EP1067820A3 - Device for mechanical coupling of a driver to a coupling part of the ossicullar chain - Google Patents

Device for mechanical coupling of a driver to a coupling part of the ossicullar chain Download PDF

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EP1067820A3
EP1067820A3 EP00105228A EP00105228A EP1067820A3 EP 1067820 A3 EP1067820 A3 EP 1067820A3 EP 00105228 A EP00105228 A EP 00105228A EP 00105228 A EP00105228 A EP 00105228A EP 1067820 A3 EP1067820 A3 EP 1067820A3
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Gerd M. Dr.rer.nat.Dr.Dipl.-Phys. Müller
Hans Dr.-Ing. Diplom-Ingenieur Leysieffer
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • 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

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Implantable arrangement for mechanical coupling of an output-side driver part of an active or passive hearing system, the driver part having a capacity to be excited to mechanical vibrations, to a preselected coupling site on the ossicular chain, the footplate of the stapes or a membrane which closes the round window or an artificial window in the cochlea, in the vestibulum or in the labyrinth (equilibrium organ), via a coupling arrangement which has a coupling element adapted to be connected to a preselected coupling site. The coupling element is provided with a positioning device for selective movement of the coupling element between an open position in which the coupling element is adapted to be engaged with and disengaged from the coupling site, and a closed position in which the coupling element in the implanted state is joined by force fit and/or form fit to the coupling site.
EP00105228A 1999-07-08 2000-03-13 Device for mechanical coupling of a driver to a coupling part of the ossicullar chain Expired - Lifetime EP1067820B1 (en)

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DE19931788 1999-07-08
DE19931788A DE19931788C1 (en) 1999-07-08 1999-07-08 Implanted mechanical coupling device for auditory ossicle chain in hearing aid system has associated settling device for movement of coupling device between open and closed positions

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AT (1) ATE486467T1 (en)
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