... Abstract abstractTransducers using strain gauges have been described which can measure drip rate, flow, respiration rate and minute body displacements of the order of 2 microns or more. The output of the transducers is in the form of electrical voltage which can be telemetered by the use...

..., (2) devices with an implanted transducer referred to as BC implants (BCI), (3) dental-attached devices. Disregarding skin complication issues, direct BC devices like the Baha, have a superior advantage of better sound quality in the high-frequency range. How these devices might be improved...

... experimental development in temporal bones and investigations of various locations and attachments of a Vibrant Soundbridge transducer, a new titanium clip holder for the vibrant floating mass transducer was developed. This assembly is a total ossicular replacement prosthesis (TORP) that is placed...

... preparation of a radical cavity, the floating mass transducer was coupled to the stapes footplate. The transducer was stimulated with 50 mV multisinus signals and inner ear fluid vibration was measured using a microphone in the round window niche. Several coupling conditions were simulated with mass...

... Abstract Active middle ear implants do not produce acoustic sounds but, rather, micromechanical vibrations. The stimulating signal does not leave the transducer as sound, but as a mechanical vibration, directly coupled to the auditory system and bypassing the normal route via air. In this paper...

..., Albrektsson T, Brånemark PI: Osseo-integrated titanium implants in the temporal bone: a clinical study of bone-anchored hearing aids. Am J Otol 1981;2:304-310 5. Tjellström A: Vibratory Stimulation of the Cochlea through a Percutaneous Transducer. Adv Audiol Basel, Karger, 1988;4:44-50 6. Ball G...

... of signaling that is important for specific types of cellular responses. OXRs are able to form complexes with several other G-protein-coupled receptors in vitro, and one possibility is that the complexing partners regulate the use of certain signal transducers. In the central nervous system neurons, the main...

... and metabotropic receptors) that have recently emerged as potential “pH-regulated sensors and transducers,” which are suggested to mediate the cellular effects of pH in various skin compartments and cells. What Is Already Known? ■ The generation of the epidermal “acid mantle” along with those factors...

... with breathing. These new modalities currently have limitations that preclude mainstream clinical use. For example, OCT is limited by the optical scattering of the thickened tympanic membrane and HFUS needs a coupling medium such as gel or fluid from the transducer to the imaged structure although it can...

... Abstract This chapter summarizes recent findings regarding the central transmission of acute and chronic itch. Itch is transduced by cutaneous pruriceptors that transmit signals to neurons in the superficial spinal cord. Spinal itch-signaling circuits utilize several neuropeptides whose...

... Abstract This chapter is a condensed history of the design and development of the Vibrant Soundbridge that introduces and discusses the origins of the Floating Mass Transducer and the Vibrant Soundbridge and the design philosophy that led to the invention and realization of the system...