Patent ID: 8128694

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 the ossicular chain or to the 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 plate-shaped first securing element has a radially inner coupling area centrally arranged around an area centroid of the plate-shaped first securing element mechanically coupling the 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 plate-shaped first securing element, wherein the web elements each have at least one predetermined break point located at a minimum width point of the respective web element, and wherein the web elements are of such a geometric configuration, and their material so chosen, that at least one of the web elements can be broken off from the plate-shaped first securing element at the predetermined break point and the at least one radially outer portion appended to the at least one of the web elements is also detached from the plate-shaped first securing element, such that an external diameter of the plate-shaped first securing element is reduced in this area.