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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sunil Puria, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rodney C. Perkins, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Soundport Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 2/500 ;
Abstract
This relates to devices and methods for improving hearing, particularly in the field of hearing aids. The described output actuator is a component of a class of hearing devices known as surgically implantable hearing aids. This relates to both fully implanted and partially implanted hearing aids. More particularly, methods and devices disclosed herein provide an actuator for directly driving the inner-ear fluid, or the middle-ear bones referred to as the ossicular chain, resulting in the sensation of hearing.