Surgery – Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid
Patent
1988-03-08
1989-07-25
Hindenburg, Max
Surgery
Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid
1284206, H04R 2500
Patent
active
048509620
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving the hearing of a hearing-impaired subject who, if anatomically normal, possesses a tympanic membrane intended for generating mechanical tympanic vibrations in response to sound waves impinging thereon, an inner ear responsive to mechanical vibrations, and an ossicular chain intended to communicate mechanical vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear; wherein the ossicular chain is interrupted to preclude transmission of mechanical vibrations between the tympanic membrane and the inner ear of the subject and an implant is surgically interposed within the ossicular chain to form an independent link between the tympanic membrane and the inner ear, which implant is comprised of a transducer for converting mechanical signals generated at the tympanic membrane into electrical signals for direct electrical stimulation of the inner ear.
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Hindenburg Max
Lacyk J. P.
Medical Devices Group, Inc.
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