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US 11,570,552 B2Granted
Bone conduction device
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorJohn Parker
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Abstract
A bone conduction device including an external component, the external component comprising a sound processor and transducer, the transducer configured to generate mechanical forces, and the external component configured for positioning behind a recipient's ear such that the mechanical forces are transmitted from the external component to a recipient's bone to generate a hearing percept via bone conduction.
Claims39
A bone conduction device comprising:
- an external component, the external component comprising a sound processor and transducer, the transducer configured to generate mechanical forces, wherein the external component is configured for positioning behind a recipient's ear such that the mechanical forces are transmitted from the external component to a recipient's bone to generate a hearing percept via bone conduction.
A hearing prosthesis device comprising:
- an external component including an ear hook adapted for carrying the external component behind an ear of a recipient;
- a subcutaneous magnetic material and an external magnet, the subcutaneous magnetic material and external magnet corresponding to each other and forming a magnetic coupling;
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- a vibrator adapted to evoke a hearing percept by transmitting vibrations to the recipient when the external magnet and the subcutaneous magnetic material form the magnetic coupling.
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A method for providing a hearing percept comprising:
- suspending a vibrator or transducer from an ear of a recipient, the vibrator or transducer being arranged to provide a mechanical force in the form of vibrations to a skin portion of the recipient;
- creating a magnetic coupling between a subcutaneous magnet and an external magnet, at the skin portion of the recipient;
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- transmitting the mechanical force from the vibrator or transducer into the skin portion and then into a skull bone while the magnetic coupling is present to create a hearing percept.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.