Patent ID: 11889272
Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 21:
22. A medical procedure, comprising:
obtaining access to an implant totally subcutaneously implanted in a recipient, wherein at least a portion of at least a first component of the implant is located in a recess in bone and is fixed to the bone;
while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, detaching a second component from the first component;
while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, removing the second component from within the recipient while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone; and
while the at least first component is located in the recess and is fixed to the bone, reattaching the second component or attaching a third component to the first component such that the second component or the third component is attached to the recipient, wherein
the medical procedure converts the totally subcutaneous implant from an implant of a passive transcutaneous bone conduction device to a bone conduction device where a vibrator thereof is mechanically coupled to the first component.