Four-Channel cochlear system with a passive, non-hermetically sealed
implant
    8.
    发明授权
    Four-Channel cochlear system with a passive, non-hermetically sealed implant 失效
    具有被动非密封植入物的四通道耳蜗系统

    公开(公告)号:US5549658A

    公开(公告)日:1996-08-27

    申请号:US328260

    申请日:1994-10-24

    CPC分类号: A61N1/36032

    摘要: A low-cost, multichannel cochlear stimulation system utilizes a passive, non-hermetically sealed, implantable receiver/electrode array and an external wearable processor. At one end of the receiver/electrode array, positioned subcutaneously near the surface of skin above the ear, multiple receiving coils are arranged in an appropriate pattern. At the other end, which is adapted for insertion into the spiral-shaped cochlea, electrodes are spaced apart along the spiral. Each electrode is electrically connected to a respective receiving coil in a monopolar or bipolar fashion. The wearable processor senses audible sounds, converts the sensed sounds to corresponding electrical signals, and divides the electrical signals into multiple frequency bands or channels. A continuous interleaved sampling (CIS) speech processing strategy applies the processed signals of each channel to each of multiple external coils, one coil for each channel, as a series of narrow, rapid, biphasic current pulses. The external coils are aligned, using a suitable headpiece, with corresponding coils of the receiver/electrode array. The narrow CIS pulses contain sufficiently high frequency components to inductively couple the biphasic current pulses directly to the aligned implanted coils without having to modulate a high frequency carrier signal with the biphasic pulses. The induced voltage at the implanted coils causes the biphasic current pulse to appear at a respective electrode of the implanted electrode array, thereby providing electrical stimulation at the cochlea as a function of sensed audible sounds.

    摘要翻译: 低成本的多声道耳蜗刺激系统利用被动的,非密封的,可植入的接收器/电极阵列和外部可佩戴的处理器。 在接收器/电极阵列的一端,皮下放置在耳朵周围的皮肤表面附近,以适当的图案布置多个接收线圈。 在另一端,其适于插入到螺旋形的耳蜗中,电极沿着螺旋线间隔开。 每个电极以单极或双极的方式电连接到相应的接收线圈。 可穿戴式处理器感测到可听见的声音,将感测到的声音转换为相应的电信号,并将电信号划分成多个频带或频道。 连续交错采样(CIS)语音处理策略将每个通道的处理信号应用于多个外部线圈中的每一个,每个通道一个线圈,作为一系列窄,快速,双相电流脉冲。 外部线圈使用适当的头盔与接收器/电极阵列的相应线圈对准。 窄的CIS脉冲包含足够高的频率分量,以将两相电流脉冲电感地耦合到对准的注入线圈,而不必用双相脉冲调制高频载波信号。 注入线圈处的感应电压使得两相电流脉冲出现在植入电极阵列的相应电极处,从而根据感测到的可听见的声音在耳蜗处提供电刺激。

    Diagnosis of the presence of cochlear hydrops using observed auditory brainstem responses
    9.
    发明授权
    Diagnosis of the presence of cochlear hydrops using observed auditory brainstem responses 失效
    使用观察性听觉脑干反应诊断耳蜗水肿的存在

    公开(公告)号:US07223246B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-29

    申请号:US10863559

    申请日:2004-06-07

    申请人: Manuel Don

    发明人: Manuel Don

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    CPC分类号: A61B5/04845 A61B5/121

    摘要: A procedure for diagnosing cochlear hydrops is based, in part, on an analysis of the patient's auditory brainstem response (ABR) to stimuli. The patient's ABR to a broadband click stimulus is recorded. A plurality of masked ABR's are also recorded, wherein the stimulus is masked by high-pass noise with a plurality of high-pass cut-off frequencies. The latency difference between the wave V component in the unmasked click alone response and the undermasked wave V component of a low cut-off frequency high-pass response is then calculated. If an undermasked component is not present, the normal wave V component is used. The measured latency difference is combined with another measure, such as the wave V amplitude ratio. A distribution of the combined measure is then plotted for the population and a threshold established for diagnosing cochlear hydrops. Alternatively, the joint distribution of the individual measures may be used in situations where the individual measures are known to be independent.

    摘要翻译: 用于诊断耳蜗水肿的程序部分地基于对患者的听觉脑干反应(ABR)对刺激的分析。 记录患者的ABR到宽带点击刺激。 还记录了多个屏蔽的ABR,其中激励被具有多个高通截止频率的高通噪声掩蔽。 然后计算未屏蔽单击响应中的波V分量与低截止频率高通响应的未掩蔽波V分量之间的延迟差。 如果不存在未掩蔽的分量,则使用正常波V分量。 测量的等待时间差与另一个测量结合,例如波V振幅比。 然后针对群体绘制组合度量的分布,并为诊断耳蜗水肿建立阈值。 另外,个别措施的共同分配也可以用于个别措施是独立的。

    Method for aligning derived-band ABR responses based on integration of detrended derived-band ABRs
    10.
    发明授权
    Method for aligning derived-band ABR responses based on integration of detrended derived-band ABRs 失效
    基于去衍射带ABR的积分的导出波段ABR响应的对准方法

    公开(公告)号:US07141022B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-28

    申请号:US10818806

    申请日:2004-04-05

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    摘要: In a diagnostic system wherein a patient's auditory brainstem response (ABR) to each of a plurality of auditory stimuli is recorded and wherein a plurality of derived-band ABRs representing cochlear responses in a plurality of respective frequency bands are constructed, the derived-band ABRs are temporarily aligned based on observable peaks in integrated, detrended derived-band waveforms.

    摘要翻译: 在诊断系统中,其中记录了对多个听觉刺激中的每一个的患者的听觉脑干响应(ABR),并且其中构成了表示多个相应频带中的耳蜗响应的多个导出带ABR,所述导出的带ABR 基于集成的去衍射波段波形中的可见峰值临时对准。