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7617000 |
Methods for programming a neural prosthesis
Methods and apparatuses for programming a neural prosthesis (e.g., a hearing prosthesis), and for fitting a speech processor and implantable cochlear stimulator by programming the speech processor...
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7616999 |
System for generating a cochlear implant program using multi-electrode stimulation to elicit the electrically-evoked compound action potential
A multichannel cochlear implant system spatially spreads the excitation pattern in the target neural tissue by either: (1) rapid sequential stimulation of a small group of electrodes, or (2)...
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7612655 |
Alarm system for hearing impaired individuals having hearing assistive implanted devices
An alarm system for certain hearing impaired individuals having implanted hearing assistive devices contains a device for detecting an alarm condition, and a transmitter which is tuned to a...
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7606621 |
Implantable transducer devices
Receiver-stimulators comprise a nearly isotropic transducer assembly, demodulator circuitry, and at least two tissue contacting electrodes. Use of near isotropic transducers allows the devices to...
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7603176 |
Stimulation channel selection methods
Methods of selecting a number of channels out of a multiplicity of channels of an implantable neural stimulation system for stimulation during a stimulation frame include obtaining a threshold...
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7603175 |
Stimulation channel selection methods
Stimulation channel selection methods for an implantable neural stimulation system having a multiplicity of channels include computing a probability for each channel within the multiplicity of...
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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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7599742 |
Stimulation channel selection methods
Methods of selecting a number of channels out of a multiplicity of channels of an implantable neural stimulation system for stimulation during a stimulation frame include obtaining a threshold...
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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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7574265 |
Cochlear implant and simplified method for fitting same
A bionic ear cochlear stimulation system has the capability to stimulate fast enough to induce stochastic neural firing, thereby acting to restore “spontaneous” neural activity. Such...
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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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7571006 |
Wearable alarm system for a prosthetic hearing implant
A prosthetic hearing implant kit is disclosed. The prosthetic hearing implant kit comprises internal components configured to be implanted in a recipient and comprises an internal coil; external...
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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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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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7532937 |
Artificial inner ear and thermoelectric generator therefor
An artificial inner ear includes a speech processor that operates based on electricity generated by a thermoelectric transducer module, in which numerous thermoelectric elements join between...
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7519428 |
Dual-range compliance voltage supply for a multi-channel stimulator
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multi-channel stimulator having a common supply voltage, the stimulator having an electrical circuit with a dual-range...
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7515966 |
Sound processing and stimulation systems and methods for use with cochlear implant devices
Sound processing strategies for use with cochlear implant systems utilizing simultaneous stimulation of electrodes are provided. The strategies include computing a frequency spectrum of a signal...
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7502653 |
Cochlear implant having patient-specific parameter storage
An arrangement for implanted medical devices in which the implant ( 20 ) includes certain parameters ( 21 ) stored in memory. Upon initialisation, these parameters are downloaded to the external...
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7496406 |
System and method for fitting a cochlear implant sound processor using alternative signals
Alternative stimuli, i.e., stimuli other than the constant amplitude stimuli used in prior fitting schemes, is used to set the parameters of a cochlear implant system. The use of such alternative...
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7486992 |
Battery cover assembly
A housing ( 35 ) for an electronic device, such as an external component of a cochlear implant system that is powered by one or more batteries ( 36 ). The housing comprises a main body portion and...
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7475245 |
System and method for providing secure exchange of sensitive information with an implantable medical device
A system and method for providing secure exchange of sensitive information with an implantable medical device is presented. A crypto key uniquely associated with an implantable medical device is...
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7450994 |
Estimating flap thickness for cochlear implants
A flap thickness measurement system includes a reference cochlear stimulation system. The reference cochlear stimulation system includes a sound processor, a transmitter that transmits a telemetric...
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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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7444185 |
High contact count, sub-miniature, fully implantable cochlear prosthesis
An active electrode array provides a programmable number of electrode contacts through which stimulation current may be selectively delivered to surrounding tissue, preferably through the use of...
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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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7421298 |
Multiple channel-electrode mapping
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, methods and systems are disclosed for delivering a stimulating signal by a stimulating medical device having a plurality of electrodes. Such methods...
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7412288 |
Text to speech conversion in hearing systems
A hearing system for a person, comprising: an input device for providing electrical signals produced from sound, a signal processor for processing said electrical signals for producing audio...
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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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7386143 |
Retention apparatus for an external portion of a semi-implantable hearing aid
A retention apparatus for a semi-implantable hearing aid. In one embodiment, the retention apparatus includes a first surface and a second surface. One of the first and second surfaces includes a...
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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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7346397 |
Cochlear implant
A totally implantable cochlear implant system forming a single implantable unit ( 40 ). The unit ( 40 ) has an implantable power source ( 43 ) that provides the power requirements of the...
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7340308 |
Method for electrically stimulating the cochlea
A method of stimulating neurons in a patient's cochlea. The method uses a plurality of cochlear electrodes, substantially arranged in a linear array within the cochlea and a relatively distant...
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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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7328072 |
Telescopic array for a cochlear implant
A cochlear implant device that has an elongate member with electrode(s) supported thereon. The elongate member comprises a first portion that is insertable into the implantee and at least one...
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7321797 |
Incremental stimulation sound processor
In one aspect of the invention, a cochlear implant constructed and arranged to successively generate stimulation signals each comprising at least one stimulus pulse such that said successive...
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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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7317945 |
Method and system to convey the within-channel fine structure with a cochlear implant
The present invention provides a cochlear stimulation system and method for capturing and translating fine time structure (“FTS”) in incoming sounds and delivering this information spatially to...
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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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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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7310558 |
Peak-derived timing stimulation strategy for a multi-channel cochlear implant
A binaural cochlear implant system, including two intracochlear implants adapted for implantation in the cochleas of a user, each cochlear implant utilising a speech processing strategy wherein the...
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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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7292891 |
BioNet for bilateral cochlear implant systems
A system for allowing bilateral cochlear implant systems to be networked together. An adapter module that forms part of the system allows two standalone BTE units to be synchronized both temporally...
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7292168 |
DSP with variable sample frequency
An implantable medical device uses a sampling scheme to obtain digital representation from analog signals. The analog signals represent intracardiac activity. Generally, a detector detects the...
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7283876 |
Electrical stimulation of the acoustic nerve based on selected groups
In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method of activating electrodes in a multichannel electrode array is provided. Each channel is associated with a different electrode in the...
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7272449 |
Cochlear implant electrode array
A cochlear implant electrode assembly ( 10 ) comprising an elongate electrode carrier member ( 11 ), a bioresorbable stiffening element ( 15 ) and an outer layer ( 16 ) surrounding the stiffening...
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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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7260435 |
Transceiver coil for auditory prosthesis
The invention provides a tuned transmitter coil for transcutaneous transmission of power and information from an external component of an auditory prosthesis to an implanted receiver. A shield is...
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7254449 |
Systems and methods for providing power to one or more implantable devices
Systems and methods for providing a power signal to one or more implantable devices include a number of dynamic range amplifiers each having a multiplicity of output drivers. Each of the output...
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