[TF-bau] PHACON Temporal Bone Patient “Schmidt”

Patient characteristics:
– Age: 55 years
– right side
– normal anatomy
– dilated facial recession for easier cochlear implantation

Intended use
◦ Milling of mastoidectomy, facial recessus and cochleostomy
◦ Placement of bone conduction implants
◦ Electrode insertion into the Scala tympani (cochlear implant)

Structures and landmarks
◦ Transparent inner ear structures: cochlea and semicircular canals
◦ pneumatized bone with cochlea, semicircular canals and ossicles
◦ pre-milled and marked round window opening
◦ Membranes: eardrum
◦ Nerves: facial nerve and chorda tympani
◦ Muscles: Musculus stapedius, Musculus tensor tympani and Musculus digastricus
◦ Vessels: sigmoid sinus and carotid artery
◦ Representation of soft tissue: dura, peroisteum and skin