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7618450 |
Implantable hearing system
A combined set ( 71 ) comprising a vibration actuator and an implantable device to be used as an artificial fenestrum implantable in a bony wall ( 25 ) of an inner ear, said device comprising a...
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7604617 |
Percutaneously implantable medical device configured to promote tissue ingrowth
An implantable device including a housing having a stud projecting percutaneously through an incision in the patient's skin. The stud defines a peripheral surface extending longitudinally inwardly...
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7603788 |
Device for adjusting the length of middle ear implants
A device for determining the required length of a middle ear prosthesis, having a disk-shaped base part to which prosthesis mockups or prostheses of different lengths are fastened, which, after...
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RE40853 |
Ossicular prosthesis adjusting device
An ossicular prosthesis delivery system having an ossicular prosthesis including an enlarged head and a shaft axially, moveably mounted to the head to adjust shaft length. An elongate main body...
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7553328 |
Ossicle prosthesis
An ossicle prosthesis ( 10 ) includes a first securing element ( 11 ) and a second securing element ( 12 ), the second securing element connected to a member of the ossicle chain. The ossicle chain...
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7547323 |
Stent for irrigation and delivery of medication
A stent comprises a flexible tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway extending from said proximal end toward said distal end. A first generally straight tube segment extends from...
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7427292 |
Maximal nasal internal support system
The present invention provides a number of novel implants for use in cosmetic and reconstructive nasal surgery, and kits and structural elements comprising various combinations of those implants....
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7409070 |
Implant device
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...
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7367992 |
Curved cochlear implant electrode array
An implantable electrode array ( 30 ) that can adopt a first, preferably straight, configuration selected to allow the array to be inserted into an implantee's body, such as the cochlea, and at...
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7315761 |
Electrical stimulation system and method for treating tinnitus
According to one aspect, an electrical stimulation system for treating tinnitus is provided. The system includes an electrical stimulation lead adapted for implantation into the person's skull for...
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7288113 |
Titanium incudo-stapedial joint prosthesis
A titanium incudo-stapedial joint prosthesis comprises a body including a generally tubular wall defining a first cavity for receiving a head of a stapes. A generally U-shaped wall is connected to...
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7272446 |
Power efficient electrical stimulation
A method and device are disclosed for neural stimulation with improved power consumption and/or effectiveness. The stimulus generator is arranged, for example via a look up table, to recognize...
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7250059 |
Myringopexy type titanium prosthesis
A middle ear prosthesis comprises a one piece disk shaped prosthesis including a generally circular malleable body including a bore. The body engages a tympanic membrane and the bore receives a...
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7238202 |
Ossicular replacement prosthesis
An auditory ossicle prosthesis ( 10 ) which is fastened to the limb of incus ( 20 ) of the human ossicular chain and to the stapes, or is inserted directly into the inner ear, whereby the auditory...
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7225026 |
Monitor for auditory prosthesis
An auditory prosthesis includes an implanted component and an external component. The external component includes a transmitter for transmitting electromagnetic signals to the implanted component;...
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7204850 |
Auditory ossicles prosthesis with ball-and-socket joint
An auditory ossicles prosthesis mountable with its one end on a hammer grip of a human auditory ossicies chain and with its another end on a raising bracket of the human auditory ossicles chain or...
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7194314 |
Cochlear implant including a modiolar return electrode
A cochlear implant wherein the return path of the electrode array is located to increase current flow through the modiolus. The return electrode is placed at various locations outside the cochlea,...
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7163557 |
Biodegradable auricular prosthetic device
A biodegradable auricular prosthetic device is described, particularly but not exclusively devised for the treatment of otitis media, comprising a tubular body having axially opposed ends and...
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7156881 |
Counteracting bioprosthetic calcification
Adapting crosslinking with triglycidyl amine (TGA) to incorporate the use of a particular type of anti-calcification agent provides a broad-reaching solution to the problem in vivo bioprosthesis...
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7104130 |
Ultra-miniature accelerometers
A miniaturized micromachined (MEMS) accelerometer-based sensor suitable for use in biological applications, such as a middle ear implant, is provided. An encapsulation layer is deposited on top of...
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7097661 |
Ventilation tube for a middle ear
A ventilation tube has a tubular member with generally circular flanges at opposite ends. Each flange has a respective tab that is angled obliquely to the axis of the tubular member. The tabs are...
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7087081 |
Stapedial prosthesis and method of implanting the same
A stapedial prosthesis includes a body defining a bucket and a shaft, and a bail handle coupled to the bucket. The bucket is preferably adjustable in diameter to fit the incus lenticular process....
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7074222 |
Anchoring element
A screw-shaped anchoring element for permanent anchorage of hearing aid devices or ear and eye prostheses in the skull bone. A main body including external threads has a length less than 5 mm and...
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7031922 |
Methods and devices for enhancing fluency in persons who stutter employing visual speech gestures
Methods, devices, and computer program products display visual choral speech to a patient who stutters or has a speech impediment or impairment as a visual stimulus for the patient to enhance the...
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7025785 |
Incus replacement prosthesis
The present invention provides a device to restore hearing to individuals who have a discontinuity in the middle ear sound conductive mechanism. The device in accordance with the present invention...
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7014657 |
Middle-ear implant
This invention relates to surgical methods and prosthetic devices for ameliorating hearing loss in patients having ailments of the middle ear. The implant of the invention includes a gas-filled...
