EP0984663A3 - Transducer arrangement for partially or completely implanted hearing -aid - Google Patents

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EP0984663A3
EP0984663A3 EP98121495A EP98121495A EP0984663A3 EP 0984663 A3 EP0984663 A3 EP 0984663A3 EP 98121495 A EP98121495 A EP 98121495A EP 98121495 A EP98121495 A EP 98121495A EP 0984663 A3 EP0984663 A3 EP 0984663A3
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/604—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
    • H04R25/606—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/67—Implantable hearing aids or parts thereof not covered by H04R25/606
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/558—Remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency

Abstract

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Wandleranordnung für teil- oder vollimplantierbare Hörgeräte zur direkten mechanischen Anregung des Mittel- oder Innenohres, versehen mit einem am Implantationsort mit Bezug auf den Schädel fixierbaren Gehäuse (14) und einem mit Bezug auf das Gehäuse beweglichen, mechanisch steifen Koppelelement (20), wobei in dem Gehäuse ein elektromechanischer Wandler (30, 32) untergebracht ist, mit dem sich das Koppelelement in Schwingungen versetzen läßt, die nach erfolgter Implantation der Wandleranordnung auf ein Mittelohr-Ossikel oder direkt auf das Innenohr übertragen werden. Der elektromechanische Wandler ist als Elektromagnetanordnung (30, 32) ausgebildet, die ein mit Bezug auf das Gehäuse fixiertes Bauteil (32) sowie ein schwingfähiges Bauteil (30) aufweist, welches mit dem Koppelelement (20) derart in Verbindung steht, daß Schwingungen des schwingfähigen Bauteils auf das Koppelelement übertragen werden.

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The invention relates to a transducer assembly for partially or fully implantable hearing aids for direct mechanical excitation of the middle or inner ear, provided with a fixable at the implantation site with respect to the skull housing (14) and a movable with respect to the housing, mechanically rigid coupling element (20 ), wherein in the housing, an electromechanical transducer (30, 32) is housed, with which the coupling element can oscillate, which are transmitted after implantation of the transducer assembly to a middle ear ossicle or directly to the inner ear. The electromechanical transducer is designed as an electromagnet arrangement (30, 32) which has a component (32) fixed relative to the housing and an oscillatable component (30) which is connected to the coupling element (20) in such a way that oscillations of the oscillatable one are achieved Component are transmitted to the coupling element.
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EP98121495A 1998-09-03 1998-11-12 Transducer arrangement for partially or completely implanted hearing aids Expired - Lifetime EP0984663B1 (en)

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DE19840212A DE19840212C2 (en) 1998-09-03 1998-09-03 Transducer arrangement for partially or fully implantable hearing aids

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CA2274211C (en) 2002-07-09
DK0984663T3 (en) 2011-02-14
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