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Middle Ear Research Using a SQUID Magnetometer. I. Micro- and Macromechanical Selection of Polymer Materials for Artificial Tympanic Membranes

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Peripheral Auditory Mechanisms

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Abstract

In developing an artificial membrane in a total alloplastic middle ear (TAM) prosthesis (Grote 1984) one of the main research goals is mechanical compatibility (besides biological compatibility). First, micromechanically (≈10-9-10-6m), vibration amplitude spectra in response to sound must match that of the natural membrane in a sufficiently wide frequency range (between 200 and 10000 Hz). Second, macromechanically (≈10-3m), the elasticity modulus must be in the natural range for purposes of epithelial overgrowth and ingrowth. As ingrowth requires a porous material structure, porosity is a relevant structural variable, to be monitored by use of scanning electron micrographs. Finally, the material must sustain sterilization, at a temperature of about 120 °C.

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  1. W. L. C. Rutten

    Present address: dept. of Electrical Engineering, Twente University of Technology, Enschede, The Netherlands

  2. J. H. Kuit

    Present address: dept. of Chemical Technology, Twente University of Technology, Enschede, The Netherlands

  3. M. Maes

    Present address: dept. of Exp. Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium

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  1. ENT department, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands

    W. L. C. Rutten, D. Bakker, J. H. Kuit, M. Maes & J. J. Grote

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  1. AT & Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, 07974, USA

    J. B. Allen  & J. L. Hall  & 

  2. Department of Otolaryngology and Departments of Systems Computer and Electrical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    A. E. Hubbard

  3. Boys Town National Institute, 555 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska, 68131, USA

    S. T. Neely

  4. Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    A. Tubis

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Rutten, W.L.C., Bakker, D., Kuit, J.H., Maes, M., Grote, J.J. (1986). Middle Ear Research Using a SQUID Magnetometer. I. Micro- and Macromechanical Selection of Polymer Materials for Artificial Tympanic Membranes. In: Allen, J.B., Hall, J.L., Hubbard, A.E., Neely, S.T., Tubis, A. (eds) Peripheral Auditory Mechanisms. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 64. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50038-1_7

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