Patent ID: 7553328
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An ossicle prosthesis ( 10 ; 20 ), which replaces or spans at least one member of a human ossicle chain, in which the ossicle prosthesis ( 10 ; 20 ) includes a first securing element ( 11 ) on one end and a second securing element ( 12 ; 22 ) on its other end, the second securing element adapted for mechanical connection to a member of the ossicle chain, to the eardrum or to the inner ear, wherein between the two securing elements ( 11 , 12 ; 22 ) is a ball joint, which includes two struts ( 13 , 13 ′) that are solidly joined to the first securing element ( 11 ), and extend parallel or at an angle to one another enclosing a gaplike space in which a ball ( 14 ) is pivotably supported in two recesses ( 15 ) in the struts ( 13 , 13 ′), and which ball ( 14 ) is part of an elongated shaft ( 16 ) that connects the two securing elements ( 11 , 12 ; 22 ) to one another, wherein the elongated shaft ( is displaceable through the gaplike space between the two struts ( and wherein the gaplike space between the two struts (