings for Cochlear Implants.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Biocompatibility of common implantable sensor materials in a tumor xenograft model.Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials · 2019Article
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- Nanoparticle-based Plasmonic Transduction for Modulation of Electrically Excitable Cells.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Cochlear implant - state of the art.GMS current topics in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery · 2017Review
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- Direct Intracochlear Acoustic Stimulation Using a PZT Microactuator.Trends in hearing · 2015Article
- PVDF-Based Piezoelectric Microphone for Sound Detection Inside the Cochlea: Toward Totally Implantable Cochlear Implants.Trends in hearingArticle
- Auditory disorders and future therapies with delivery systems.Journal of tissue engineeringReview
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Abstract
The cochlear implant (CI) represents, for almost 25 years now, the gold standard in the treatment of children born deaf and for postlingually deafened adults. These devices thus constitute the greatest success story in the field of 'neurobionic' prostheses. Their (now routine) fitting in adults, and especially in young children and even babies, places exacting demands on these implants, particularly with regard to the biocompatibility of a CI's surface components. Furthermore, certain parts of the implant face considerable mechanical challenges, such as the need for the electrode array to be flexible and resistant to breakage, and for the implant casing to be able to withstand external forces.As these implants are in the immediate vicinity of the middle-ear mucosa and of the junction to the perilymph of the cochlea, the risk exists - at least in principle - that bacteria may spread along the electrode array into the cochlea. The wide-ranging requirements made of the CI in terms of biocompatibility and the electrode mechanism mean that there is still further scope - despite the fact that CIs are already technically highly sophisticated - for ongoing improvements to the properties of these implants and their constituent materials, thus enhancing the effectiveness of these devices.This paper will therefore discuss fundamental material aspects of CIs as well as the potential for their future development.
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