Surgery – Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-07
2011-06-07
Marmor, II, Charles A (Department: 3735)
Surgery
Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid
Reexamination Certificate
active
07955249
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for directly stimulating a tympanic membrane or other acoustic member comprising a support with a plurality of activatable elements. The support can be mounted on the tympanic membrane and the activatable elements are distributed on the support to provide a distributed vibration to the tympanic membrane.
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Fay Jonathan
Perkins Rodney
Puria Sunil
Winstead John H.
EarLens Corporation
Hopkins Christine D
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Marmor II Charles A
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