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Piezoelectric film transducer

  • US 20040181117A1
  • Filed: 04/13/2001
  • Published: 09/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1996
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An at least partially implantable hearing assistance system, comprising:

  • a vibrator including a mount, adapted to be secured to a middle ear and a piezoelectric transducer film, carried by the mount, proportioned to be mechanically coupled to the middle ear and to vibrate the auditory element in response to an electrical input signal;

    an electronics unit, electrically coupled for providing the electrical input signal to the vibrator; and

    a programmer, adapted for communicative coupling to the electronics unit.

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