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Transtympanic vibration device for implantable hearing aid and apparatus for installing the same

  • US 8,211,174 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2008
  • Issued: 07/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A transtympanic vibration device for an implantable hearing aid, suitable for being vibrated by magnetic flux transmitted from an outside and for transferring vibration to a tympanic membrane, the device comprising.an outer plate having one surface on which a detachable magnet is detachably arranged;

  • an inner plate for sandwiching the tympanic membrane in cooperation with the outer plate and having a surface on which a fixed magnet is arranged; and

    at least one connection member connecting the outer plate and the inner plate with each other in such a manner that a distance between the outer plate and the inner plate can be adjusted,wherein a clip element is installed on an outer surface of the inner plate to be coupled to a malleus, wherein the clip element is kept elastically diverged by the magnetic force of the fixed magnet plate and converges and is coupled to the malleus when the detachable magnet is arranged on the outer plate.

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