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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for facilitating apical electrode stimulation by an electro-acoustic stimulation system
- Patent Title (中): 通过电声刺激系统促进顶端电极刺激的系统和方法
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Application No.: US14375123Application Date: 2012-01-31
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Publication No.: US09320898B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Mark B. Downing , Leonid M. Litvak
- Applicant: Mark B. Downing , 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/US2012/023357 WO 20120131
- International Announcement: WO2013/115799 WO 20130808
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/05 ; A61N1/372 ; H04R25/02

Abstract:
An exemplary electro-acoustic stimulation (EAS) device includes 1) a detection facility configured to detect audio content presented to a patient and included in an acoustic stimulation frequency range, 2) an acoustic stimulation management facility configured to direct a loud-speaker to apply acoustic stimulation representative of the audio content included in the acoustic stimulation frequency range to the patient, and 3) an electrical stimulation management facility configured to direct a cochlear implant implanted within the patient to apply sub-threshold electrical stimulation to the patient by way of one or more electrodes disposed within an apical region of a cochlea of the patient together with the application of the acoustic stimulation. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
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