Patents Assigned to Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Reseach
  • Implantable middle ear implant
    Patent number: 6572531
    Abstract: A hearing aid comprised of conventional cochlear implant electronics implanted in the middle ear and coupled to an actuator configured to mechanically vibrate the middle ear ossicles. The implant electronics, typically used for driving an electrode array implanted in the cochlea, is used instead to supply electric drive signals to the actuator for mechanically vibrating the ossicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Reseach
    Inventors: Yitzhak Zilberman, Joseph H. Schulman