Erwin Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Dear All, Kindly need your advise on the reliability level of Medel PULSAR. Is it any issue encountered to user who used this CI type ? Thanks, Erwin E0607022530.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted June 8, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 @Erwin The link in your post is not working. I believe Med-El has reliability graphs on their website for each type of internal implant. Is the Pulsar the ceramic implant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted June 8, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 I cannot find the Pulsar reliability info. Let’s tag @MED-EL Moderator for some help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted June 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Dear Mary, Yes, it's ceramic Implant. Regards, Erwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted June 8, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 I have read someone’s post about recently receiving that ceramic implant in the US due to the need to avoid titanium. If I come across that post, I will tag you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted June 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Interesting, I didn't know there is a ceramic implant. What little I know about high-tech ceramics, the ceramic itself shouldn't affect the function. But the photo here: http://www.medel.com/int/show/index/id/307/title/PULSAR-Implant is kind of odd - where's the magnet? And it appears that this is not available in the US yet. It's quite small, I'd be interested to learn more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted June 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Pulsar was in 2004 http://www.medel.com/history/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Featherston Posted June 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 So why didn't they stick with ceramics? Was it a problem, or was it just that titanium became more readily available? That whole timeline is interesting, even just a few design generations ago the processors were huge and quite clunky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted June 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 I believe the strength of titanium was a factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Mary Beth Posted June 9, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 @Mary Featherston This link gives pros and cons of titanium versus ceramic implants. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199815/ Daniel the Stranger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HearPeers Heroes Kara of Canada Posted June 10, 2018 HearPeers Heroes Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 I heard someone say they changed from ceramic to titanium for durability reasons. If someone got hit in the head the ceramic would break. Where as titanium is much much more durable. Mary Featherston 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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