Adjustable bone bracket
First Claim
1. An apparatus for supportably mounting an implantable device to a patient'"'"'s bone, comprising:
- a support member adapted to support an implantable device relative to an attachment surface of a bone;
a mounting leg interconnected to and extending laterally away from the support member, the mounting leg including at least one mounting aperture for selectively receiving a bone attachment device therethrough; and
a guide leg interconnected to and extending laterally away from the support member, the guide leg having the guide leg has an average cross-sectional size that is less than an average cross-sectional size of the mounting leg, and wherein said guide leg has a minimum yield strength along it length that is less than a minimum yield strength along the length of the mounting leg.
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Abstract
An improved apparatus and method is provided for supportably mounting an implantable hearing aid device to a patient'"'"'s skull. The apparatus includes a support member adapted for supporting a hearing aid device and a plurality of mounting legs extending laterally from the support member in differing directions. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for use in conforming the mounting legs to the topology of a patient'"'"'s skull. In one arrangement, the mechanism includes a plurality of guide legs having a reduced yield strength in comparison to the mounting legs. The reduced yield strength guide legs may be more readily conformed to the topology of the patient'"'"'s skull to provide a mounting leg profile. Accordingly, the mounting legs may be deformed to match the profile of the guide legs such that a conformal fit between the apparatus and the patient'"'"'s skull may be achieved.
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29 Claims
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1. An apparatus for supportably mounting an implantable device to a patient'"'"'s bone, comprising:
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a support member adapted to support an implantable device relative to an attachment surface of a bone; a mounting leg interconnected to and extending laterally away from the support member, the mounting leg including at least one mounting aperture for selectively receiving a bone attachment device therethrough; and a guide leg interconnected to and extending laterally away from the support member, the guide leg having the guide leg has an average cross-sectional size that is less than an average cross-sectional size of the mounting leg, and wherein said guide leg has a minimum yield strength along it length that is less than a minimum yield strength along the length of the mounting leg. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for supportably mounting an implantable hearing aid device to a patient'"'"'s skull, comprising:
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a support member sized for placement through and adapted to support an implantable device within a patient'"'"'s skull; a plurality of mounting legs interconnected to and extending laterally away from the support member, each of the plurality of mounting legs including; at least one mounting aperture for selectively receiving an attachment device therethrough; and a flexible portion disposed between the mounting aperture and the support member, the flexible portion having a bending moment that is less than a bending moment of an adjacent portion of the mounting leg; and a plurality of guide legs attached to and extending laterally away from the support member, each of the guide legs having an average stiffness that is less than an average stiffness of each of the mounting legs. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus for supportably mounting an implantable device to a patient'"'"'s bone, comprising:
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a support member adapted to support an implantable device relative to an attachment surface of a bone; a mounting leg interconnected to and extending laterally away from the support member, the mounting leg including at least one mounting aperture for selectively receiving a bone attachment device therethrough; and a guide leg interconnected to and extending laterally away from the support member, the guide leg having a minimum yield strength along it length that is less than a minimum yield strength along the length of the mounting leg, where in the guide leg is made of a first material and the mounting leg is made of a different second material. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. An apparatus for supportably mounting an implantable hearing aid device to a patient'"'"'s skull, comprising:
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a support member sized for placement through and adapted to support an implantable device within a patient'"'"'s skull; a plurality of mounting legs interconnected to and extending laterally away from the support member, each of the plurality of mounting legs including; at least one mounting aperture for selectively receiving an attachment device therethrough; and a hinge member disposed between the mounting aperture and the support member, the hinge member allowing a distal end of the mounting leg to move relative to support member. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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Specification