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Bone conducting floating mass transducers

  • US 5,913,815 A
  • Filed: 12/06/1995
  • Issued: 06/22/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for improving hearing, comprising:

  • a housing adapted to be mounted to a skull bone of a person, the skull bone further comprising at least one of a plurality of skull bone segments; and

    a mass mechanically coupled to the housing, wherein the mass vibrates relative to the housing in direct response to an externally generated electrical signal;

    whereby vibration of the mass causes inertial vibration of the housing producing vibrations in the skull bone.

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