US PATENT SUBCLASS 607 / 56
.~.~.~ Producing aural effects by stimulation

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607 /   HD   SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION

1  DF  LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION {8}
2  DF  .~ Electrical therapeutic systems {28}
55  DF  .~.~ Promoting auditory function {1}
56.~.~.~ Producing aural effects by stimulation {1}
57  DF  .~.~.~.~> By partially or wholly implanted device

DEFINITION

Classification: 607/56

Producing aural effects by stimulation:

(under subclass 55) Subject matter wherein the stimulus is derived from an audio information signal device and is applied to the patient's auditory nerves, as a hearing aid or to other neural pathways, as a prosthesis.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

136, for electrical applicators for the external ear canal.

137, for electrical applicators for the inner ear.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

600, Surgery,

25, for implanted, vibratory-type hearing aid devices.