Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Eye-mounted hearing aid
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Application No.: US15591535Application Date: 2017-05-10
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Publication No.: US10419860B2Publication Date: 2019-09-17
- Inventor: Amos Cahan , Katsuyuki Sakuma
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Vazken Alexanian
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00 ; H04R17/00 ; A61F2/16 ; A61F9/00 ; A61B3/125 ; A61N1/36

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of stimulating a cornea. A non-limiting example of the method includes capturing a sound with a microphone. A non-limiting example of the method also includes transducing the sound to an electric signal by a microprocessor. A non-limiting example of the method also includes stimulating a piezo-electric element adjacent to a receptor of the cornea, wherein the piezo-electric element is positioned on an eye lens with an electric signal. A non-limiting example of the method also includes mechanically stimulating a receptor of the cornea with the stimulated piezo-electric element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180332409A1 EYE-MOUNTED HEARING AID Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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