Mechanical stimulator having a quick-connector
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorJan VERMEIREN
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Abstract
An implantable hearing prosthesis comprising a vibrator for generating vibrations, a coupling arm adapted to be attached to an element of a recipient's ear; and a quick-connector comprising a first connector half disposed on the vibrator and a second connector half disposed on the coupling arm, wherein the connector halves are adapted to be releasably mated with one another to secure the coupling arm in relative position to the vibrator.
Claims30
An implantable hearing prosthesis comprising:
- a vibrator for generating vibrations;
- a coupling arm adapted to be attached to an element of a recipient's ear;
- and
- a quick-connector comprising a first quick-connector half disposed on the vibrator and a second quick-connector half disposed on the coupling arm, wherein the connector halves are adapted to be releasably mated with one another to secure the coupling arm in arm in a relative position to the vibrator.
A method of attaching a coupling arm to a vibrator of an implantable hearing prosthesis using a quick-connector, wherein a first quick-connector half is disposed on the vibrator, the method comprising:
- selecting one of a plurality of coupling arms, wherein each of the coupling arms is attached to a second quick-connector half;
- releasably, manually mating the second quick-connector of the selected coupling arm half with the first quick-connector half disposed on the vibrator to secure the selected coupling arm in relative position to the vibrator.
An implantable hearing prosthesis kit comprising:
- a vibrator for generating vibrations;
- a plurality of coupling arms each adapted to be attached to an element of a recipient's ear;
- a first quick-connector half disposed on the vibrator;
- and
- second quick-connector halves disposed on the coupling arm, wherein the second quick-connector halves are adapted to be releasably mated with the first quick-connector half to secure each of the coupling arms in relative position to the vibrator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.