公开(公告)号：US20170223470A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-03

申请号：US15435288

申请日：2017-02-16

申请人： Advanced Bionics AG

发明人： Lee F. Hartley ,  Lakshmi N. Mishra ,  R. Tissa Karunasiri ,  Logan P. Palmer

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36

CPC分类号： H04R25/556 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  H04R1/105 ,  H04R25/02 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/65 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/59 ,  H04R2225/61 ,  H04R2225/63 ,  H04R2225/67

摘要： An exemplary sound processor apparatus includes 1) an earhook interface assembly that includes a plurality of contacts and that is configured to interchangeably connect to a microphone assembly and an EAS receiver assembly by way of the plurality of contacts, and 2) a control module communicatively coupled to the plurality of contacts. In some examples, the control module uses the plurality of contacts as output ports to output one or more EAS signals to the EAS receiver assembly while the EAS receiver assembly is connected to the earhook interface assembly.

公开(公告)号：US09717908B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US15024027

申请日：2014-02-24

申请人： ADVANCED BIONICS AG

发明人： R. Tissa Karunasiri

IPC分类号： A61N1/36

CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 ,  A61N1/36036

摘要： An exemplary cochlear implant may include 1) a current source tied to a voltage supply and having an output that is electrically coupled to an electrode included in a plurality of electrodes, 2) a mirrored current source associated with the current source and that is commanded to output a commanded current, 3) a reference load coupled to an output of the mirrored current source and that forces the mirrored current source into an out-of-compliance state in which the mirrored current source outputs a reference current that is a predetermined percentage lower than the commanded current, the reference current resulting in a dynamic reference voltage at the output of the mirrored current source, and 4) a comparator that compares a voltage at the output of the current source with the dynamic reference voltage, and outputs a signal based on the comparison. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.

公开(公告)号：US20170189694A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

申请号：US15315357

申请日：2014-06-30

申请人： ADVANCED BIONICS AG

发明人： Logan P. Palmer

IPC分类号： A61N1/378 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H03F3/217 ,  H02J50/12 ,  A61N1/36

CPC分类号： A61N1/3787 ,  A61N1/025 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/37276 ,  H02J7/0054 ,  H02J50/12 ,  H03F3/217

摘要： Exemplary radio frequency (RF) transmitter circuits that provide power to an implant device are described. An exemplary RF transmitter circuit may be included in an apparatus located external to a patient and may be configured to dynamically adjust an amount of power that is provided to an implant device implanted within the patient.

公开(公告)号：US09597502B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-21

申请号：US14651628

申请日：2013-11-29

申请人： ADVANCED BIONICS AG

发明人： Leonid M. Litvak ,  Michael S. Marzalek

IPC分类号： A61N1/00 ,  A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/05

CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  F04C2270/0421

摘要： An exemplary sound processor (104) 1) identifies a stimulation site within a cochlea of a patient that is to be stimulated in order to represent acoustic content presented to the patient, the stimulation site included within a plurality of stimulation sites associated with a stimulation channel corresponding to a plurality of electrodes, 2) determines a target excitation field width associated with the stimulation channel and 3) dynamically sets, based on the identified stimulation site, an amplitude and a polarity of current to be applied to each electrode included in the plurality of electrodes in order to represent the acoustic content so that an excitation field created by the current has a width that roughly matches the target excitation field width. A system and a corresponding method are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US09584926B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-28

申请号：US14004899

申请日：2011-03-17

申请人： Hannes Maier

发明人： Hannes Maier

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/22 ,  H04R1/46 ,  H04R1/04 ,  H04R3/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/04 ,  H04R1/222 ,  H04R1/46 ,  H04R3/005 ,  H04R2225/67

摘要： An implantable microphone for placement in soft tissue, comprising a sensor arrangement comprising a housing, a first pressure sensor having a first membrane for being exposed to surrounding soft tissue and a second pressure sensor having a second membrane for being exposed to surrounding soft tissue and a compensation circuitry for combining the output signals of the first and second sensor in a manner so as to eliminate signals resulting from acceleration forces acting on the sensor arrangement, wherein the first and the second sensor are of a mirror-symmetric design with regard to each other, with the first and the second membrane being arranged parallel to each other.

