CA2280059A1 - Implantable device for treatment of tinnitus - Google Patents

Implantable device for treatment of tinnitus Download PDF

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CA2280059A1
CA2280059A1 CA002280059A CA2280059A CA2280059A1 CA 2280059 A1 CA2280059 A1 CA 2280059A1 CA 002280059 A CA002280059 A CA 002280059A CA 2280059 A CA2280059 A CA 2280059A CA 2280059 A1 CA2280059 A1 CA 2280059A1
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tinnitus
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electroacoustic transducer
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Hans Leysieffer
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Cochlear Ltd
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Implex AG Hearing Technology
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/75—Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R17/00—Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers

Abstract

An implantable device for treatment of tinnitus is provided comprising an electronic signal generation unit and a power source for supplying power. A hermetically gas-tight, biocompatible and implantable electroacoustic transducer is also provided as the sound-delivering output transducer which, after an at least partial mastoidectomy, can be positioned in the mastoid cavity such that the sound emitted from the electroacoustic transducer travels from the mastoid to the tympanic cavity via the natural passage of the aditus ad antrum.
CA002280059A 1998-12-17 1999-08-11 Implantable device for treatment of tinnitus Expired - Fee Related CA2280059C (en)

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DE19858398.2 1998-12-17
DE19858398A DE19858398C1 (en) 1998-12-17 1998-12-17 Tinnitus treatment implant comprises a gas-tight biocompatible electroacoustic transducer for implantation in a mastoid cavity

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