Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1991-05-15
1993-06-22
Shay, David M.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
623 10, 623 11, 623 16, A61F 218
Patent
active
052209180
ABSTRACT:
The specification discloses a trans-tympanic rod having a magnet at one end, and connected at the opposite end to a location in the middle ear, for transmitting the vibrations induced in the magnet by a magnetic induction hearing aid, to the inner ear. The rod can mate with the malleus by way of a set of prongs or by insertion in a hole in the malleus. Alternately, the rod can mate with a hole in an ossicular replacement prosthesis. Additionally, the rod can mate with a horseshoe shaped prosthesis located between the tympanic membrane and the malleus.
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Heide Jorgen
Prescott Anthony D.
Shay David M.
Smith & Nephew Richards Inc.
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