DE59200333D1 - Elektromechanischer Wandler für implantierbare Hörgeräte. - Google Patents

Elektromechanischer Wandler für implantierbare Hörgeräte.

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DE59200333D1
DE59200333D1 DE59200333T DE59200333T DE59200333D1 DE 59200333 D1 DE59200333 D1 DE 59200333D1 DE 59200333 T DE59200333 T DE 59200333T DE 59200333 T DE59200333 T DE 59200333T DE 59200333 D1 DE59200333 D1 DE 59200333D1
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hearing aids
electromechanical transducer
implantable hearing
implantable
electromechanical
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Hans Dr Ing Leysieffer
Guenter Hortmann
Joachim Baumann
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Sonova Holding AG
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IMPLEX SPEZIALHOERGERAETE GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/18—Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums
    • 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
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/18—Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums
    • A61F2002/183—Ear parts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; 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
DE59200333T 1991-02-13 1992-02-10 Elektromechanischer Wandler für implantierbare Hörgeräte. Expired - Fee Related DE59200333D1 (de)

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DE59200333T DE59200333D1 (de) 1991-02-13 1992-02-10 Elektromechanischer Wandler für implantierbare Hörgeräte.

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DE4104358A DE4104358A1 (de) 1991-02-13 1991-02-13 Implantierbares hoergeraet zur anregung des innenohres
DE59200333T DE59200333D1 (de) 1991-02-13 1992-02-10 Elektromechanischer Wandler für implantierbare Hörgeräte.

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DE4104358A Granted DE4104358A1 (de) 1991-02-13 1991-02-13 Implantierbares hoergeraet zur anregung des innenohres
DE59200333T Expired - Fee Related DE59200333D1 (de) 1991-02-13 1992-02-10 Elektromechanischer Wandler für implantierbare Hörgeräte.

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DE4104358A Granted DE4104358A1 (de) 1991-02-13 1991-02-13 Implantierbares hoergeraet zur anregung des innenohres

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EP (1) EP0499940B1 (de)
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