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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2009
Geoffrey Ball, Axams, AT;
Peter Lampacher, Innsbruck, AT;
Wolfgang Amrhein, Ottensheim, AT;
Gunther Weidenholzer, Ottensheim, AT;
Geoffrey Ball, Axams, AT;
Peter Lampacher, Innsbruck, AT;
Wolfgang Amrhein, Ottensheim, AT;
Gunther Weidenholzer, Ottensheim, AT;
Vibrant Med-El Hearing Technology GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
Abstract
An implantable hearing prosthesis for a recipient patient is described. An implantable receiving coil transcutaneously receives an externally generated communication data signal. An implantable signal processor is in communication with the receiving coil and converts the communication data signal into an electrical stimulation signal. An implantable transducer housing is fixedly attachable to skull bone of the patient. An implantable drive transducer is in communication with the signal processor and removably engageable with the transducer housing for applying to the transducer housing a mechanical vibration signal based on the electrical stimulation signal for audio perception by the patient.