公开(公告)号：US07340308B1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-04

申请号：US11148576

申请日：2005-06-08

申请人： Ben M. Clopton ,  Matthew D. Carson ,  Timothy J. Johnson

发明人： Ben M. Clopton ,  Matthew D. Carson ,  Timothy J. Johnson

IPC分类号： A61N1/36

CPC分类号： A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/0541

摘要： A method of stimulating neurons in a patient's cochlea. The method uses a plurality of cochlear electrodes, substantially arranged in a linear array within the cochlea and a relatively distant electrode. Charge is injected through a first one of the cochlear electrodes and an opposite charge is injected on either the relatively distant electrode; or a set of adjacent cochlear electrodes, being adjacent to the first one of the cochlear electrodes; or on a combination of the relatively distant electrode and the set of adjacent electrodes; and choosing the electrode or electrodes on which to inject charge in dependency on sound volume to be represented.

摘要翻译： 刺激患者耳蜗神经元的方法。 该方法使用多个耳蜗电极，其基本上以线性阵列布置在耳蜗内和相对远的电极中。 通过耳蜗电极中的第一个注入电荷，并且相对电荷注入到相对远的电极上; 或一组邻近所述耳蜗电极中的所述第一耳蜗电极的相邻耳蜗电极; 或相对较远的电极和相邻电极组的组合; 并根据要表示的音量来选择要注入电荷的电极或电极。