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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for synchronizing an operation of a middle ear analyzer and a cochlear implant system
- Patent Title (中): 用于同步中耳分析仪和人工耳蜗系统的操作的系统和方法
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Application No.: US14357896Application Date: 2011-11-15
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Publication No.: US09227062B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Kinuko Masaki , Abhijit Kulkarni , Aniket Saoji , Leonid M. Litvak
- Applicant: Kinuko Masaki , Abhijit Kulkarni , Aniket Saoji , Leonid M. Litvak
- Applicant Address: CH Staefa
- Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
- Current Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Staefa
- Agency: ALG Intellectual Property, LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2011/060728 WO 20111115
- International Announcement: WO2013/074085 WO 20130523
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/372 ; A61B5/12

Abstract:
An exemplary system for synchronizing an operation of a middle ear analyzer and a cochlear implant system includes 1) a mapping facility configured to maintain mapping data representative of an association between a plurality of sound levels and a plurality of current levels and between a plurality of frequencies and a plurality of electrodes, 2) a detection facility configured to receive an acoustic signal transmitted by the middle ear analyzer and detect a sound level and a frequency of the acoustic signal, and 3) a processing facility configured to identify, based on the mapping data, a current level associated with the detected sound level and one or more electrodes associated with the detected frequency and direct the cochlear implant system to apply electrical stimulation having the identified current level to one or more stimulation sites within a patient by way of the identified one or more electrodes.
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