DE69634700D1 - Implantierbares hörhilfegerät - Google Patents

Implantierbares hörhilfegerät

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DE69634700D1
DE69634700D1 DE69634700T DE69634700T DE69634700D1 DE 69634700 D1 DE69634700 D1 DE 69634700D1 DE 69634700 T DE69634700 T DE 69634700T DE 69634700 T DE69634700 T DE 69634700T DE 69634700 D1 DE69634700 D1 DE 69634700D1
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microactuator
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implanted
transducer
stress
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George Lesinski
P Neukermans
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LESINSKI Ltd Inc
Adagio Associates Inc
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/60Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/604Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
    • H04R25/606Mounting 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
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/46Special adaptations for use as contact microphones, e.g. on musical instrument, on stethoscope
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R17/00Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers
    • H04R17/02Microphones
    • H04R17/025Microphones using a piezoelectric polymer
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2460/00Details 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
    • H04R2460/13Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers
DE69634700T 1995-09-22 1996-09-19 Implantierbares hörhilfegerät Expired - Lifetime DE69634700T2 (de)

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US08/532,398 US5772575A (en) 1995-09-22 1995-09-22 Implantable hearing aid
US532398 1995-09-22
PCT/US1996/015087 WO1997011575A1 (en) 1995-09-22 1996-09-19 Implantable hearing aid

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JP (1) JP3710483B2 (de)
AU (1) AU7366496A (de)
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