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7011683 |
Attachment mechanism for middle ear prosthesis
A middle ear prosthesis comprises a piston adapted to extend through an oval window when implanted in a human ear. A pair of jaws engage an ossicle when implanted in a human ear. A spring is...
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6945999 |
Implantable hearing aid transducer with actuator interface
An implantable hearing aid transducer that compensates in situ for undesirable interfaces with a middle ear component. The transducer includes a housing, an actuator, a driver, and an actuator...
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6907130 |
Speech processing system and method using pseudospontaneous stimulation
A apparatus and method for inner ear implants is provided that generates signal processing stochastic independence activity across the excited neural population. A high rate pulse train can produce...
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6892466 |
Device for determining a length of a middle ear prosthesis
A device for determining a length of a middle ear prosthesis has a base part for mounting prosthesis models of different lengths, and an applicator with which the prosthesis models after being...
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6878165 |
Nasolacrimal duct tube used for lacrimal duct reformation operation, and nasolacrimal duct tube instrument
A nasolacrimal stent device illuminates a dark nasal cavity so that the interior of the nasal cavity can be directly observed to facilitate and ensure the correct insertion of a nasolacrimal stent...
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6830587 |
Stirrup prosthesis
A stirrup prosthesis for implantation in a middle ear has an elastic clamping member which is displaceable on a long anvil projection and formed as a clip which is open at one side, the clip having...
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6712754 |
Method and system for positioning implanted hearing aid actuators
A non-invasive method and system are provided for positioning an implantable actuator of a semi or fully-implantable hearing aid relative to a component of the auditory system of a patient. The...
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6636768 |
Implantable mircophone system for use with cochlear implant devices
An implantable microphone system senses “sound” by sensing motion of middle ear components using a linear-variable-differential transformer. The transformer has a movable floating core that is...
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6596009 |
Retrievable endoscopic orbital floor splint
A endoscopic orbital floor splint for placement in a maxillary sinus for supporting an orbital floor having a pedicle portion with an upper surface and lower surface, and a support portion...
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6592512 |
At least partially implantable system for rehabilitation of a hearing disorder
An at least partially implantable hearing system for rehabilitation of a hearing disorder, comprising at least one acoustic sensor for picking up an acoustic signal and converting it into an...
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6579317 |
Arrangement for coupling hearing implant
An arrangement for coupling at least partially a hearing device implantable in a middle ear or a passive auditory ossicles prosthesis on an ascending bracket of a human ossicle chain, the...
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6556870 |
Partially inserted cochlear implant
A cochlear implant system has a signal processor that fits in the ear canal of a user. The signal processor processes an acoustic signal present in the ear of the user to produce a representative...
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6554861 |
Otologic prosthesis
Otologic prosthesis of shape memory metal alloy self-secure about an otologic structure when heat is applied to a preformed bight by means of a laser.
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6498954 |
Apex to base cochlear implant electrode
An implantable electrode assembly includes a leading section attached to the distal end of an electrode array. The electrode array has electrodes spaced along its length. Cochleostomies are drilled...
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6491722 |
Dual path implantable hearing assistance device
A dual path implantable hearing assistance system transduces sound vibrations of the malleus in one or both ears into electrical signals, processes the electrical signals to provide one or more...
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6456886 |
Human cerabal cortex neural prosthetic for tinnitus
A neural prosthetic device for reducing or eliminating the effects of tinnitus is inserted into a tinnitus patient's primary auditory cortex (or thalamus). The prosthetic device includes a...
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6454803 |
External nasal valve batten implant device and method
An implant utilized in nasal reconstructive surgeries. In the primary mode, the device is intended to provide support for the external nasal valve when natural cartilage is insufficient due to...
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6432139 |
Middle ear implant
Deafness is often caused by damage to the ossicular chain, which at present is partly or fully replaces by surgical implantation of a corresponding titanium prosthesis. Known versions of this type...
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6428484 |
Method and apparatus for picking up auditory evoked potentials
The present invention relates to a device for picking up biological electrical signals, and more precisely auditory evoked potentials generated by acoustic and/or electrical and/or mechanical...
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6408855 |
Means for implanting a device in the canalis cochlearis
A surgical method and tools are described for the implantation of electrode arrays into the canalis cochlearis of profoundly deaf persons. Access to the canalis cochlearis is via the bony exterior...
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6408273 |
Method and device for the processing of sounds for auditory correction for hearing impaired individuals
A method for providing auditory correction for a hearing-impaired individual, including extracting pitch, voicing, energy and spectrum characteristics of an input speech signal. The method also...
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6402782 |
Artificial ear and auditory canal system and means of manufacturing the same
A laminated artificial pinna having a concha, fossa and auditory canal. The auditory canal is constructed and arranged relative to the concha so that the distance from the center of the entrance of...
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6400989 |
Adaptive sensory-motor encoder for visual or acoustic prosthesis
The invention describes an adaptive, sensory-motor encoder for a visual prosthesis or for an acoustic prosthesis and equipped with a central control unit for signal processing functions, monitoring...
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6387128 |
Auditory ossicles prosthesis
An auditory ossicles prosthesis has a head plate for abutment against an eardrum, and a shaft arranged on said head plate for bridging a tympanic cavity from the eardrum up to a stirrup or a...
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