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Transducer devices and methods for hearing

  • US 9,949,035 B2
  • Filed: 02/12/2016
  • Issued: 04/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device configured for non-surgical placement through an ear canal to transmit an audio signal to a user, the user having an ear comprising an eardrum, the device comprising:

  • a mass;

    a piezoelectric transducer; and

    a support configured and shaped to;

         1) be positioned along at least a portion of a lateral surface of the eardrum, and

         2) support the mass and the piezoelectric transducer with the eardrum, the piezoelectric transducer configured for placement over the lateral surface of the eardrum spaced away from an umbo of the eardrum to face the ear canal and to drive the support and the eardrum with a first force and the mass with a second force, the second force opposite the first force.

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