Psaltis, DemetriStankovic, KonstantinaConkey, Donald BenjamanRomito, Marilisa2017-11-012017-11-012017-11-012017https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/141700A method for visualizing structures inside a cochlea, comprising the steps of irradiating a cochlear bone with a first laser light to ablate portions of the cochlear bone, to form a thinned area of the cochlear bone, and imaging intracochlear structures by a second light via the thinned area of the cochlear bone to optically scan targeted structures inside the cochlea.A device and method for increased light transmission through cochlear bone by laser ablation for in situ intracochlear imagingpatentUS11116406US2019200868WO201717901058737694