Auditory ossicle prosthesis with stabiliser element

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8685090
APP PUB NO 20120197394A1
SERIAL NO

13357670

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An auditory ossicle prosthesis (10) with a sound transmitting prosthesis body (13) has first and second coupling elements (11, 12) provided at opposite ends. A stabilizer element (14) fixes the prosthesis on a level with the plane of the tympanic membrane and stabilizes the position of the prosthesis in the middle ear. A fixation part (14.2) anchors the Y-shaped stabilizer element at one or more places of the ear canal wall. The fixation part includes two hooked anchoring elements (16) that secure the fixation part in artificially drilled holes in the ear canal wall. The auditory ossicle prosthesis has a particularly simple and compact design and stays spatially fixed within very small variations in its initial position after implantation inside the middle ear cavity, providing effective protection against post-operative dislocation, tilting or tipping and without deteriorating sound transmission properties of the prosthesis.

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HEINZ KURZ GMBH MEDIZINTECHNIK72144 DUSSLINGEN

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Steinhardt, Uwe Hirrlingen, DE 41 269
Vincent, Robert Beziers, FR 16 211

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