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公开(公告)号：US07241258B2
公开(公告)日：2007-07-10
申请号：US10983102
申请日：2004-11-05
申请人： Scott Allan Miller, III , Bernd Waldmann , Travis Rian Andrews , David L. Basinger , Jose′ H. Bedoya , James Roy Easter , James Frank Kasic, II , Douglas Miller
发明人： Scott Allan Miller, III , Bernd Waldmann , Travis Rian Andrews , David L. Basinger , Jose′ H. Bedoya , James Roy Easter , James Frank Kasic, II , Douglas Miller
IPC分类号： H04R25/00
CPC分类号： H04R25/604 , H04R19/016 , H04R25/606 , H04R2225/67
摘要： A system for reducing the vibration sensitivity of an implantable microphone without an equal or greater reduction in sound sensitivity. The system reduces non-ambient vibrations by placing at least one compliant member into the path of transmission for tissue-borne vibration, but not into the path for ambient sound-induced vibration. More particularly, a compliant member is interposed along the path between a source of non-ambient vibration and an implanted microphone. In one aspect, a compliant base member is disposed between an implanted microphone and an implant wearer's skull. In another aspect, a microphone is compliantly suspended relative to an implant housing using a support membrane. In either aspect, the compliant member (i.e., base member and/or membrane) and the supported member (i.e., housing and/or microphone) define a supported system having a natural or resonant frequency. This natural frequency may be set to a value to advantageously isolate the microphone against transmitted vibration.
摘要翻译： 一种用于降低可植入麦克风的振动灵敏度的系统，而声音灵敏度降低不大。 该系统通过将至少一个柔顺构件放置在用于组织传播的振动的传播路径中而不是进入环境声音引起的振动的路径中来减少非环境振动。 更具体地，柔性构件沿着非环境振动源和植入的麦克风之间的路径插入。 在一个方面，柔性基底构件设置在植入的麦克风和植入物佩戴者的头骨之间。 在另一方面，使用支撑膜，麦克风相对于植入物外壳顺应地悬挂。 在任一方面，柔顺构件（即，基底构件和/或膜）和被支撑构件（即壳体和/或麦克风）限定具有自然或共振频率的支撑系统。 这个固有频率可以被设置为一个值，以有利地将麦克风隔离成传播的振动。
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2.发明授权Implantable hearing aid transducer with advanceable actuator to faciliate coupling with the auditory system 有权植入式助听器，带有可推进的致动器，以便与听觉系统相结合公开(公告)号：US07905824B2
公开(公告)日：2011-03-15
申请号：US11868842
申请日：2007-10-08
IPC分类号： H04R25/00
CPC分类号： H04R25/606 , H04R2225/67
摘要： A hearing aid transducer that includes an actuator advanceable relative to the transducer to couple with a middle ear component. In one aspect of the invention, the actuator is a separate structure from the transducer that is insertable into an aperture defined between a first and second end of the transducer. This permits separate connection of the actuator to the middle ear component and the transducer to improve coupling of the transducer to the middle ear component, e.g., minimizing loads on the middle ear component.
摘要翻译： 助听器换能器，其包括相对于换能器可前进的致动器以与中耳部件联接。 在本发明的一个方面，致动器是与换能器分离的结构，该结构可插入到限定在换能器的第一和第二端之间的孔中。 这允许致动器与中耳部件和换能器的单独连接，以改善换能器与中耳部件的联接，例如最小化中耳部件上的负荷。
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3.发明授权Implantable hearing aid transducer with advanceable actuator to facilitate coupling with the auditory system 有权可植入式助听器，具有可推进的执行器，便于与听觉系统耦合公开(公告)号：US07278963B2
公开(公告)日：2007-10-09
申请号：US10351699
申请日：2003-01-27
IPC分类号： H04R25/00
CPC分类号： H04R25/606 , H04R2225/67
摘要： A hearing aid transducer that includes an actuator advanceable relative to the transducer to couple with a middle ear component. In one aspect of the invention, the actuator is a separate structure from the transducer that is insertable into an aperture defined between a first and second end of the transducer. This permits separate connection of the actuator to the middle ear component and the transducer to improve coupling of the transducer to the middle ear component, e.g., minimizing loads on the middle ear component.
