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7630772 |
Methods of converting a behind-the-ear speech processor unit into a body worn speech processor unit
Apparatus and methods for converting one type of speech processor unit into another type of speech processor unit. A behind the ear (BTE) speech processor is converted to a body-worn device by...
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7613520 |
Spinal cord stimulation to treat auditory dysfunction
A system and method for treating auditory dysfunction by somatosensory system stimulation. The system and/or method comprises a probe and a device to stimulate the probe. The probe has a...
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7613519 |
Peripheral nerve stimulation to treat auditory dysfunction
A system and/or method for treating auditory dysfunction by somatosensory system stimulation. The system and/or method comprises a probe and a device to stimulate the probe. The probe has a...
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7603174 |
Stimulation of the amygdalohippocampal complex to treat neurological conditions
A system and/or method treating for a neurological disorder by brain region stimulation. The system and/or method comprises a probe and a device to provide stimulation. The probe has a stimulation...
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7580754 |
Implantable acoustic sensor
An acoustic sensor, suitable for use in a totally implanted hearing prosthesis, uses an elongate member and piezoelectric sensor to detect acoustic signals when the sensor is implanted so as to be...
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7574264 |
Multirate cochlear stimulation strategy and apparatus
A cochlear implant system in which information about the periodicity of a received audio signal in each filter channel is used as a factor in determining the rate of stimulation applied to a...
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7571005 |
Adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for optimizing performance of a multi-channel neural stimulator
An adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for use with a cochlear implant or other neural stimulation system provides a systematic method for quantifying the magnitude and direction of errors along...
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7566296 |
Reducing effect of magnetic and electromagnetic fields on an implant's magnet and/or electronics
An implantable magnet that can freely turn in response to an external magnetic field, thus avoiding torque and demagnetization on the implantable magnet. The implantable magnet can be combined with...
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7565202 |
Field focusing and mapping in an electrode array
The present invention is a system for mapping a high resolution image to a lower resolution electrode array and, by applying varying stimulus to neighboring electrodes, creating a perceived image...
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7561920 |
Electric and acoustic stimulation fitting systems and methods
Methods and systems for modifying the parameters of at least one hearing device for a patient with residual hearing provide needed orchestration of acoustic and electric stimulation of patients...
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7532936 |
Programmable switching device for implantable device
A device and method for generating electrical stimulation. The implantable device includes a programmable switching device or array that receives at least one pulse generator output coupled through...
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7522960 |
Variable sensitivity control for a cochlear implant
The invention provides an amplifier for providing adaptive operation of an auditory prosthesis. The amplifier receives an input signal and produces an output signal, and comprises a gain control....
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7512448 |
Electrode placement for wireless intrabody communication between components of a hearing system
A number of ear-worn hearing system devices are provided that each include a pair of electrodes to transmit time varying electrical signals therebetween when in contact with skin of a user's body....
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7450724 |
Hearing aid adjustment device
A hearing device fitting device that includes a computing device ( 3 ), connected on an input side with a connection (E 3 ) for data entry and on an output side with a connection (A 3 ) for a...
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7447549 |
Methods and systems for denoising a neural recording signal
Methods of denoising a neural recording signal include correlating a neural recording signal with a number of basis functions to obtain a number of weights and then multiplying the weights with the...
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7435228 |
High fidelity hearing restoration
Method for accurately measuring hearing loss includes the steps of selecting a series of audio tones within the normal range of hearing ( 502 ) and then measuring a relative sensitivity of a test...
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7428313 |
Method for correcting sound for the hearing-impaired
A method for correcting sound for the hearing impaired includes analyzing an incoming sound into frequency channels and computing a group delay of each of the frequency channels that is expected in...
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7409070 |
Implant device
An implant device for bone anchored hearing aids of the type that include a screw-shaped anchoring element for anchorage in the bone tissue, an abutment sleeve for skin penetration and arranged to...
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7406352 |
Laminated electrode for a cochlear implant
An implantable cochlear implant electrode array ( 30 ) that can adopt a first, preferably straight, configuration selected to allow the array to be inserted into the cochlea and at least a second,...
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7349741 |
Cochlear implant sound processor with permanently integrated replenishable power source
A cochlear implant sound processor is powered by a rechargeable battery that is permanently integrated into the sound processor. The sound processor contains an inductive coil that may be tuned to...
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7333858 |
Pulse burst electrical stimulation of nerve or tissue fibers
A method for stimulating nerve or tissue fibers and a prosthetic hearing device implanting same. The method comprises: generating a stimulation signal comprising a plurality of pulse bursts each...
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7317944 |
System and method for using a multi-contact electrode to stimulate the cochlear nerve or other body tissue
A system and method for preserving temporal and spatial resolution in complex sounds for poor performing patients having high stimulation thresholds is described. The system and method employs two...
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7317946 |
Telemetry antenna for an implantable medical device
A telemetry antenna for an implantable medical device includes one or more portions having a non-linear configuration. In some embodiments, the non-linear configuration provides an antenna having a...
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7315761 |
Electrical stimulation system and method for treating tinnitus
According to one aspect, an electrical stimulation system for treating tinnitus is provided. The system includes an electrical stimulation lead adapted for implantation into the person's skull for...
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7292892 |
Methods and systems for fitting a cochlear implant to a patient
An exemplary method of fitting a coeblear implant system to a patient includes establishing an implant fitting line having a slope and a position. The implant fitting line represents a relationship...
