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Conformable pad bone conduction device

US11095994B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23References

43Claims

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Assignee

Cochlear Limited · AU

Inventors

Marcus Andersson · Jönköping, SE
Göran Björn · Onsala, SE
Stefan Magnander · Göteborg, SE
Henrik Fyrlund · Mölnlycke, SE
Koen Van den Heuvel · Hove, BE
Tobias Good · Mölnlycke, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 2013
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 16, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

Pads for positioning between external hearing prosthesis components and a recipient's skin or scalp that conform to the recipient's anatomy but transmit vibrations from the external components to implanted components. Usable pad materials may include non-Newtonian materials including dilatant materials, rheological materials, memory foams, viscoelastic material, thermoplastics, electro-rheological fluids and or magneto-rheological fluids.

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