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US 11,889,272 B2Granted
Implantable medical device
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsWim Bervoets, Patrik Kennes, Bart Carpentier, Marcus Andersson
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Abstract
An implant configured for secured implantation into a recess formed in a recipient's bone and to removably retain a separate component in a compartment thereof such that the separate component is removable from the implant without removing the implant from the bone.
Claims26
A medical procedure, comprising:
- obtaining access to an implant implanted in a recipient, wherein at least a portion of at least a first component of the implant is located in a recess in bone and is fixed to the bone;
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, detaching a second component from the first component;
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, removing the second component from within the recipient while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone;
- and
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, reattaching the second component or attaching a third component to the first component such that the second component or the third component is attached to the recipient, wherein
- the first component is a housing;
- the second component is a component of a hearing prosthesis;
- and
- the third component is a replacement component of the hearing prosthesis.
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A medical procedure, comprising:
- obtaining access to an implant implanted in a recipient, wherein at least a portion of at least a first component of the implant is located in a recess in bone and is fixed to the bone;
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, detaching a second component from the first component;
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, removing the second component from within the recipient while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone;
- and
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, reattaching the second component or attaching a third component to the first component such that the second component or the third component is attached to the recipient, wherein
- the first component is a housing;
- the second component is a permanent magnet;
- the third component includes a vibrating actuator;
- and
- the action of reattaching the second component or attaching the third component to the first component includes attaching at least a portion of the third component to the first component.
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A medical procedure, comprising:
- obtaining access to an implant implanted in a recipient, wherein at least a portion of at least a first component of the implant is located in a recess in bone and is fixed to the bone;
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, detaching a second component from the first component;
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, removing the second component from within the recipient while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone;
- and
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, reattaching the second component or attaching a third component to the first component such that the second component or the third component is attached to the recipient, wherein
- the first component includes an open space established by a monolithic body, which space extends beneath an outer surface of the bone;
- the second component is a permanent magnet;
- and
- the third component includes a vibrator of a bone conduction device, wherein the third component includes a portion that is located within the space established by the monolithic body and a portion that extends out of the space established by the monolithic body.
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A medical procedure, comprising:
- obtaining access to an implant totally subcutaneously implanted in a recipient, wherein at least a portion of at least a first component of the implant is located in a recess in bone and is fixed to the bone;
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, detaching a second component from the first component;
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, removing the second component from within the recipient while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone;
- and
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, reattaching the second component or attaching a third component to the first component such that the second component or the third component is attached to the recipient, wherein
- the medical procedure converts the totally subcutaneous implant from an implant of a passive transcutaneous bone conduction device to a bone conduction device where a vibrator thereof is mechanically coupled to the first component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.