Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0776938

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0776938

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cochlear Implants: Identifying Current Paths through Computational Modelling of MRI Data. The Cochlear implant is an Australian invention (first prototype 1978), leading to the formation of Cochlear Ltd. to commercialise it. Cochlear Ltd. has now delivered implants to over 60,000 people in 70 nations across the world. Copycat companies have arisen overseas, but Cochlear Ltd. remains the market leader, due to their commitment to ongoing R&D. The present project involves magnetic resonance imaging and finite element analysis to study the current leakage pathways in the cranial cavity for the purpose of optimizing the design and placement of the return electrode. The obvious benefit of this is longer battery life. Better understanding of current leakage over other intracranial nerves is the other anticipated benefit.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-08-2008

End Date: 13-11-2011

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $102,347.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biomedical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Biomedical Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders |

Other Keywords

Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders

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