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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2004
Uwe Steinhardt, Hirrlingen, DE;
Daniel F. Awengen, Binningen, CH;
Uwe Steinhardt, Hirrlingen, DE;
Daniel F. aWengen, Binningen, CH;
Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik, Dusslingen, DE;
Abstract
An auditory ossicle prosthesis () which is fastened to the limb of incus () of the human ossicular chain and to the stapes, or is inserted directly into the inner ear, whereby the auditory ossicle prosthesis () is made of an elastic material or a material having at least one hinged connection, and whereby the auditory ossicle prosthesis (), starting at its articulation on the limb of incus (), largely traces the course of the natural limb of incus () to its end or past it, and, angled downward in the region of the level of the natural end of the limb of incus (), extends to the other endpoint of the auditory ossicle prosthesis () on the stapes or at/in the inner ear.