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US 9,319,810 B2Granted
Implantable component of a hearing prosthesis
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsC. Roger Leigh, Wim Bervoets, Erik Holgersson, Marcus Andersson, Bart Carpentier
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Abstract
A hearing prosthesis including an implantable component including a vibrator portion configured to vibrate in response to a sound signal to evoke a hearing precept and a screw portion configured to removably attach the implantable component to a recipient, wherein the vibratory portion is rigidly adhered to the screw portion.
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A hearing prosthesis, comprising:
- an implantable component including a vibratory portion configured to vibrate in response to a sound signal and a coupling portion configured to removably attach the implantable component to a recipient of the hearing prosthesis, wherein
- the vibratory portion is rigidly adhered to the coupling portion, and at least one of:
- (i) one or more feedthroughs located on the implantable component, and wherein the hearing prosthesis is an active transcutaneous bone conduction device, and wherein the vibratory portion is a vibrator of the active transcutaneous bone conduction device that receives a signal through the one or more feedthroughs;
- or
- (ii) the hearing prosthesis is a passive transcutaneous bone conduction device, and the implantable component is an implantable component of the passive transcutaneous bone conduction device.
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A hearing prosthesis, comprising:
- a vibrational element;
- and
- a housing containing the vibrational element, the housing including an integral vibration isolator;
- wherein the vibrational element is connected to the housing at a first location;
- and the hearing prosthesis is configured such that the integral vibration isolator isolates a first portion of the housing from vibrations generated by the vibrational element, wherein the first portion of the housing is located, relative to a path along the housing extending from the first location to the vibration isolator to the first portion, with the vibration isolator being in between the first location and the first portion, after the vibration isolator.
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A method, the method comprising:
- generating vibrational energy indicative of a sound signal with a hearing prosthesis;
- conducting the vibrational energy to a recipient of the hearing prosthesis via a vibrational path through the hearing prosthesis;
- and
- minimizing conduction of the vibrational energy to the recipient via another vibrational path through the hearing prosthesis;
- wherein the paths are separate parallel paths that lead to tissue of the recipient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.