EP0984665A3 - Wandler für teil- oder vollimplantierbare Hörgeräte - Google Patents

Wandler für teil- oder vollimplantierbare Hörgeräte Download PDF

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EP0984665A3
EP0984665A3 EP98121613A EP98121613A EP0984665A3 EP 0984665 A3 EP0984665 A3 EP 0984665A3 EP 98121613 A EP98121613 A EP 98121613A EP 98121613 A EP98121613 A EP 98121613A EP 0984665 A3 EP0984665 A3 EP 0984665A3
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R17/00—Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R11/00—Transducers of moving-armature or moving-core type
    • H04R11/02—Loudspeakers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/67—Implantable hearing aids or parts thereof not covered by H04R25/606
    • 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

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
  • Electrostatic, Electromagnetic, Magneto- Strictive, And Variable-Resistance Transducers (AREA)
  • Piezo-Electric Transducers For Audible Bands (AREA)

Abstract

Die Erfindung betrifft einen Wandler für teil- oder vollimplantierbare Hörgeräte zur direkten mechanischen Anregung des Mittel- oder Innenohres. Der Wandler ist versehen mit einem am Implantationsort fixierbaren Gehäuse (14) und einem mit Bezug auf das Gehäuse beweglichen, mechanisch steifen Koppelelement (20), wobei in dem Gehäuse ein piezoelektrisches Element (22, 222) untergebracht ist, mit dem sich das Koppelelement in Schwingungen versetzen läßt, die nach erfolgter Implantation des Wandlers auf ein Mittelohr-Ossikel oder direkt auf das Innenohr übertragen werden. In dem Gehäuse (14) ist ferner eine Elektromagnetanordnung (30, 32) vorgesehen, die ein mit Bezug auf das Gehäuse fixiertes Bauteil (32) sowie ein schwingfähiges Bauteil (30) aufweist, welches mit dem Koppelelement (20) derart in Verbindung steht, daß Schwingungen des schwingfähigen Bauteils auf das Koppelelement übertragen werden.
EP98121613A 1998-09-03 1998-11-12 Wandler für teil- oder vollimplantierbare Hörgeräte Expired - Lifetime EP0984665B1 (de)

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DE19840211A DE19840211C1 (de) 1998-09-03 1998-09-03 Wandler für teil- oder vollimplantierbare Hörgeräte

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CA (1) CA2270127C (de)
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AU2391499A (en) 2000-03-16
US6123660A (en) 2000-09-26
DK0984665T3 (da) 2008-11-24
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