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US3566413A
US3566413A US815392A US3566413DA US3566413A US 3566413 A US3566413 A US 3566413A US 815392 A US815392 A US 815392A US 3566413D A US3566413D A US 3566413DA US 3566413 A US3566413 A US 3566413A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/18—Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/18—Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums
    • A61F2002/183—Ear parts

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  • the prosthesis according to the invention is comprised of two arms each with a length of some 5 mm. and which enclose between them an angle which is slightly larger than 90, and of a screw which lies in the plane of the arm axes.
  • the one arm is provided at the end thereof opposite to the other arm, with a fiat portion through which passes said screw.
  • said other arm has a thickness which is reduced towards that end opposite to the arm through which passes said screw.
  • the thickness of the screwbearing arm, adjacent said fiat portion is about equal to the screw length.
  • said screw is a self-tapping screw.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation view of a prosthesis according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the prosthesis shown in FIG. 1.
  • the prosthesis shown in the figures comprises on the one hand, a plastic material body and, on the other hand, a metal screw.
  • the plastic material should not be attacked by the human organism liquids.
  • the material known under the trade name Teflon is particularly well suited.
  • the metal the screw is made of should also not deteriorate.
  • the metal known under the trade name Vitallium is also particularly well suited.
  • the body is comprised of two arms 1 and 2 the geometrical axes of which are designated by 3 and 4. Each one of the arms 1 and 2 has a length ranging about 5 mm.
  • the angle a enclosed between the axes 3 and 4 is slightly larger than and it lies for example in the range of to That end of the arm 2 opposite to the arm 1 is pierced by a screw 5.
  • Said screw is a self-tapping screw. It lies in .1 plane which is determined by the axes 3 and 4 of the arms 1 and 2.
  • the screw 5 is retained by a fiat portion 6 which comprises the end of the arm 2.
  • the arm 2 has a thickness ranging about the screw length, which is approximately 3 mm.
  • the height of the flat portion 6 is about 0.4 mm.
  • the thickness of the arm 1 is reduced towards that end 7 opposite the arm 2. At the end 7, the thickness of the arm 1 is about 0.6 mm.
  • the screw 5 is used for attaching the end of the arm 2 to the hammer while the end 7 of the arm 1 is to bear on the stirrup-bone, preferably on the plate thereof, or it contacts directly the internal ear liquids.
  • the plastic material body may be replaced by a body of some other material, for instance a Vitallium body.
  • a middle ear prosthesis made of a material suitable for implanting in the human body, which is comprised of two connected arms having their axes lying in a common plane, each arm having a length of some 5 mm. which encloses between them an angle which is slightly larger than 90, and a screw attached to the free end of one arm which lies in said plane of the arm axes.

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2688132A1 (fr) * 1992-03-06 1993-09-10 Tem Audio Implant System Prothese passive pour chaine tympano-ossiculaire.
US5370689A (en) * 1992-07-23 1994-12-06 Xomed-Treace, Inc. Method of implanting a middle ear prosthesis

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2688132A1 (fr) * 1992-03-06 1993-09-10 Tem Audio Implant System Prothese passive pour chaine tympano-ossiculaire.
US5370689A (en) * 1992-07-23 1994-12-06 Xomed-Treace, Inc. Method of implanting a middle ear prosthesis

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