摘要翻译： 一种用于放置在软组织中的植入式麦克风，包括传感器装置，其包括壳体，具有用于暴露于周围软组织的第一膜的第一压力传感器和具有暴露于周围软组织的第二膜的第二压力传感器，以及 补偿电路，用于以使得消除由作用在传感器装置上的加速力产生的信号的方式组合第一和第二传感器的输出信号，其中第一和第二传感器相对于彼此是镜像对称的设计 ，其中第一和第二膜彼此平行地布置。

公开(公告)号：US09533145B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-03

申请号：US14899555

申请日：2013-06-25

申请人： ADVANCED BIONICS AG

发明人： Aniket Saoji ,  Leonid M. Litvak

IPC分类号： A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/05

CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/36146 ,  A61N1/36175

摘要： An exemplary system includes a processing facility configured to process an audio signal presented to a cochlear implant patient and a control facility configured to direct a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation representative of the audio signal to the cochlear implant patient by 1) directing the cochlear implant to concurrently apply a first biphasic stimulation pulse by way of a first electrode and a second biphasic stimulation pulse by way of a second electrode during a first time slot, and 2) directing the cochlear implant to concurrently apply a third biphasic stimulation pulse by way of the second electrode and a fourth biphasic stimulation pulse by way of a third electrode during a second time slot that immediately follows the first time slot. The third and fourth biphasic stimulation pulses are flipped in phase compared to the first and second biphasic stimulation pulses.

摘要翻译： 示例性系统包括处理设备，其被配置为处理呈现给耳蜗植入物患者的音频信号;以及控制设备，其被配置为引导耳蜗植入物，以将表示所述音频信号的电刺激施加到所述耳蜗植入患者，1）引导所述人工耳蜗植入物 通过第一电极和第二双相刺激脉冲在第一时隙期间同时施加第一双相刺激脉冲，以及2）引导耳蜗植入物同时施加第三双相刺激脉冲，通过 第二电极和第四个双相刺激脉冲通过第三时间段内的第二时隙紧接在第一时隙之后。 与第一和第二双相刺激脉冲相比，第三和第四双相刺激脉冲相位翻转。

公开(公告)号：US09451375B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-20

申请号：US14004900

申请日：2011-03-17

申请人： Hannes Maier

发明人： Hannes Maier

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36

CPC分类号： H04R25/606 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  H04R2225/67

摘要： An implantable microphone, comprising a rigid housing, a sensor membrane for exposure to surrounding soft tissue, the sensor membrane being arranged to seal an opening of the housing, a transducer for generating an output signal corresponding to the deflection of the sensor membrane, and a compliant suspension arrangement located opposite to the sensor membrane for being exposed to soft tissue and for supporting the housing on soft tissue in a manner that the housing is moveable relative to said soft tissue upon acceleration of the housing and the soft tissue, the suspension arrangement comprising means for adjusting the spring constant of the suspension arrangement when the microphone is implanted.

摘要翻译： 一种可植入麦克风，包括刚性壳体，用于暴露于周围软组织的传感器膜，所述传感器膜被布置成密封所述壳体的开口，用于产生对应于所述传感器膜的偏转的输出信号的换能器，以及 与所述传感器膜相对设置的用于暴露于软组织并用于以所述壳体在所述壳体和所述软组织加速时相对于所述软组织可移动的方式将所述壳体支撑在所述软组织上的所述悬挂装置包括： 当麦克风植入时调整悬挂装置的弹簧常数的装置。

公开(公告)号：US09446236B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-20

申请号：US14712828

申请日：2015-05-14

申请人： Advanced Bionics AG

发明人： Leonid M. Litvak

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/02 ,  A61N1/05

CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 ,  A61N1/025 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/606 ,  H04R2225/67

摘要： An exemplary system includes a sound processor that 1) determines a relative importance of performance versus power conservation for an auditory prosthesis, 2) determines, in accordance with the determined relative importance of performance versus power conservation, a current steering range for a stimulation channel defined by first and second physical electrodes communicatively coupled to the auditory prosthesis, the current steering range centered about a midpoint of the stimulation channel; and 3) directs the auditory prosthesis to apply electrical stimulation representative of audio content having a frequency included in a frequency band associated with the stimulation channel in accordance with the determined current steering range.

