Design of a resilient ring for middle ear's chamber stapes prosthesis
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Emilia Anna Kiryk1, Konrad Kamieniecki2, Monika Kwacz2
1a Institute of Radioelectronics , Warsaw University of Technology , Warsaw , Poland.
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
|November 10, 2018
Abstract:
This paper presents the process of designing a new elastic element replacing a membrane in the chamber stapes prosthesis (ChSP). The results of the study are volume displacement characteristics obtained for the prosthesis and physiological stapes. Simulation tests on a 3D CAD model have confirmed that a properly designed ring can stimulate perilymph with the same or greater efficacy as the physiological stapes footplate placed on the elastic annular ligament. The ChSP with a new elastic element creates a good chance of improving hearing in patients suffering from otosclerosis.