Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hearing prosthesis with a piezoelectric actuator
- Patent Title (中): 具有压电执行器的听力假体
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Application No.: US13078402Application Date: 2011-04-01
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Publication No.: US09107013B2Publication Date: 2015-08-11
- Inventor: Marcus Andersson , Bart Valckaerts
- Applicant: Marcus Andersson , Bart Valckaerts
- Applicant Address: AU Macquarie University, NSW
- Assignee: Cochlear Limited
- Current Assignee: Cochlear Limited
- Current Assignee Address: AU Macquarie University, NSW
- Agency: Lowe Hauptman & Ham, LLP
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00 ; H04R17/00
Abstract:
A hearing prosthesis including an actuator. The actuator includes a material that deforms in response to an electrical signal and that is adapted to, upon implantation in a recipient, transmit vibrations representative of a sound signal to an organ of the recipient, wherein the material is at least partially exposed to at least one of body tissue and fluid of the recipient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120253104A1 HEARING PROSTHESIS WITH A PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR Public/Granted day:2012-10-04
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