摘要翻译： 助听器换能器，其包括相对于换能器可前进的致动器以与中耳部件联接。 在本发明的一个方面，致动器是与换能器分离的结构，该结构可插入到限定在换能器的第一和第二端之间的孔中。 这允许致动器与中耳部件和换能器的单独连接，以改善换能器与中耳部件的联接，例如最小化中耳部件上的负荷。
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公开(公告)号：US06491622B1
公开(公告)日：2002-12-10
申请号：US09583299
申请日：2000-05-30
IPC分类号： H04R2500
CPC分类号： A61B17/3403 , A61B90/11 , H04R2225/67
摘要： The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for supportably positioning an implantable hearing aid actuator within a patient's skull. The improved apparatus includes a carry device for carrying an implantable hearing aid actuator at a first end, a swivel device for pivotably supporting the carrier device, and a mounting device for mounting the apparatus to a patient's skull. To facilitate installation, a swivel device may be provided in a unitary manner so as to provide for selective placement and securement as a single unit to the mounting device. To yield enhanced depth positioning, the carrier device may be selectively advancable relative to the swivel device, and the carrier device may comprise two or more members interconnected for selective advancement of one relative to other. In the later regard, the carrier device may include at least a first member which telescopes coaxially relative to a second member.
摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于将可植入助听器致动器可支撑地定位在患者颅骨内的装置和方法。 改进的装置包括用于在第一端处承载可植入助听器致动器的携带装置，用于可枢转地支撑载体装置的旋转装置，以及用于将装置安装到患者头骨上的安装装置。 为了便于安装，可以以一体的方式设置旋转装置，以便提供作为安装装置的单个单元的选择性放置和固定。 为了产生增强的深度定位，载体装置可以相对于旋转装置选择性地增加，并且载体装置可以包括两个或更多个构件，其互连用于相对于另一个的选择性前进。 在后面的观点中，载体装置可以包括至少第一构件，其相对于第二构件同轴地望远镜。
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5.发明授权Apparatus and method for ossicular fixation of implantable hearing aid actuator 失效植入式助听器执行器的小耳蜗固定的装置和方法公开(公告)号：US06705985B2
公开(公告)日：2004-03-16
申请号：US09991398
申请日：2001-11-20
IPC分类号： H04R2500
CPC分类号： H04R25/606
摘要： The invention is directed to a fixation apparatus and method for interfacing an implantable hearing aid actuator with the ossicular chain of a patient. The fixation apparatus may include one or more surface discontinuities to enhance tissue fixation and thereby yield enhanced mechanical coupling and vibratory response. Surface discontinuities may be in the form of surface pores, surface asperities and complex surface shapes such as grooves, slots, lips or openings formed in the fixation apparatus. The fixation apparatus may also and/or alternatively include a portion or component that is deflectable or that comprises a conditioned shape memory material that is activatable at bodily temperatures to yield a degree of lateral loading when the fixation apparatus is positioned within an opening defined within a bone of the ossicular chain of a patient, thereby yielding enhanced mechanical coupling.
摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于将可植入助听器致动器与患者的小耳链连接的固定装置和方法。 固定装置可以包括一个或多个表面不连续性，以增强组织固定，从而产生增强的机械耦合和振动响应。 表面不连续性可以是表面孔，表面粗糙度和形成在定影装置中的凹槽，槽，唇或开口等复杂表面形状的形式。 固定装置还可以和/或可选地包括可偏转的部分或部件，或者包括调节形状记忆材料，该状态形状记忆材料可以在身体温度下激活以产生一定程度的横向负载，当固定装置位于限定在 从而产生增强的机械耦合。
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公开(公告)号：US06537201B1
公开(公告)日：2003-03-25
申请号：US09991397
申请日：2001-11-20
IPC分类号： H04R2500
CPC分类号： A61L27/30 , A61L2430/14 , A61N1/375
摘要： An improved implantable hearing aid apparatus and related method of manufacture are disclosed. The inventive apparatus and method utilize electrodeposition techniques to yield enhanced sealing of implanted componentry. In one embodiment an inventive apparatus comprises at least first and second implantable hearing aid component housing members having at least one electrodeposited layer overlapping adjacent portions of the housing members to provide a hermetic seal therebetween. In another embodiment an inventive apparatus comprises an implantable hearing aid component housing member formed via electrodeposition having a plurality of electrodeposited layers, wherein at least two adjacent ones of the layers comprise differing materials (e.g. to yield enhanced functional characteristics). By way of primary example, a hollow bellows of any implantable middle ear actuator may be formed via the sequential electrodeposition of multiple layers on a shaped mandrel which is then selectively removed (e.g., via a removal fluid).
