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US 2014/0179985 A1Published application
Prosthesis adapter
OwnerMarcus ANDERSSONinventor
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Abstract
A prosthesis including an abutment, an operationally removable component including a coupling apparatus, and an adapter, wherein the abutment is connected to the adapter and the coupling apparatus of the operationally removable component is releasably coupled to the adapter.
Claims54
A prosthesis, comprising:
- an abutment;
- an operationally removable component including a coupling apparatus;
- and
- an adapter, wherein the abutment is connected to the adapter and the coupling apparatus is releasably coupled to the adapter.
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A prosthesis structural component, comprising:
- an adapter configured to indirectly couple a coupling apparatus of an operationally removable component to a coupling apparatus of a body interfacing prosthesis.
A method of converting a coupling mechanism of a prosthesis, comprising:
- obtaining access to an abutment fixed at least one of directly or indirectly to a recipient;
- and
- attaching an adapter to the abutment while the abutment is fixed to the recipient.
A method of imparting vibrations into a recipient, comprising:
- vibrating a vibrator in response to an external stimulus;
- conducting the vibrations from a unit of which the vibrator is a part of to an implanted prosthesis at a location above an outer skin of the recipient relative to an interior of the recipient, the unit being removably coupled to the implanted prosthesis;
- conducting the vibrations from a first apparatus of the implanted prosthesis to a second apparatus of the implanted prosthesis, the first apparatus being at least partially located above the outer skin of the recipient relative to an interior of the recipient;
- and
- conducting the vibrations from the second apparatus of the prosthesis indirectly to bone of the recipient, the second apparatus being at least partially located below the outer skin of the recipient relative to the interior of the recipient and not in direct contact with bone of the recipient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.