CA2232553A1 - Implantable hearing aid - Google Patents

Implantable hearing aid

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CA2232553A1
CA2232553A1 CA002232553A CA2232553A CA2232553A1 CA 2232553 A1 CA2232553 A1 CA 2232553A1 CA 002232553 A CA002232553 A CA 002232553A CA 2232553 A CA2232553 A CA 2232553A CA 2232553 A1 CA2232553 A1 CA 2232553A1
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microactuator
tube
microphone
transducer
hearing aid
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S. George Lesinski
Armand P. Neukermans
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LESINSKI Ltd Inc
Adagio Associates Inc
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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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/46—Special adaptations for use as contact microphones, e.g. on musical instrument, on stethoscope
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R17/00—Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers
    • H04R17/02—Microphones
    • H04R17/025—Microphones using a piezoelectric polymer
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2460/00—Details of hearing devices, i.e. of ear- or headphones covered by H04R1/10 or H04R5/033 but not provided for in any of their subgroups, or of hearing aids covered by H04R25/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2460/13—Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers

Abstract

A hearing aid (10) includes an implantable microphone (28), signal-processing amplifier (30), battery, and microactuator (32). The amplifier (30) amplifies and processes a signal from the microphone (28) for application to the microactuator (32). The microactuator (32) is implanted to mechanically create vibrations in perilymph fluid (20a) within a subject's inner ear (17). A transducer (45) of the microactuator (32) is preferably a circular disk, 2 to 8 mils thick, of stress-biased PLZT. Such disks can be mounted as drumheads, preferably in conjunction with a flexible diaphragm (53, 56, 57), to a threaded metal tube (46), e.g. 1.4 mm in diameter and 2.0 mm long. The tube (46) is implanted into a fenestration in the promontory (18) of a subject's inner ear (17). Securing the disk-shaped transducer (45) to a tube (46) having a diameter larger than the fenestration and filling the tube (46) with fluid (58) provides hydraulic amplification for the transducer's displacement. The microphone (28) is preferably fabricated from a thin sheet of PVDF overcoated with inert metal electrodes (42a, 42b).
CA002232553A 1995-09-22 1996-09-19 Implantable hearing aid Expired - Fee Related CA2232553C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US08/532,398 US5772575A (en) 1995-09-22 1995-09-22 Implantable hearing aid
US08/532,398 1995-09-22
PCT/US1996/015087 WO1997011575A1 (en) 1995-09-22 1996-09-19 Implantable hearing aid

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CA2232553A1 true CA2232553A1 (en) 1997-03-27
CA2232553C CA2232553C (en) 2007-12-04

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JP (1) JP3710483B2 (en)
AU (1) AU7366496A (en)
CA (1) CA2232553C (en)
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WO (1) WO1997011575A1 (en)

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