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Optical Electro-Mechanical Hearing Devices With Separate Power and Signal Components

  • US 20100048982A1
  • Filed: 06/17/2009
  • Published: 02/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device to transmit an audio signal, the device comprising:

  • at least one light source configured to transmit the audio signal with at least one wavelength of light;

    at least one detector configured to detect the audio signal and generate at least one electrical signal in response to the at least one wavelength of light;

    a transducer supported with and configured to vibrate at least one of an eardrum, an ossicle or a cochlea; and

    active circuitry coupled to the at least one detector and the transducer to drive the transducer in response to the electrical signal.

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