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8184840 |
Combined set comprising a vibrator actuator and an implantable device
A combined set including a vibration actuator and an implantable device provided to be implanted in an inner ear part is disclosed. The implantable device has a surface in contact with an inner ear...
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8167942 |
Ear molding device for correcting misshaped ears
A system and method for correcting misshaped ears using a molding device having one or more braces supporting a scaphal mold. The one or more braces and the scaphal mold are adapted to retain the...
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8147544 |
Therapeutic appliance for cochlea
A fenestration (36) piercing the otic capsule bone of the cochlea (34) receives a therapeutic appliance, such as a microactuator (78), plug (92), micropump for drug or therapeutic agent delivery,...
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8147545 |
Eustachian tube device
The present invention provides a device stenting the ET. The stent (device) provides enhanced ventilation and drainage to the middle ear. Also provided is a method for inserting the device into the...
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8142500 |
Variable-length ossicular prosthesis
An ossicular prosthesis has a first fastening element for connection to the tympanic membrane or a component of the ossicular chain, a second fastening element for connection to a further component...
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8133276 |
Nasal implant introduced through a non-surgical injection technique
A method for non-surgically treating an internal nasal valve of a patient comprising, injecting a working device into the internal nasal valve of the patient, wherein the injected working device in...
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8128695 |
Auditory ossicle prosthesis with variable coupling surfaces
An auditory ossicle prosthesis (10) which comprises, at one end, a plate-shaped first securing element (11) for bearing on the tympanic membrane or on the footplate of the stirrup, and, at the...
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8128694 |
Auditory ossicle prosthesis with variable coupling surfaces
An auditory ossicle prosthesis (10) which comprises, at one end, a plate-shaped first securing element (11) for bearing on the tympanic membrane or on the footplate of the stirrup, and, at its...
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8126564 |
Hybrid cochlear implant
An electrode array which is able to be inserted to a desired depth within the cochlea to provide useful percepts for the recipient which will also preferably not cause damage to the sensitive...
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8100966 |
Auditory ossicle prosthesis with variable coupling surfaces
An auditory ossicle prosthesis (10) which comprises, at one end, a plate-shaped first securing element (11) for bearing on the tympanic membrane or on the footplate of the stirrup, and, at its...
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8080593 |
Reversible thermoresponsive adhesives for implants
The present invention relates to thermoresponsive adhesives. The invention further relates to methods for the reversible attachment of retinal implants, other implants, and drug delivery devices.
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8057542 |
Ossicular prosthesis having helical coil
An ossicular prosthesis includes a proximal end provided with an open conically helical coil for engaging a first ossicular structure, and a distal bell head, piston, or shoe for engaging a second...
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8038712 |
Methods and devices for rhinoplasty and treating internal valve stenosis
Methods and devices for rhinoplasty and treating nasal valve stenosis are disclosed herein. The nasal valve acts as a flow-limiter and can contribute to airway obstruction if resistance within the...
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8002829 |
Ear insert for relief of TMJ discomfort
A prosthesis for insertion in an ear to reduce pain resulting from TMJ disorders. The ear insert has a predefined shape conforming to the shape of the ear canal when the jaw is in an open position....
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7972379 |
Aiding apparatus for nasal cartilage strut in nasal tip surgery
An aiding apparatus for nasal tip plasty is useable in augmentation rhinoplasty. The aiding apparatus for nasal tip plasty includes a strut part and a holding part provided on a lower portion of...
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7955386 |
Middle ear prosthesis
A middle ear prosthesis comprises a body of deformable material capable of retaining different shapes. The body comprises a slotted wall defining a cavity for receiving a bone of the middle ear....
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7947076 |
Nasal valve treatment method and apparatus
A method and apparatus for treating a nasal valve condition including surgically forming an access path to create a pocket on a side of the patient's nose. The pocket is positioned between a soft...
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7871439 |
Auditory ossicle prosthesis with tuning option
An auditory ossicle prosthesis (40) which replaces or bridges at least one element in the human auditory ossicle chain, whereby the auditory ossicle prosthesis (40) is made of an elastic material...
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7806931 |
Ossicle prosthesis with sensitive top plate
An ossicle prosthesis includes, at one end, a first fastening element designed as a top plate for mechanical connection with the tympanic membrane, and, at the other end, a second fastening element...
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7799075 |
Surgical scaffold
A scaffold for reshaping an ear or a nose, the scaffold being configured to be i) attached to the cartilaginous portion of an ear or ii) attached to the cartilaginous portion of a nose, wherein the...
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7780730 |
Nasal implant introduced through a non-surgical injection technique
A method for non-surgically treating an internal nasal valve of a patient comprising, injecting a working device into the internal nasal valve of the patient, wherein the injected working device in...
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7714039 |
Low-tack ophthalmic and otorhinolaryngological device materials
Disclosed are soft, high refractive index, acrylic materials. These materials, especially useful as intraocular lens materials, contain one or more aryl acrylic hydrophobic monomers as principal...
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7628812 |
Ossicle prosthesis
An ossicle prosthesis (10), which replaces or spans at least one member of the human ossicle chain; the ossicle prosthesis (10) has a securing element embodied as a first elastic clip (11), for...
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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 frame...
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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 ends...
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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 least...
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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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