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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Robert Edwin Schneider, Erie, CO (US);
Travis Rian Andrews, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Robert Edwin Schneider, Erie, CO (US);
Travis Rian Andrews, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Otologics, LLC, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An implantable hearing aid system that includes a transducer housing that is rotatable relative to a transducer mounting apparatus to orient the transducer for interfacing with an auditory component. According to one aspect of the invention, during rotation, a center of rotation of the transducer housing remains positionally fixed. In this regard, the transducer includes an actuator member that is advanceable relative to the transducer housing to interface with the auditory component, subsequent to orientation of the transducer housing.