Patent ID: 7153257

Claim:
An implantable hearing aid transducer mountable to a transducer mounting apparatus, the transducer comprising: an actuator to stimulate an auditory component; a driver comprising at least one magnet and at least one coil; and a transducer housing having a rotatable portion rotatable in three dimensions, said rotatable portion sunportedly housing at least a portion of one of the at least one magnet and the at least one coil of the driver, wherein at least part of the rotatable portion of the transducer housing is rotatable within and relative to a cavity of a transducer mounting apparatus, said at least part of the rotatable portion supportedly housing said one of the at least one magnet and the at least one coil of the driver, and wherein during three-dimensional rotation of the rotatable portion of the transducer housing a center of rotation of the rotatable portion of the transducer housing remains positionally fixed.