Patents
Literature
Patsnap Eureka AI that helps you search prior art, draft patents, and assess FTO risks, powered by patent and scientific literature data.

6 results about "Ossicular chain" patented technology

Auditory ossicles (redirected from ossicular chain) au·di·to·ry os·si·cles [TA] the small bones of the middle ear; they are articulated to form a chain for the transmission of sound from the tympanic membrane to the oval window. Synonym(s): ossicula auditus [TA], ear bones, ossicular chain.

A weak sound amplification device and method of use thereof

The application discloses a weak sound amplification device in the field of sound amplification technology, which comprises a base, a controller, a sealed shell and a carrier table; the controller is electrically connected with a signal component, a sound component and a power amplifier, and the power amplifier is electrically connected with a loudspeaker; the sound component comprises a bionic sound channel, the bionic sound channel is fixed with a tympanic membrane at the tail end, the tympanic membrane is attached to the left end of an auditory ossicular chain, and the auditory ossicular chain is hung on an auditory ossicular chain beam; the signal component comprises a manual workbench, a precision workbench and a piezoelectric stack support, the piezoelectric stack support is internally provided with a piezoelectric stack, the front end surface of the piezoelectric stack support is fixedly connected with the rear end of a probe support, and the front end of the probe support is provided with a conductive probe; the auditory ossicular chain and the auditory ossicular chain beam are made of conductive material and are electrically connected; the manual workbench, the precision workbench and the piezoelectric stack are used for adjusting the distance between the front end of the conductive probe and the right end of the auditory ossicular chain in three stages, so that the two are connected with the controller in series to form a closed quantum tunneling circuit. The application solves the problem of difficult weak sound collection.
Owner:YANGZHOU UNIV

Automatic positioning method for ear multi-class standard planes in temporal bone U-HRCT image

The invention discloses a temporal bone U-HRCT image ear multi-class standard plane automatic positioning method, and relates to the field of medical image processing, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining temporal bone U-HRCT image data, and carrying out the preprocessing of the image data, and obtaining an enhanced ossicular chain region of interest; defining the enhanced ossicular chain region of interest as an environment of a reinforcement learning framework, and obtaining respective states from the environment by the intelligent agents through respective plane parameters; calculating an average normal vector and an average intercept of each standard observation surface based on the training set label data, and taking the average normal vector and the average intercept as initial plane parameters of the intelligent agent; a multi-agent strategy network is adopted, a differentiated action space is customized for each standard observation surface, and plane positioning is guided through a dual reward function; evaluating a plane positioning result in real time by using a termination discrimination network, and determining whether to terminate the search process of the multi-agent strategy network according to the evaluation result; therefore, end-to-end automatic positioning of the standard observation surface of the ossicular chain is realized, and the positioning efficiency is improved.
Owner:BEIJING UNIV OF TECH +1

Systems and methods for treating hearing loss

ActiveCN115551449BEardrum repairOssicles
Systems and methods can be employed to access the middle ear through the tympanic membrane for the delivery of therapeutic agents to, for example, the round window niche adjacent to the cochlea under direct visualization. The systems and methods can also be used to improve accessibility and visualization for various otologic procedures, such as, but not limited to, cholesteatoma removal, tympanic membrane repair, and ossicular chain repair.
Owner:SPIRAL THERAPEUTICS INC

Ossicular chain size measurement method and device, storage medium and program product

The embodiment of the invention provides an ossicular chain size measurement method and device, a storage medium and a program product, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining a target mask image in response to a measurement request, and extracting mask images corresponding to three small bones from the target mask image; the three small bones comprise a hammer bone, an incus and a stapes bone; voxels of corresponding small bones are extracted from the mask image, and point cloud data of the small bones are constructed based on voxel coordinates; for any small bone, determining at least one key axis corresponding to the small bone based on the small bone point cloud data, and determining a plurality of key points corresponding to the small bone based on the at least one key axis; and based on the plurality of key points corresponding to the three small bones respectively, determining at least one piece of size data corresponding to the three small bones respectively and a position relationship corresponding to any two small bones. According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the accuracy and efficiency of the size measurement of the ossicular chain are improved.
Owner:BEIJING FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIV

Improved stem of the prothesis for the reconstruction of the ossicular chain

PendingUS20260151223A1StentsHeart valvesPerichondriumTympanic Membranes
An improved TORP for the reconstruction of the ossicular chain provides, in combination: a head (C) which is formed by a single cartilaginous block:—a synthetic stem (A) of cylindrical shape which is provided, on both sides, with a respective blunt tip (A1, A2); a cartilaginous base (B) having the same thickness as the head (C) but with a smaller surface.Said improved TORP is configured in such a way as to be able to position, respectively, said head (c) under the tympanic membrane (D) and said base (B) above the plate (E) of the stapes (s); thus obtaining that during the healing process, the perichondrium of the head (c) is welded to the tympanic membrane (D) and the perichondrium of the base (B) is welded to the mucosa of the plate (E).
Owner:MALAFRONTE GIUSEPPE

Systems and methods for treating hearing loss

ActiveUS12663629B2Ear treatmentCannulasEardrum repairCholesteatoma
Systems and methods can be employed for trans-tympanic membrane access to the middle ear for delivery of a therapeutic agent, for example, to the round window niche adjacent to the cochlea under direct visualization. The systems and methods can also be used to improve accessibility and visualization for various otological surgical procedures, such as, but not limited to, cholesteatoma removal, tympanic membrane repair and ossicular chain repair.
Owner:SPIRAL THERAPEUTICS INC