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US 2013/0096366 A1Published application
Implantable medical device
OwnerWim BERVOETS, Patrik KENNES +2inventors
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.
Claims32
An implant comprising:
- a compartment, wherein the implant is configured for secured implantation into a recess formed in a recipient's bone, and wherein the compartment is configured to removably retain a separate component such that the separate component is removable from the compartment without removing the implant from the bone.
An implantable component, comprising:
- a compartment;
- and
- a vibratory element of a transcutaneous bone conduction device positioned in the compartment, wherein the implantable component is configured to be totally subcutaneously implanted in a recess formed in the recipient's bone.
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 osseointegrated to the bone;
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is osseointegrated to the bone, detaching a second component from the first component;
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is osseointegrated to the bone, removing the second component from within the recipient while the at least first component is located in the recess and is osseointegrated to the bone;
- and
- while the at least first component is located in the recess and is osseointegrated 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 subcutaneously implanted in the recipient.
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An implantable device, comprising:
- a component configured to be removably retained in a compartment of an implant such that the component is removable from the compartment without moving the implant relative to an organ of a recipient proximate the implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.