Hearing-aid interconnection system
OwnerPatrik Westerkullinventor
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Abstract
The hearing-aid interconnection system has a skin-penetrating hearing-aid abutment (2) and a fixture (4) anchored in a skull bone (6). A first press fit is formed between a first contact surface (8a) of the abutment and a first fixture contact surface (10a) of the fixture. The first abutment contact surface extends around the first fixture contact surface. A second press fit is formed between a second contact surface (8b) of the abutment and a second fixture contact surface (10b) of the fixture. The second fixture contact surface extends around the second abutment contact surface.
Claims13
A hearing-aid interconnection system, comprising:
- a fixture anchored in a skull bone;
- a skin-penetrating hearing-aid abutment penetrating a skin;
- a removable coupling having one end removably connected to a lateral side of the skin-penetrating hearing-aid abutment and a second opposite end connected to a hearing aid apparatus;
- the fixture having a conical attachment at a lateral end;
- the abutment having a conical attachment at a contra lateral end;
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- a press fit between the conical attachment of the fixture, and the conical attachment of the abutment, the press fit having a circular geometry and providing a tight conical fit between the fixture and the abutment.
A hearing-aid interconnection system, comprising:
- a skin-penetrating hearing-aid abutment and a fixture anchored in a skull bone;
- a press fit between the fixture, having a conical-shaped end, and the abutment, having a conical-shaped end, the press fit having a circular geometry and providing a tight conical fit between the fixture and the abutment;
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- wherein the press fit contact surfaces on the fixture and the abutment have angles (α) and (β) where 0 degrees ←α≦30 degrees and 0 degrees ←β≦30 degrees.
A hearing-aid interconnection system, comprising:
- a skin-penetrating hearing-aid abutment and a fixture anchored in a skull bone;
- a press fit between the fixture, having a conical-shaped end, and the abutment, having a conical-shaped end, the press fit having a circular geometry and providing a tight conical fit between the fixture and the abutment;
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- wherein a connection screw maintains the fixture and the abutment in a connected position, and where the abutment has a through-hole defined therein and the fixture has a matching threaded hole to receive the connection screw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.