Patent ID: 7871439

Claim:
An auditory ossicle prosthesis for replacing or bridging at least one element in a human auditory ossicle chain, whereby the auditory ossicle prosthesis is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of an elastic material and a material having at least one articulated connection, the auditory ossicle prosthesis comprising a prosthesis element; means for frequency adjustment of sound transmission in a middle ear, said means for frequency adjustment including lever elements for changing lever conditions in the auditory ossicle chain, wherein said prosthesis element has at least one ball joint connection, wherein said means for frequency adjustment include the lever elements for changing lever conditions in the auditory ossicle chain, whose effective length or lever conditions are changeable in dependence on a predetermined frequency response, wherein said prosthesis element on one side is attachable to an anvil projection and on the other side is attachable to stapes, or is directly inserted into an inner ear, said prosthesis element being configured so that from its connection to the anvil projection it largely copies a course of the natural anvil projection to its end or beyond it and in an area of a natural end of the anvil projection runs at an angle to another end point of the prosthesis element on the stapes or on/in the inner ear, said lever elements including a lever section that extends the natural end of the anvil projection.