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No. It is implanted under the skin, similar to a CI. There is a "small" incision made and the device slipped under the skin. Then using some type of a bone screws (I suspect about 2mm in diameter) the device is "bolted" to the skull. There is no "breaking" involved. Bone screws are very...

Not yet. Good thinking though. Its how it works. Buy when its low, sell when its high. That said, gut feeling tells me over the next 3 months it will fall more as more information is disclosed publically. I would wait a little bit to buy (notice this isn't saying don't buy..just wait..you...

IMHO, the fact that Cochlear Limited is reporting a hermeticity/moisture failure, is completely unacceptable. This is a known technology, has test standards and methods of testing for it, and was the source of the first AB recall. To have a recall of this magintude seems to show systematic...

Is my crystal ball in tune or what? Look what came out today. Moisture blamed for Cochlear implant malfunctions | The Australian -C1

I suspect that you were told how much the CI cost you from the doctor. You probably were not told what the doctor paid for it and even more doubtful you were told COGS (cost of goods sold). Very few people know what COGS are for a CI and if they know, the probably won't share. -C1

It is refreshing to see someone who actually understands that companies generally exist to make money. It can be done by building bombs or by making things that help people. But companies that don't make money don't stay around long. How much is too much? Well, digging into actula...

My crystal ball says (and we all know how accurate those are): Failure rate could exceed 20%. Reading between the lines on the press release with the information available publically (i.e. an "increasingfailure rate after implantation) I suspect that there will be non-hermetic implants...

I am a little confused. That happens to me often. I thought I was clicking on a thread about the recall of the Nucleas CI500. I haven't seen anything in this thread about that?? C1

My point is when someone makes a statement about greedy profit motives such as: Then I would hope they can at a minimum tell me what a CI cost is (minus doctor/surgery/markup) and what the COGS is for a CI. At the same time I would hope they can tell me what the cost of an ICD (implantable...

I must agree with Jillion on this one for the most part. Even simple routine surgery under general people die from. Also, any surgery carries a risk of infection. It is not common, but the risk is there. C1

How much does an ICD cost? What is the manufacturing cost of an ICD? What is the cost of a CI? What is the manufacturing cost of the CI? Now lets just take a look at a company that does brady/tachy rhythm management. On good example is Medtronic. Their gross margin is 75.9% (2010...

The coil is an RF coil. The RF coil in a CI carries both the signal (sound) and the power (from the external battery). The larger diameter the RF coil is, the more effient it typically is. This means, that as you make it smaller, typically battery consumption goes up. It is essentially a...

I am unclear. Can you explain to me where it is written that you have a right to your "1st Amendment FREE speech" on a privately owned server? As an example, on this forum there is no "right to free speech". The owner of the server / forum is allowed to censor. I fail to see where this...

The BAHA uses a percutaneous screw that is anchored into the skull. A vibrating sound processor then attahes to this screw which in turn causes vibration of the skull. It is mostly used for conductive hearing loss applications and mild mixed hearing loss applications. C1

I believe the Nucleas will use an RF signal at about 5Mhz. SInce you have to transmit the right data and transmit it at the right frequency, there is little chance of having something external setting of the CI. Keep in mind over this RF there is a digital signal sent. If the digital signal...