摘要翻译： 示例性系统包括声音处理器，1）确定听觉假体的性能与功率节省的相对重要性，2）根据所确定的性能与功率节省的相对重要性确定针对刺激通道定义的当前操舵范围 通过通信地耦合到听觉假体的第一和第二物理电极，当前的转向范围以刺激通道的中点为中心; 以及3）引导所述听觉假体以根据所确定的当前转向范围施加代表包括在与所述刺激通道相关联的频带中的频率的音频内容的电刺激。

公开(公告)号：US09403005B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-02

申请号：US14755869

申请日：2015-06-30

申请人： Advanced Bionics AG

发明人： Leonid M. Litvak

IPC分类号： H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/02 ,  A61N1/05

CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 ,  A61N1/025 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/606 ,  H04R2225/67

摘要： An exemplary sound processor 1) sets a current steering range for a stimulation channel defined by first and second physical electrodes communicatively coupled to an auditory prosthesis to be less than an entire physical range of the stimulation channel, 2) maps each frequency included in a frequency band associated with the stimulation channel to a virtual electrode included in a plurality of virtual electrodes included in the current steering range of the stimulation channel, 3) identifies a feature of an audio signal, 4) identifies a virtual electrode included in the plurality of virtual electrodes and that is associated with the identified feature, and 5) directs the auditory prosthesis to apply electrical stimulation representative of the identified feature to a stimulation site associated with the identified virtual electrode by concurrently stimulating the first physical electrode with a first current level and the second physical electrode with a second current level.

摘要翻译： 示例性声音处理器1）将通信地耦合到听觉假体的第一物理电极和第二物理电极限定的刺激通道的当前转向范围设置为小于刺激通道的整个物理范围，2）将包括在频率中的每个频率映射 与刺激通道相关联的包括在包括在刺激通道的当前操舵范围内的多个虚拟电极中的虚拟电极的频带3）识别音频信号的特征，4）识别包括在多个虚拟的虚拟电极中的虚拟电极 电极，并且其与所识别的特征相关联，并且5）指导听觉假体以将表示所识别的特征的电刺激应用于与所识别的虚拟电极相关联的刺激位置，同时以第一电流水平刺激第一物理电极，并且 具有第二电流水平的第二物理电极。

公开(公告)号：US20160199638A1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-14

申请号：US14911702

申请日：2013-08-27

申请人： ADVANCED BIONICS AG

发明人： Bing XU ,  Kurt J. KOESTER ,  Mark B. DOWNING

IPC分类号： A61N1/05

CPC分类号： A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36036

摘要： In one example, an implantable lead includes a substrate and an electrically conductive material disposed on the substrate to form a flexible circuit. The flexible circuit includes a proximal end adapted to electrically connect to an implantable processor, a distal portion adapted to stimulate a cochlear nerve, and a lead body extending from the proximal end to the distal portion, the lead body having a longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of electrical traces adapted to carry electrical signals from the proximal end to the distal portion. A flag extension is formed in the substrate and extends laterally outward from the lead body longitudinal axis. A method for forming a cochlear lead with a flag extension is also provided.

摘要翻译： 在一个示例中，可植入引线包括基板和设置在基板上以形成柔性电路的导电材料。 柔性电路包括适于电连接到可植入处理器的近端，适于刺激耳蜗神经的远端部分和从近端延伸到远端部分的引线主体，所述引线主体具有纵向轴线并且包括 多个电迹线适于将电信号从近端传送到远端部分。 在基板上形成标志延伸部，并且从引线主体纵向轴线横向向外延伸。 还提供了一种用于形成具有标志延伸的耳蜗导线的方法。