Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cochlear implant hearing aid system
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Application No.: US17116679Application Date: 2020-12-09
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Publication No.: US12029906B2Publication Date: 2024-07-09
- Inventor: Martin Besnard
- Applicant: Cochlear Limited
- Applicant Address: DK Macquaire University
- Assignee: Cochlear Limited
- Current Assignee: Cochlear Limited
- Current Assignee Address: AU Macquarie University
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Priority: EP 214859 2019.12.10
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; H04R25/00 ; A61N1/05

Abstract:
A cochlear implant hearing aid system is disclosed. The system comprises an external unit configured to receive acoustic sound and process the acoustic sound into a coded audio signal, and an implantable unit configured to receive the coded audio signal. Further, the external unit comprises a power supply unit connected via a first path to a switching unit, wherein the switching unit is connected via a second path to ground and is connected at an output thereof to a first coil. Furthermore, the switching unit is configured to operate as a switching element configured to switch between switching states, wherein the switching states include a first state for applying and a second state for not applying a current to the first coil. The coded audio signal is supplied to the switching unit as a control signal, and the first coil is inductively linked to a second coil arranged in the implantable unit. The system further comprises a measuring unit connected to at least one of the first and second paths and configured to measure a dissipative current occurring in relation to the switching states of the switching unit. Based on the at least one measured dissipative current, a resonance frequency of the inductive link between the first and second coils is adapted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210170173A1 COCHLEAR IMPLANT HEARING AID SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-06-10
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