Patent ID: 8128695

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 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 at least one radially outer portion of the plate-shaped first securing element forms an outer ring area that has at least one interruption, wherein the coupling area, the web elements and the at least one radially outer portion are of such a geometric configuration, and their material so chosen, that a permanent plastic deformation is effected by stretching or pushing together the radially inner coupling area, the web elements and the at least one radially outer portion whereby an external diameter of the first securing element is permanently increased or reduced in this area by the plastic deformation, and in that sections of the at least one radially outer portion of the substantially plate-shaped first securing element that lie opposite one another each have an aperture that passes through a plane of the outer ring area and is closed in the plane.