CA2768546A1 - Coupling apparatus - Google Patents

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CA2768546A1
CA2768546A1 CA2768546A CA2768546A CA2768546A1 CA 2768546 A1 CA2768546 A1 CA 2768546A1 CA 2768546 A CA2768546 A CA 2768546A CA 2768546 A CA2768546 A CA 2768546A CA 2768546 A1 CA2768546 A1 CA 2768546A1
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stapes
attachment means
footplate
engagement
arches
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Eric Abel
Adam Stewart Ramage
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Sentient Medical Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/50—Prostheses not implantable in the body
    • A61F2/76—Means for assembling, fitting or testing prostheses, e.g. for measuring or balancing, e.g. alignment means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F11/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F11/04—Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense, e.g. through the touch sense
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/18—Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/604—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
    • H04R25/606—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers acting directly on the eardrum, the ossicles or the skull, e.g. mastoid, tooth, maxillary or mandibular bone, or mechanically stimulating the cochlea, e.g. at the oval window
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/18—Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums
    • A61F2002/183—Ear parts

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Transplantation (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • Cardiology (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Pulmonology (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Neurology (AREA)
  • Physiology (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Psychology (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
CA2768546A 2009-06-24 2010-06-24 Coupling apparatus Abandoned CA2768546A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0910906.7 2009-06-24
GBGB0910906.7A GB0910906D0 (en) 2009-06-24 2009-06-24 Coupling apparatus
PCT/GB2010/051046 WO2010150016A1 (en) 2009-06-24 2010-06-24 Coupling apparatus

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CA2768546A1 true CA2768546A1 (en) 2010-12-29

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US (1) US20120158135A1 (https=)
EP (1) EP2445449A1 (https=)
JP (1) JP5695038B2 (https=)
KR (1) KR20120052234A (https=)
CN (1) CN102458307A (https=)
AU (1) AU2010264286A1 (https=)
CA (1) CA2768546A1 (https=)
GB (1) GB0910906D0 (https=)
WO (1) WO2010150016A1 (https=)

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ES2407868T3 (es) * 2011-01-29 2013-06-14 Heinz Kurz Gmbh Medizintechnik Prótesis auditiva de sustitución osicular con elemento estabilizador
DE102014114494A1 (de) * 2014-10-07 2016-04-07 Heinz Kurz Gmbh Medizintechnik Aktives Hör-Implantat mit einstellbarer Fixierung des Aktor-Endstücks im Mittelohr
CN114452035A (zh) * 2022-04-08 2022-05-10 杭州师范大学附属医院(杭州市第二人民医院) 软夹式人工镫骨假体
WO2025235392A1 (en) * 2024-05-09 2025-11-13 Med-El Elektromedizinische Gerate Gmbh Stapes fixation flange for inner ear electrodes

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US5531787A (en) * 1993-01-25 1996-07-02 Lesinski; S. George Implantable auditory system with micromachined microsensor and microactuator
JPH06339489A (ja) * 1993-02-26 1994-12-13 Asahi Optical Co Ltd 人工耳小骨
DE19700813A1 (de) * 1997-01-13 1998-07-16 Eberhard Prof Dr Med Stennert Mittelohrprothese
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AT7627U1 (de) * 2004-02-26 2005-06-27 Verdichter Oe Ges M B H Kältemittelverdichter
GB0500616D0 (en) * 2005-01-13 2005-02-23 Univ Dundee Hearing implant
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DE102005048618B4 (de) * 2005-10-11 2008-08-21 Heinz Kurz Gmbh Medizintechnik Gehörknöchelchenprothese mit elastischem Drehgelenk
GB2449114A (en) 2007-05-11 2008-11-12 Sentient Medical Ltd Middle ear implant with piezoelectric actuator acting on stapes footplate
KR100931209B1 (ko) * 2007-11-20 2009-12-10 경북대학교 산학협력단 간편 설치가 가능한 정원창 구동 진동 트랜스듀서 및 이를이용한 이식형 보청기
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KR20120052234A (ko) 2012-05-23
JP2012530584A (ja) 2012-12-06
US20120158135A1 (en) 2012-06-21
EP2445449A1 (en) 2012-05-02
WO2010150016A1 (en) 2010-12-29
JP5695038B2 (ja) 2015-04-01
CN102458307A (zh) 2012-05-16
AU2010264286A1 (en) 2012-02-16
GB0910906D0 (en) 2009-08-05

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