Patent ID: 9609440
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04R

Claim:
1. A template for implanting a housing of an implantable unit of a partially implantable hearing instrument underneath a skin of a patient, comprising: a template plate comprising a planar surface that has a first end portion, a central portion, and a second end portion all surrounded by an outer edge of the template plate; an implant position marking opening within the central portion of the planar surface of the template plate; and a template position indicating element which extends from a location that is within the first end portion of the planar surface of the template plate and that is horizontally offset away from the outer edge of the template plate in a same plane of the planar surface, the template position indicating element extending away vertically from the planar surface of the template plate along an axis that is normal to the planar surface of the template plate, wherein the implant position marking opening is configured to mark a position of a receptacle to be created in a temporal bone of the patient for receiving an elevated housing portion of the housing, and wherein the template position indicating element is a projection configured to indicate a position of the template after the template has been inserted underneath the skin of the patient.