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7272446 |
Power efficient electrical stimulation
A method and device are disclosed for neural stimulation with improved power consumption and/or effectiveness. The stimulus generator is arranged, for example via a look up table, to recognize...
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7269461 |
Double stylet insertion tool for a cochlear implant electrode array
A cochlear implant electrode assembly device ( 10 ) comprising an elongate electrode carrier member ( 11 ), a first stiffening element ( 15 a ), and a second stiffening element ( 15 b ). The...
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7250059 |
Myringopexy type titanium prosthesis
A middle ear prosthesis comprises a one piece disk shaped prosthesis including a generally circular malleable body including a bore. The body engages a tympanic membrane and the bore receives a...
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7251530 |
Optimizing pitch and other speech stimuli allocation in a cochlear implant
Errors in pitch (frequency) allocation within a cochlear implant are corrected in order to provide a significant and profound improvement in the quality of sound perceived by the cochlear implant...
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7248926 |
Status indicator for implantable systems
A status indicator is provided for use with a medical device that employs a power transmitting coil. In one embodiment, the status indicator comprises a receiving coil and feedback element. The...
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7242985 |
Outer hair cell stimulation model for the use by an intra—cochlear implant
Contrast between various frequency components of sound is enhanced through a lateral suppression strategy to provide increased speech perception in the electrically stimulated cochlea. A received...
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7225028 |
Dual cochlear/vestibular stimulator with control signals derived from motion and speech signals
A system for treating patients affected both by hearing loss and by balance disorders related to vestibular hypofunction and/or malfunction, which includes sensors of sound and head movement,...
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7225026 |
Monitor for auditory prosthesis
An auditory prosthesis includes an implanted component and an external component. The external component includes a transmitter for transmitting electromagnetic signals to the implanted component;...
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7212866 |
Implantable neurostimulator having data repeater for long range control and data streaming
A repeater device allows a remote unit to control, program and/or monitor a medical implant device from a much further distance than has heretofore been possible. Such repeater device also...
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7194314 |
Cochlear implant including a modiolar return electrode
A cochlear implant wherein the return path of the electrode array is located to increase current flow through the modiolus. The return electrode is placed at various locations outside the cochlea,...
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7146227 |
Combination stylet and straightening coating for a cochlear implant electrode array
A cochlear implant electrode assembly device ( 10 ) comprising an elongate electrode carrier member ( 11 ), a stiffening element ( 15 ), and a stiffening sheath ( 16 ) that at least partially...
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7142926 |
Quick connect earhook system for BTE devices
A quick-connect system for mechanically and electrically connecting two components therebetween. In an exemplary embodiment, the mechanical quick-connect is comprised of: a receptacle in the first...
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7136706 |
Distributed compression amplitude mapping for cochlear implants
An implantable neural stimulation system, such as a cochlear implant system, utilizes a Distributed Compression Amplitude Mapping (DCAM) system to distribute signal compression between a...
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7130694 |
Pulse skipping strategy
Improved skipping strategies for cochlear or other multi-channel neural stimulation implants selects N out of M channels for stimulation during a given stimulation frame. A microphone transduces...
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7120500 |
Battery monitor and power demand adjuster
A system for monitoring and controlling power demands in devices with DC power supplies. In response to a detected decline in voltage levels, the device reduces power demands of the device, in one...
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7110822 |
Remote status and control device for a cochlear implant system
A hand-held remote unit functions as both a remote status device and a control device for a cochlear implant system. When placed near the headpiece of a cochlear implant system, the remote unit...
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7107101 |
Bionic ear programming system
A method of programming a bionic ear cochlear implant provides access to the full functionality of the implant, while still providing a simple-to-administer, more reliable, and faster fitting...
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7103417 |
Adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for optimizing performance of a multi-channel neural stimulator
An adaptive place-pitch ranking procedure for use with a cochlear implant or other neural stimulation system provides a systematic method for quantifying the magnitude and direction of errors along...
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7081085 |
EEG feedback controlled sound therapy for tinnitus
An automated method for treating tinnitus by habituation through use of neurological feedback, comprising the steps of connecting a subject through a set of attached headphones to an electronic...
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7082332 |
Sound processor for a cochlear implant
The sound processor and method uses a model of basilar membrane motion to select stimuli, based upon the predicted motion which the acoustic signal presented would produce in an acoustically...
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7039466 |
Spatial decimation stimulation in an implantable neural stimulator, such as a cochlear implant
A cochlear implant system, or other neural stimulation system, has the capability to stimulate fast enough to induce stochastic neural firing so as to restore “spontaneous” neural activity. The...
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7011683 |
Attachment mechanism for middle ear prosthesis
A middle ear prosthesis comprises a piston adapted to extend through an oval window when implanted in a human ear. A pair of jaws engage an ossicle when implanted in a human ear. A spring is...
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6915166 |
Optimizing cochlear implant electrode selection
A method is described to allow for better selection of electrodes for neural stimulation, for example in a cochlear implant. A series of stimuli, at different stimulation levels, are provided at...
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6907130 |
Speech processing system and method using pseudospontaneous stimulation
A apparatus and method for inner ear implants is provided that generates signal processing stochastic independence activity across the excited neural population. A high rate pulse train can produce...
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6879855 |
Zinc air battery and its uses
The invention is a method for increasing the airflow to a zinc-air battery such that the energy density is 500 mwh/cc to 1000 mwh/cc. This allows 8 to 16 hours use as a primary (throw-away)...
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