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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Heinz Kurz Gmbh Medizintechnik, Dusslingen, DE;
Karl-Bernd Huettenbrink, Dresden, DE;
Axel Lang, Reutlingen, DE;
Uwe Steinhardt, Hirrlingen, DE;
Markus Gaeckle, Bad Liebenzell, DE;
Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik, Dusslingen, DE;
Abstract
An ossicular prosthesis has a head plate as a first fastening element, a second fastening element for the mechanical connection to the ossicular chain, or to the inner ear, and a connecting element. The head plate has a central coupling region and radially outward extending bridging elements which are connected to the coupling region via a radially inner end region and each transition into an outer free end section. The bridging elements are connected to the coupling region so that they fold together upon introduction of a force component parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein their end sections are pivoted radially closer to the longitudinal axis and thereby also execute an axial movement. The bridging elements, without this force, extend from the coupling region at a predefined, fixed angle. The prosthesis can be inserted into the middle ear of the patient more easily and through a much smaller artificial opening.