Patent ID: 8100966

Claim:
An auditory ossicle prosthesis which replaces or spans at least one member or parts of one member of an ossicular chain, the auditory ossicle prosthesis comprising: at one end, a substantially plate-shaped first securing element for bearing on a tympanic membrane or on a footplate of a stirrup, and, at its other end, a second securing element for mechanical connection to a member or parts of a member of an ossicular chain or to an inner ear, and also a connection element connecting the first and second securing elements to each other so as to conduct sound, and wherein the substantially plate-shaped first securing element has a radially inner coupling area mechanically coupling the substantially plate-shaped first securing element to the connection element, and also a plurality of web elements radially connecting the radially inner coupling area to at least one radially outer portion of the substantially plate-shaped first securing element, wherein the radially inner coupling area and/or the web elements and/or the at least one radially outer portion are of such a geometric configuration that they together form jigsaw pieces of a jigsaw puzzle from which the substantially plate-shaped first securing element can be assembled in its entirety with the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle being non-rotatable relative to each other, wherein the jigsaw pieces can be joined to one another or removed from one another, and wherein the substantially plate-shaped first securing element is inherently mechanically stable in a state with the jigsaw pieces joined together.