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Eardrum transducer with nanoscale membrane

US10715939B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation · US
UNIVERSITÄT HAMBURG · DE

Inventors

Max G. Lagally · Madison, US
Abhishek Bhat · Weilersville, US
Frank Steele Flack · Madison, US
Shelley A. Scott · Madison, US
Robert H. Blick · Madison, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2018
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 13, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2460/13
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transducer supported by the eardrum provides a piezoelectric material exchanging energy with the eardrum through a nanoscale membrane, the latter serving to boost the coupling between the piezoelectric material and the eardrum.

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