Patent ID: 8518112

Claim:
A device for adjusting and fixing a relative position between an actuator end piece of an active hearing implant and an element of an ossicular chain or a coupling part to a human inner ear, the device comprising a connecting element having a first coupling element for coupling said connecting element to the actuator end piece, a second coupling element for coupling said connecting element to an incus, stapes, a stapes footplate, an oval window, or a round window of a human middle ear; and a shaft-shaped middle part between said first coupling element and said second coupling element, said shaft-shaped middle part defining a shaft axis, wherein said first coupling element is geometrically configured so as to encompass the actuator end piece with two opposing parallel arms, wherein said two arms each have a pattern element, which in cooperation with said two arms fixes the encompassed actuator end piece in selectable discrete axial positions in a direction parallel to said shaft axis of said shaft-shaped middle part, and wherein each of said pattern elements is configured with formations selected from the group consisting of notches and indents at the respective opposite axial positions of said two arms for accommodating the actuator end piece.