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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Hannes Maier, Hamburg, CH;
Bernd Waldmann, Maur, CH;
Inventors:
Hannes Maier, Hamburg, CH;
Bernd Waldmann, Maur, CH;
Assignee:
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2013.01); H04R 23/00 (2013.01); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 2225/67 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an at least partially implantable device for picking up sound impinging onto a skin area of a person, comprising means for generating an audio signal corresponding to the change in time of the distance between a position of the device and the outer surface of the skin area, wherein the device position is adjacent to the skin area.