Solid state hearing system

• US 3,156,787 A
• Filed: 10/23/1962
• Issued: 11/10/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Henry K. Puharich, Joseph L. Lawrence
• Original Assignee: Henry K. Puharich, Joseph L. Lawrence
• Inventors: Puharich, Henry K., Lawrence, Joseph L.
• Application Number:
  US04/232,390
• Time in Patent Office: 749 Days
• US Class Current: 381/326
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 11/04 Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense, e.g. through the touch sense electronic stimulation of auditory nerves A61N1/36036

Claims

1. IN A HEARING SYSTEM OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A RADIO TRANSMITTER FOR CONVERTING AUDIBLE SIGNALS INTO MODULATED ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS AND TRANSMITTING SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS ON A PREDETERMINED RANGE OF CARRIER FREQUENCIES, AND A RECEPTION SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING THE TRANSMITTED ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS, CONVERTING THEM TO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS AND IMPARTING THE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO VIABLE NERVES OF THE FACIAL NERVE SYSTEM OF A HUMAN SUBJECT, THE IMPROVEMENT CHARACTERIZED BY SAID RECEPTION SYSTEM COMPRISING, (A) A PIEZOELECTRIC RADIO FREQUENCY RESONANT CRYSTAL ELEMENT ARRANGED FOR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT CONNECTION WITH NERVES OF A FIRST AREA OF THE FACIAL SYSTEM OF THE HUMAN SUBJECT, (B) SAID CRYSTAL HAVING A PREDETERMINED RESONANT FREQUENCY RANGE SUBSTANTIALLY INCLUSIVE OF SAID PREDETERMINED RANGE OF SAID CARRIER FREQUENCIES, AND (C) A DIODE HAVING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE TERMINALS AND HAVING ITS NEGATIVE TERMINAL CONNECTED TO SAID RADIO FREQUENCY RESONANT CRYSTAL, (D) SAID DIODE HAVING ITS POSITIVE TERMINAL ARRANGED FOR CIRCUIT CONNECTION WITH NERVES OF A SECOND AREA OF SAID FACIAL SYSTEM.