Implant device

• US 7,409,070 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2004
• Issued: 08/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions AB (Cochlear Limited)
• Original Assignee: Entific Medical Systems AS
• Inventors: Pitulia, Dan
• Primary Examiner(s): Young; Wayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pendleton; Dionne
• Application Number:
  US10/558,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20070009853A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,532 Days
• Field of Search: 607/55, 607/56, 607/57, 607/65, 607/103, 607/136, 607/137, 623/10, 600/372, 600/373, 600/375, 600/379, 600/383, 600/386, 600/559, 606/73, 381/60, 381/312, 381/322, 381/323, 381/324, 381/326, 381/328, 381/329, 381/331
• US Class Current: 381/326
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 8/0087 Means for sterile storage or manipulation of dental implants
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 8/0089 Implanting tools or instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/18 Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums implants for middle ear ventilation or drainage A61F11/202
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/183 Ear parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/606 acting directly on the eardrum, the ossicles or the skull, e.g. mastoid, tooth, maxillary or mandibular bone, or mechanically stimulating the cochlea, e.g. at the oval window

Abstract

An implant device for bone anchored hearing aids of the type that include a screw-shaped anchoring element for anchorage in the bone tissue, an abutment sleeve for skin penetration and arranged to be connected to the fixture with a screw connection and a tool for installing the implant into the bone tissue. The fixture and the abutment sleeve are made as a pre-mounted unit that unit is arranged to be installed in one step by means of the tool, which is arranged to cooperate with a tool engaging portion on the abutment sleeve. This arrangement requires fewer pieces to handle for the surgeon during the installation, which means that the surgical procedure can be carried out in a simpler and predetermined way, at the same time as the advantages inherent in a two-piece implant device are maintained.

Claims

1. An implant device for a bone anchored hearing aid, comprising:

a pre-mounted unit comprising a screw-shaped anchoring fixture configured to be anchored in bone tissue;

an abutment sleeve configured to penetrate skin and comprising a tool engaging portion, and a screw connecting the abutment sleeve to the fixture, wherein the tool engaging portion of the abutment sleeve comprises a plurality of symmetrically arranged recesses or holes; and

a tool configured to install the entire pre-mounted unit into the bone tissue in one step, wherein the tool is configured to cooperate with the tool engaging portion of the abutment sleeve when installing the implant into the bone tissue, and wherein the tool comprises a plurality of spikes configured to cooperate with the recesses or holes in the abutment sleeve during installation and tightening of the implant unit.

2. The implant device according to claim 1, wherein the fixture comprises self-tapping edges and a flange operative as a stop when the fixture is installed in the bone tissue.

3. The implant device according to claim 1, wherein the tool comprises a first connecting part adapted to engage a machine driver to install the implant device and a second connecting part for manual insertion of the implant device.

4. The implant device according to claim 1, wherein the tool comprises a resilient ring configured to cooperate with an edge of the abutment sleeve to provide a lifting function.

5. The implant device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a sterile package configured to contain the implant device; and

a titanium packaging sleeve configured to retain the implant device in a predetermined position in the sterile package, wherein after opening the sterile package the implant device is configured to be separated from the titanium packaging sleeve with the tool and the lifting function.

6. The implant device according to claim 5, wherein the sterile package comprises a package portion and a lid portion, the package portion comprising a sealing ring configured to provide a tightening between the package portion and the lid portion.

7. The implant device according to claim 6, wherein the sterile.

8. The implant device according to claim 6, wherein the sterile package comprises a cylindrical outer surface.

9. The implant device according to claim 6, wherein the sealing ring is arranged on an outer surface of the sterile package.

10. The implant device according to claim 6, wherein the package portion and lid portion comprise a screw connection.

11. The implant device according to claim 6, wherein the sealing ring is adjustable in a longitudinal direction to provide tightening for different positions of the lid portion on the package portion.