公开(公告)号：US06293903B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-25

申请号：US09583202

申请日：2000-05-30

申请人： James Frank Kasic, II ,  Douglas Alan Miller ,  William Howard Slattery, III

发明人： James Frank Kasic, II ,  Douglas Alan Miller ,  William Howard Slattery, III

IPC分类号： H04R2500

CPC分类号： H04R25/606

摘要： An improved apparatus and method is provided for supportably mounting an implantable hearing aid device to a patient's skull. The apparatus includes a support member adapted for supporting a hearing aid device and a plurality of mounting legs extending laterally from the support member in differing directions. A plurality of apertures are defined through each of the plurality of mounting legs, wherein an attachment device may be selectively inserted through each of one or more of the apertures for attachment of the apparatus to a patients skull. At least two of the apertures provided in each of the mounting legs may be disposed in a radially offset fashion relative to the support member and/or at different lateral distances relative to the support member. The provision of multiple mounting legs and apertures for interconnection provide enhanced mounting position flexibility, stability and overall ease of installation advantages.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种改进的装置和方法，用于将可植入助听器装置可支撑地安装到患者的头骨上。 该装置包括适于支撑助听装置的支撑构件和从支撑构件沿不同方向横向延伸的多个安装腿。 通过多个安装腿中的每一个限定多个孔，其中附接装置可以选择性地插入穿过一个或多个孔中的每一个，用于将装置附接到患者头骨。 设置在每个安装腿中的至少两个孔可以相对于支撑构件以径向偏移的方式和/或相对于支撑构件以不同的横向距离设置。 提供用于互连的多个安装腿和孔提供增强的安装位置灵活性，稳定性和整体易于安装的优点。

公开(公告)号：US07354394B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-08

申请号：US11425284

申请日：2006-06-20

申请人： William Howard Slattery, III ,  Robert Edwin Schneider ,  James Frank Kasic, II

发明人： William Howard Slattery, III ,  Robert Edwin Schneider ,  James Frank Kasic, II

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/606 ,  H04R2225/67

摘要： Provided herein are systems and methods where an implantable microphone of an implantable hearing system is positioned at a location spaced from the surface of the patient's skull. More specifically, the microphone is mounted to soft tissue of the patient to at least partially isolate the microphone from skull-borne vibrations. Accordingly, by utilizing a soft tissue mount, the microphone may be made more sensitive to ambient sounds with reduced concern to amplification of non-ambient vibrations caused by skull-borne vibrations including, for example, transducer feedback, talking and/or chewing. The system will further include an auditory stimulation device that is located proximate to the skull of the patient and which is operative to stimulate an auditory component of the patient in accordance with an output signal generated by the microphone. A subcutaneously routed signal wire may extend between the implanted microphone and the auditory stimulation device.

摘要翻译： 本文提供了系统和方法，其中可植入式听力系统的可植入麦克风位于与患者头骨的表面间隔开的位置。 更具体地，麦克风被安装到患者的软组织，以至少部分地隔离麦克风与头骨传播的振动。 因此，通过利用软组织支架，可以使麦克风对环境声音更敏感，同时减少对包括例如换能器反馈，说话和/或咀嚼的颅骨振动引起的非环境振动的放大的担忧。 该系统还将包括位于患者头骨附近的听觉刺激装置，该听觉刺激装置根据麦克风产生的输出信号来操作以刺激患者的听觉部分。 皮下路由信号线可以在植入的麦克风和听觉刺激装置之间延伸。