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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christoph Hans Schmid, Zollikon, CH;
Assignee:
Phonak AG, Stafa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A hearing aid implant to be mounted in the ear includes a housing and an actuator mounted on the housing. The actuator is movable relative to the housing. An electromechanical drive transducer works between the housing and the actuator. The housing is attached to the outer ear part of the ear drum area and the actuator has an end facing away from the housing that works in the middle ear.