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Removable attachment of a passive transcutaneous bone conduction device with limited skin deformation

US9049527B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cochlear Limited · AU

Inventors

Marcus Andersson · Jönköping, SE
Kristian Asnes · Chatswood, AU
Erik Holgersson · Gothenburg, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 28, 2012
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

An external component including a vibratory portion configured to vibrate in response to a sound signal to evoke a hearing percept via bone conduction and including a coupling portion configured to removably attach the external component to an outer surface of skin of a recipient of the hearing prosthesis while imparting deformation to the skin of the recipient at a location of the attachment, in a one-gravity environment, of an amount that is about equal to or equal to that which results from the external component having mass.

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