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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2018
Applicant:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Hirsch, Lutherville, MD (US);
David J. Eisenman, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/18 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/18 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61F 2002/183 (2013.01); A61F 2240/002 (2013.01); A61F 2240/004 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49023 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a customized ossicular prosthesis suitable for treatment of conductive hearing loss due to ossicular chain defects, and a method and system for manufacturing the same. Medical imaging equipment can detect specifically designated landmarks in normal human middle ear ossicles, including significant anatomic differences in those structures. Those anatomic features are used to generate a customized ossicular prosthesis specifically configured for a particular patient's anatomy using 3D printing techniques and devices.