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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2017
Applicants:

James Roy Easter, Boulder, CO (US);

Maekele Gebrekidan, Boulder, CO (US);

Inventors:

James Roy Easter, Boulder, CO (US);

Maekele Gebrekidan, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/18 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); H04R 19/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/18 (2013.01); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); H04R 19/016 (2013.01); H04R 2225/67 (2013.01); H04R 2410/07 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device, including an implantable microphone, including a transducer, and a chamber in which a gas is located such that vibrations originating external to the microphone based on sound are effectively transmitted therethrough, wherein the transducer is in effective vibration communication with the gas, wherein the transducer is configured to convert the vibrations traveling via the gas to an electrical signal, the chamber and the transducer correspond to a microphone system, wherein the chamber corresponds to a front volume of the microphone system, and the transducer includes a back volume corresponding to the back volume of the microphone system, and the implantable microphone is configured to enable pressure adjustment of the front and/or back volume in real time.


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