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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Inventors:
Koen Erik Van den Heuvel, Hove, BE;
Jan Vermeiren, Boechout, BE;
Rishubh Verma, Oatley, AU;
Antonin Rambault, Mechelen, BE;
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 25/609 (2019.05); H04R 25/65 (2013.01); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/36128 (2013.01); H04R 2225/67 (2013.01);
Abstract
Presented herein are implantable sound sensors that include a non-uniform diaphragm mechanically coupled to a vibrating structure of a recipient's middle or inner ear. The non-uniform diaphragm includes a central region and a peripheral region, where the thickness of the central region is greater than the thickness of the peripheral region.