Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Simplified implantable hearing aid transducer apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 简化的植入式助听器换能器
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Application No.: US11860167Application Date: 2007-09-24
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Publication No.: US08366601B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Robert Edwin Schneider , Scott Allan Miller, III , Travis Rian Andrews
- Applicant: Robert Edwin Schneider , Scott Allan Miller, III , Travis Rian Andrews
- Applicant Address: AU NSW
- Assignee: Cochlear Limited
- Current Assignee: Cochlear Limited
- Current Assignee Address: AU NSW
- Agency: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner LLP
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract:
An implantable hearing aid transducer apparatus provides a simplified approach for interface with a middle ear component. The transducer includes a transducer housing, an actuator for middle ear coupling, and a driver having a magnet or coil interconnected to the actuator to induce movement in response to driver signals. In one feature, the actuator may be advanceable through an aperture of the housing independent from operation of the driver. In another feature, a portion of the transducer may be rotatable. In another feature, a retention apparatus may function to selectively secure a rotatable portion of the housing in a selected position. In an additional feature, a seal may be disposed around a driver component and connected to the actuator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080051623A1 SIMPLIFIED IMPLANTABLE HEARING AID TRANSDUCER APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-02-28
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