公开(公告)号：US07933657B1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-26

申请号：US12250512

申请日：2008-10-13

申请人： Philip A. Segel ,  Edward H. Overstreet ,  Tracey L. Kruger ,  Lakshmi N. Mishra

发明人： Philip A. Segel ,  Edward H. Overstreet ,  Tracey L. Kruger ,  Lakshmi N. Mishra

IPC分类号： A61N1/04

CPC分类号： A61N1/36036

摘要： Alternative stimuli, i.e., stimuli other than the constant amplitude stimuli used in prior fitting schemes, are used to set the parameters of a cochlear implant system. The use of such alternative stimuli allows the entire fitting process to be completed in a very short time period, and generally eliminates the need for secondary adjustments. In one preferred embodiment, the alternative stimuli comprise white noise that is internally generated within the speech processor.

摘要翻译： 使用替代刺激，即除了先前拟合方案中使用的恒定振幅刺激以外的刺激，以设置耳蜗植入物系统的参数。 这种替代刺激的使用允许整个装配过程在非常短的时间内完成，并且通常消除了对二次调节的需要。 在一个优选实施例中，替代刺激包括在语音处理器内部产生的白噪声。

公开(公告)号：US07920925B2

公开(公告)日：2011-04-05

申请号：US12861925

申请日：2010-08-24

申请人： Edward H. Overstreet ,  Leonid M. Litvak ,  William Vanbrooks Harrison

发明人： Edward H. Overstreet ,  Leonid M. Litvak ,  William Vanbrooks Harrison

IPC分类号： A61N1/00

CPC分类号： A61N1/36036

摘要： 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 user. In one embodiment, the user is stimulated with a reference signal, e.g., the tone “A” (440 Hz) and then the user is stimulated with a probe signal, separated from the reference signal by an octave, e.g., high “A” (880 Hz). The user adjusts the location where the probe signal is applied, using current steering, until the pitch of the probe signal, as perceived by the user, matches the pitch of the reference signal, as perceived by the user. In this manner, the user maps frequencies to stimulation locations in order to tune his or her implant system to his or her unique cochlea.

摘要翻译： 修正耳蜗植入物内的间距（频率）分配的误差，以便对由人工耳蜗植入物使用者感知到的声音的质量提供显着和深刻的改善。 在一个实施例中，用参考信号（例如，音调“A”（440Hz））刺激用户，然后用探测信号刺激用户，该探测信号与参考信号分开八度，例如高“A” （880Hz）。 用户使用当前转向来调整应用探测信号的位置，直到由用户感知到的探测信号的音高与用户感知到的参考信号的音调相匹配。 以这种方式，用户将频率映射到刺激位置，以便将他或她的植入系统调整到他或她的独特的耳蜗。

公开(公告)号：US07805198B2

公开(公告)日：2010-09-28

申请号：US11830846

申请日：2007-07-31

申请人： Edward H Overstreet ,  Leonid M Litvak ,  William Vanbrooks Harrison

发明人： Edward H Overstreet ,  Leonid M Litvak ,  William Vanbrooks Harrison

IPC分类号： A61N1/00

CPC分类号： A61N1/36036

摘要： 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 user. In one embodiment, the user is stimulated with a reference signal, e.g., the tone “A” (440 Hz) and then the user is stimulated with a probe signal, separated from the reference signal by an octave, e.g., high “A” (880 Hz). The user adjusts the location where the probe signal is applied, using current steering, until the pitch of the probe signal, as perceived by the user, matches the pitch of the reference signal, as perceived by the user. In this manner, the user maps frequencies to stimulation locations in order to tune his or her implant system to his or her unique cochlea.

摘要翻译： 修正耳蜗植入物内的间距（频率）分配的误差，以便对由人工耳蜗植入物使用者感知到的声音的质量提供显着和深刻的改善。 在一个实施例中，用参考信号（例如，音调“A”（440Hz））刺激用户，然后用探测信号刺激用户，该探测信号与参考信号分开八度，例如高“A” （880Hz）。 用户使用当前转向来调整应用探测信号的位置，直到由用户感知到的探测信号的音高与用户感知到的参考信号的音调相匹配。 以这种方式，用户将频率映射到刺激位置，以便将他或她的植入系统调整到他或她的独特的耳蜗。

公开(公告)号：US20100114288A1

公开(公告)日：2010-05-06

申请号：US12610000

申请日：2009-10-30

申请人： Matthew I. Haller ,  Edward H. Overstreet

发明人： Matthew I. Haller ,  Edward H. Overstreet

IPC分类号： A61N1/05

CPC分类号： A61B17/3468 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/76 ,  A61B34/77 ,  A61B2034/742 ,  A61B2090/064 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36036

摘要： A system for mechanically assisted insertion of an electrode includes: an insertion tool configured to insert the electrode into biological tissues; and a controller configured to control the insertion tool, in which the controller is further configured to select operating parameters comprising a maximum allowable force profile from a library of operating parameters, in which the maximum allowable force profile is generated from data recorded during a number of previous successful operations. Also, a method for insertion of a cochlear lead, includes: selecting operating parameters comprising a maximum allowable force profile from a library of operating parameters; inserting the cochlear lead while sensing real time force and position; and continuing the insertion while the real time force is below the maximum allowable force profile, in which the maximum allowable force profile is generated from data recorded during a number of previous successful operations.

摘要翻译： 用于机械辅助插入电极的系统包括：插入工具，其构造成将电极插入生物组织中; 以及控制器，被配置为控制所述插入工具，其中所述控制器还被配置为从来自操作参数库的所述操作参数库中选择包括最大允许力分布的操作参数，其中由在多个 以前的成功操作。 另外，用于插入耳蜗导线的方法包括：从操作参数库中选择包括最大容许力分布的操作参数; 插入耳蜗线，同时感测实时力和位置; 并且当实时力低于最大允许力分布时继续插入，其中最大允许力分布由在多个先前成功操作期间记录的数据产生。

公开(公告)号：US07317945B2

公开(公告)日：2008-01-08

申请号：US10712078

申请日：2003-11-13

申请人： Leonid M. Litvak ,  David A. Krubsack ,  Edward H. Overstreet

发明人： Leonid M. Litvak ,  David A. Krubsack ,  Edward H. Overstreet

IPC分类号： A61N1/00

CPC分类号： A61N1/36036

摘要： 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 the cochlea. The system comprises a FTS estimator/analyzer and a current navigator. An embodiment of the method comprises analyzing the incoming sounds within a time frequency band, extracting the slowly varying frequency components and estimating the FTS to obtain a more precise dominant FTS component within a frequency band. After adding the fine structure to the carrier to identify a precise dominant FTS component in each analysis frequency band (or stimulation channel), a stimulation current may be “steered” or directed, using the concept of virtual electrodes, to the precise spatial location (place) on the cochlea that corresponds to the dominant FTS component. This process is simultaneously repeated for each stimulation channel and each FTS component.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于在输入声音中捕获和翻译精细时间结构（“FTS”）并将该信息在空间上传送到耳蜗的人工耳蜗刺激系统和方法。 该系统包括FTS估计器/分析器和当前导航器。 该方法的一个实施例包括分析时间频带内的输入声音，提取慢速变化的频率分量并估计FTS以获得频带内的更精确的主要FTS分量。 在将精细结构添加到载体以识别每个分析频带（或刺激通道）中的精确主要FTS分量之后，可以使用虚拟电极的概念将刺激电流“引导”或定向到精确的空间位置 位置）对应于主要FTS组分的耳蜗。 对于每个刺激通道和每个FTS组分同时重复该过程。