WO1999008480A3 - Middle ear transducer - Google Patents

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WO1999008480A3
WO1999008480A3 PCT/US1998/016535 US9816535W WO9908480A3 WO 1999008480 A3 WO1999008480 A3 WO 1999008480A3 US 9816535 W US9816535 W US 9816535W WO 9908480 A3 WO9908480 A3 WO 9908480A3
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middle ear
implantable
mei
carrier
hearing aid
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PCT/US1998/016535
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Kai Kroll
Theodore P Adams
Bruce A Brillhart
Scott C Meyerson
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St Croix Medical Inc
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Priority to AU87752/98A priority Critical patent/AU8775298A/en
Priority to DE19882591T priority patent/DE19882591T1/en
Publication of WO1999008480A2 publication Critical patent/WO1999008480A2/en
Publication of WO1999008480A3 publication Critical patent/WO1999008480A3/en

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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
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/558—Remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency
    • 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
    • H04R25/50—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics
    • H04R25/505—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using digital signal processing

Abstract

An electromechanical transducer for an implantable hearing aid, such as a partial middle ear implantable (P-MEI) or total middle ear implantable (T-MEI) hearing aid system. The invention comprises at least one piezoelectric element (255) proportioned for mechanically coupling to a middle ear (35) only through an auditory element in the middle ear, such as the tympanic membrane (30), malleus (40), incus (45), stapes (50), or in the inner ear, such as the oval window, round window, vestibule, or semicircular canals. The invention need not be secured to a temporal bone. Inertial masses and a carrier are optionally provided to assist in sensing or producing mechanical vibrations. The carrier is optionally hermetically sealed. Superpositioned individual frequency responses optimize an overall frequency bandwidth.
PCT/US1998/016535 1997-08-07 1998-08-07 Middle ear transducer WO1999008480A2 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU87752/98A AU8775298A (en) 1997-08-07 1998-08-07 Middle ear transducer
DE19882591T DE19882591T1 (en) 1997-08-07 1998-08-07 Middle ear transducer

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US90824197A 1997-08-07 1997-08-07
US08/908,241 1997-08-07

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WO1999008480A2 WO1999008480A2 (en) 1999-02-18
WO1999008480A3 true WO1999008480A3 (en) 1999-04-29

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WO (1) WO1999008480A2 (en)

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DE19915846C1 (en) * 1999-04-08 2000-08-31 Implex Hear Tech Ag Partially implantable system for rehabilitating hearing trouble includes a cordless telemetry device to transfer data between an implantable part, an external unit and an energy supply.
DE10018334C1 (en) * 2000-04-13 2002-02-28 Implex Hear Tech Ag At least partially implantable system for the rehabilitation of a hearing impairment
DE10018360C2 (en) * 2000-04-13 2002-10-10 Cochlear Ltd At least partially implantable system for the rehabilitation of a hearing impairment
DE10301723B3 (en) 2003-01-15 2004-09-16 Med-El Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH Implantable electromechanical transducer
CN102754456B (en) 2009-11-24 2015-11-25 Med-El电气医疗器械有限公司 For the implantable microphone of hearing assistance system
WO2011029960A2 (en) 2011-01-04 2011-03-17 Advanced Bionics Ag Hearing instrument for round window stimulation

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US3594514A (en) * 1970-01-02 1971-07-20 Medtronic Inc Hearing aid with piezoelectric ceramic element
US3712962A (en) * 1971-04-05 1973-01-23 J Epley Implantable piezoelectric hearing aid
US5012520A (en) * 1988-05-06 1991-04-30 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Hearing aid with wireless remote control

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US3594514A (en) * 1970-01-02 1971-07-20 Medtronic Inc Hearing aid with piezoelectric ceramic element
US3712962A (en) * 1971-04-05 1973-01-23 J Epley Implantable piezoelectric hearing aid
US5012520A (en) * 1988-05-06 1991-04-30 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Hearing aid with wireless remote control

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AU8775298A (en) 1999-03-01
WO1999008480A2 (en) 1999-02-18

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