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Magnetic abutment systems, devices, components and methods for bone conduction hearing aids

A hearing aid, magnetic technology, applied in the direction of hearing aid installation/interconnection, hearing aids, bone conduction transducer hearing equipment, etc., can solve the incompatibility of hearing aid devices and systems, patients and health care providers cannot mix or combine, cannot Combined use, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-04-16
SOPHONO INC
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[0005] Hearing aid devices and systems from different manufacturers are often incompatible with each other, such that an external hearing aid from one manufacturer cannot be used in conjunction with a bone screw or magnetic implant from another manufacturer
This results in patients and healthcare providers not being able to mix or combine, for example, hearing aids from one manufacturer and bone screws or magnetic implants from another

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[0025] Described herein are various embodiments of systems, devices, components and methods for bone conduction and / or bone anchored hearing aids.

[0026]A bone-anchored hearing device (or "BAHD") is a bone conduction-based hearing prosthesis device having one or more parts surgically implanted. BAHD uses the bones of the skull as a pathway for sound to travel to the patient's inner ear. For people with conductive hearing loss, the BAHD bypasses the external auditory canal and middle ear, stimulating the still-functioning cochlea with implanted metal posts. For patients with unilateral hearing loss, BAHD uses the skull bone to conduct sound from the deaf side to the side of the cochlea that is functioning. In most BAHA systems, a titanium post or plate is surgically embedded in the skull, with a small abutment extending through and exposed beyond the patient's skin. The BAHD sound processor is attached to the mount and transmits sound vibrations through the outer mount to t...

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Various embodiments of systems, devices, components, and methods are disclosed for magnetically coupling ferrous or magnetic spacers of bone conduction hearing aids to ferrous or magnetic bone screws or implants affixed to a patient's skull. In one embodiment, a spacer is provided that is configured to magnetically couple the hearing aid to an abutment and corresponding bone screw, or to an implanted ferrous or magnetic member, that is affixed to the patient's skull.

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technical field [0001] Various embodiments of the invention described herein relate to the field of systems, devices, components and methods for bone conduction hearing aid devices. Background technique [0002] A bone-anchored hearing device (or "BAHD") is a hearing prosthetic device based on bone conduction with a surgically implanted part or parts. BAHD uses the bones of the skull as a pathway for sound to travel to the patient's inner ear. For people with conductive hearing loss, BAHD bypasses the outer ear canal and middle ear, stimulating the still-working cochlea through implanted metal posts. For patients with unilateral hearing loss, BAHD uses the skull to conduct sound from the deaf side to the side with the working cochlea. In most BAHA systems, titanium posts or plates are surgically embedded in the skull, with small standoffs extending through the skull and exposed beyond the patient's skin. The BAHD sound processor is attached to the mount and transmits soun...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04R25/00
CPCH04R2460/13H04R25/60H04R3/002
Inventor J·F·卡西克N·F·珀戈拉M·C·哈勒
Owner SOPHONO INC