Surgery – Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-15
2005-02-15
Gilbert, Samuel G. (Department: 3736)
Surgery
Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid
Reexamination Certificate
active
06855104
ABSTRACT:
An implantable electromagnetic transducer for hearing aids and process for tuning its frequency response are disclosed. The transducer is provided with a static transducer part which includes a hermetically sealed transducer housing and a ring coil arrangement which is mounted inside, and with a dynamic part which is mechanically connected to the static transducer part via at least one connecting element which is coupled in the implanted state to part of the body of the implant wearer via at least one connecting element. The implantable transducer has a permanent magnet arrangement, which interacts with the ring coil arrangement and which is supported to be able to vibrate by means of a support in the direction of the axis of the ring coil arrangement, with at least one connecting element being made as a multifunction element which is part of the support and/or part of the hermetically tight transducer housing. The mechanical properties of the multifunction element are selected for achieving a set frequency response of the transducer.
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Bernhard Hans
Schmid Christoph
Struzka Zbynek
Gilbert Samuel G.
Nixon & Peabody LLP
Phonak AG
Safran David S.
Veniaminov Nikita R.
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