An ossicle prosthesis (10), which replaces or spans at least one member of the human ossicle chain, in which the ossicle prosthesis (10), on at least one end, has a securing element, embodied as a first elastic clip (11), for mechanical connection with a member of the ossicle chain, which element is designed in the form of a clamp, open toward the outside on one side, with an outer opening (14) for receiving this member, with which the mechanical connection is to be made, and in which the clamp after the implantation of the prosthesis form-lockingly embraces this member with two regions which are joined together, on their ends located diametrically opposite the outer opening (14), via a portion extending at a spacing from this member, is characterized in that the portion connecting the two regions has at least two circular recesses (19a, 19b), which are curved outward in a circular arc from the member of the ossicle chain with which member the mechanical connection is to be made. Implanting the ossicle prosthesis in the middle ear can thus be simplified still further.

 
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