Patent ID: 8221497

Claim:
A middle ear prosthetic device, comprising: a columellate prosthesis arranged to replace, in sound wave transmission, an ossicular chain of the middle ear with the exception of the stapes footplate or the entire stapes, a first end of the columellate prosthesis being insertable into a hole provided in the footplate or arranged to rest on the footplate itself, or connectable to the stapes capitellum; an annular element of bioinert metal having an annular groove within which bone tissue is able to re-grow, the annular element being insertable into an outer auditory tube adjacent to a position at which a neotympanum is formable; a tensostructure of non-reabsorbable bioinert material, which extends into the interior of the annular element and is fixed to the annular element, the tensostructure presenting apertures which provide a surgeon with a sufficient view of a surgical field and allow the required surgical maneuvers; first means for connecting a second end of the columellate prosthesis to the tensostructure; and second means for connecting the neotympanum to the tensostructure.