Surgery – Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid
Patent
1993-07-01
1995-10-10
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid
607 57, 381 69, H04R 2500
Patent
active
054566541
ABSTRACT:
An electromagnetic transducer for improving hearing in a hearing impaired person comprises a magnet assembly and a coil secured inside a housing which is fixed to an ossicle or a middle ear. The coil is more rigidly secured to the housing than the magnet. The magnet assembly and coil are configured such that conducting alternating electrical current through the coil causes magnetic fields or the coil and the magnet assembly to cause the magnet assembly and coil to vibrate relative to one another. Because the coil is more rigidly secured to the housing than the magnet assembly, the vibrations of the coil cause the housing to vibrate. The vibrations are conducted to the oval window of the ear via the ossicles. In alternate embodiments, transducer is secured to ossicular prostheses that are secured within the middle ear.
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Cohen Lee S.
Lacyk John P.
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