| 发明名称 | Hearing aid comprising an intra-cochlear actuator | ||
| 摘要 | An at least partially implantable hearing aid has an input transducer (26) for capturing audio signals from ambient sound, an audio signal processing unit (32) for processing the captured audio signals, an actuator (20) for stimulating a patient's hearing, and a driver unit (44) for driving the actuator. The actuator has a rigid housing (64) closed on at least one side by a vibration diaphragm (66) that is driven by a piezoelectric transducer (68, 88). The housing is designed to float in the cochlea in direct contact with the cochlear liquids in order to couple vibration energy from the diaphragm directly into the cochlear liquids. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9313587(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2016.04.12 |
| 申请号 | US201013576288 | 申请日期 | 2010.02.12 |
| 申请人 | Advanced Bionics AG | 发明人 | Bernhard Hans;Hamacher Volkmar |
| 分类号 | A61N1/372;H04R25/00;A61N1/05;A61N1/36 | 主分类号 | A61N1/372 |
| 代理机构 | Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, PC | 代理人 | Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, PC ;Safran David S. |
| 主权项 | 1. An at least partially implantable hearing aid comprising an input transducer for capturing audio signals from ambient sound, an audio signal processing unit for processing the captured audio signals, an actuator for stimulating a patient's hearing, and a driver unit for driving the actuator, wherein the actuator comprises a rigid housing closed on at least one side by a vibration diaphragm and a piezoelectric transducer arranged for driving the vibration diaphragm, wherein the housing is flexibly supported in a manner for essentially freely floating in the cochlea in direct contact with the cochlear liquids in order to couple vibration energy from the diaphragm directly into the cochlear liquids, wherein the piezoelectric transducer is provided as a piezoelectric thin film on the diaphragm in a disc bender configuration. | ||
| 地址 | Stäfa CH | ||