Hermetically sealed implantable transducer
CA 2071240 C · Owner: Khuhro, Shafig Ahmed · Inventors: Dicarlo, Paul; Bisch, Michael Evremonde; Khuhro, Shafig Ahmed
Overview
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A hermetically sealed transducer mechanism for an implantable hearing aid system having a signal processing unit having at least one electromechanical transducer coupled to the auditory system of a human. The transducer having an outer casing and at least one moving member extending outside the casing. The invention comprising a hermetically sealed bellows member having two ends and a generally cylindrical side wall. One end of the bellows member being hermetically affixed to the transducer casing and the other end of the bellows member being hermetically affixed to the moving member at a point outside the transducer casing. The side wall having a plurality of corrugations formed therein to …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed June 15, 1992 and granted October 24, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 15, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 15, 2014.
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