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US 12,058,497 B2Granted
Transducer with dual suspension
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsDan Nyström, Tobias Good
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Abstract
A bone conduction device, including a transducer and a housing, wherein the housing is directly flexibly connected to the transducer at a dynamic component of the bone conduction device and directly flexibly connected to a static component of the bone conduction device. In an exemplary embodiment, the bone conduction device is a percutaneous bone conduction device.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- operating a vibrator of a bone conduction device including a microphone supported by a housing of the bone conduction device to evoke a bone conduction hearing percept, wherein the vibrator is supported in the housing via a suspension system, and the operation of the vibrator results in simultaneous opposite forces transmitted to the housing via the suspension system.
A bone conduction device, comprising:
- a vibrator;
- a housing encompassing the vibrator;
- and
- a microphone supported by the housing, wherein
- the vibrator is supported in the housing via a suspension system, and
- the bone conduction device is configured so that operation of the vibrator results in simultaneous opposite forces transmitted to the housing via the suspension system.
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