DE19882594T1 - Kapazitive Eingangswandler zur Wahrnehmung im Mittelohr - Google Patents

Kapazitive Eingangswandler zur Wahrnehmung im Mittelohr

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DE19882594T1
DE19882594T1 DE19882594T DE19882594T DE19882594T1 DE 19882594 T1 DE19882594 T1 DE 19882594T1 DE 19882594 T DE19882594 T DE 19882594T DE 19882594 T DE19882594 T DE 19882594T DE 19882594 T1 DE19882594 T1 DE 19882594T1
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perception
middle ear
capacitive input
input transducers
transducers
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Joel A Kennedy
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Envoy Medical Inc
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St Croix Medical 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
    • A61N1/18—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes
    • A61N1/32—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents
    • A61N1/36—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation
    • A61N1/36036—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation of the outer, middle or inner ear
    • A61N1/36038—Cochlear stimulation
DE19882594T 1997-08-07 1998-08-07 Kapazitive Eingangswandler zur Wahrnehmung im Mittelohr Withdrawn DE19882594T1 (de)

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US08/907,384 US5954628A (en) 1997-08-07 1997-08-07 Capacitive input transducers for middle ear sensing
PCT/US1998/016507 WO1999008475A2 (en) 1997-08-07 1998-08-07 Capacitive input transducers for middle ear sensing

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AU (1) AU8775198A (de)
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WO (1) WO1999008475A2 (de)

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