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Hearing prosthesis with a piezoelectric actuator

US9107013B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cochlear Limited · AU

Inventors

Marcus Andersson · Jönköping, SE
Bart Valckaerts · Borgerhout, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 1, 2011
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 2, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A hearing prosthesis including an actuator. The actuator includes a material that deforms in response to an electrical signal and that is adapted to, upon implantation in a recipient, transmit vibrations representative of a sound signal to an organ of the recipient, wherein the material is at least partially exposed to at least one of body tissue and fluid of the recipient.

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