摘要翻译： 公开了一种改进的可植入助听器装置及其制造方法。 本发明的装置和方法利用电沉积技术来产生植入组分的增强的密封。 在一个实施例中，本发明的装置包括至少第一和第二可植入助听器部件壳体构件，其具有与壳体构件的相邻部分重叠的至少一个电沉积层，以在其间提供气密密封。 在另一个实施例中，本发明的装置包括通过具有多个电沉积层的电沉积形成的可植入助听器部件壳体部件，其中至少两个相邻的层包括不同的材料（例如以产生增强的功能特征）。 作为主要示例，任何可植入的中耳致动器的中空波纹管可以经由成形心轴上的多个层的顺序电沉积形成，然后可以选择性地去除（例如通过去除流体）。
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公开(公告)号：US07354394B2
公开(公告)日：2008-04-08
申请号：US11425284
申请日：2006-06-20
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。
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公开(公告)号：US08550977B2
公开(公告)日：2013-10-08
申请号：US11356434
申请日：2006-02-16
IPC分类号： H04R25/00
CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 , A61N1/36036 , A61N1/37223 , A61N1/3787 , H04R25/505 , H04R25/554 , H04R25/606 , H04R2225/021 , H04R2225/31 , H04R2225/67 , H04R2420/07
摘要： An implantable hearing unit is provided that includes an implantable microphone, a rechargeable power storage device and a speech signal processor. The hearing unit further includes a signal coupling device that is adapted for electrical interconnection to an implantable auditory stimulation device, which is operative to stimulate an auditory component of a patient. Such a stimulation device may include cochlear implants, brain stem stimulation systems, auditory nerve stimulation systems, and middle or inner ear transducer systems. The signal coupling device is operative to provide processed drive signals from the signal processor to the stimulation device as well provide power from the power storage device to operate the stimulation device. In one arrangement, the signal coupling device is a wireless coupling between first and second coils. In such an arrangement, the hearing unit may be utilized with an existing implanted stimulation device to make that device a fully implanted hearing system.
摘要翻译： 提供了一种植入式听力单元，其包括可植入麦克风，可再充电电力存储装置和语音信号处理器。 听力单元还包括适于与可植入听觉刺激装置的电互连的信号耦合装置，其可操作以刺激患者的听觉部件。 这样的刺激装置可以包括耳蜗植入物，脑干刺激系统，听觉神经刺激系统和中耳或内耳换能器系统。 该信号耦合装置可操作以提供从信号处理器到刺激装置的经处理的驱动信号，并且提供来自功率存储装置的功率以操作刺激装置。 在一种布置中，信号耦合装置是第一和第二线圈之间的无线耦合。 在这种布置中，听力单元可以与现有的植入刺激装置一起使用，以使该装置成为完全植入的听觉系统。
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公开(公告)号：US07326171B2
公开(公告)日：2008-02-05
申请号：US11224489
申请日：2005-09-12
IPC分类号： H04R25/00
CPC分类号： A61F11/00 , A61B17/8061 , A61B17/8085 , A61B17/86 , A61F2/2875 , A61F2002/30578 , 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. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for use in conforming the mounting legs to the topology of a patient's skull. In one arrangement, the mechanism includes a plurality of guide legs having a reduced yield strength in comparison to the mounting legs. The reduced yield strength guide legs may be more readily conformed to the topology of the patient's skull to provide a mounting leg profile. Accordingly, the mounting legs may be deformed to match the profile of the guide legs such that a conformal fit between the apparatus and the patient's skull may be achieved.
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。 该装置还包括用于使安装腿符合患者头骨的拓扑结构的机构。 在一种布置中，该机构包括与安装腿相比具有降低的屈服强度的多个引导腿。 降低的屈服强度导向腿可以更容易地符合患者头骨的拓扑结构，以提供安装腿部轮廓。 因此，安装腿可以变形以匹配引导腿的轮廓，使得可以实现装置和患者头骨之间的共形配合。
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公开(公告)号：US06293903B1
公开(公告)日：2001-09-25
申请号：US09583202
申请日：2000-05-30
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。
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