公开(公告)号：US09403003B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-02

申请号：US12847089

申请日：2010-07-30

申请人： Guillermo A. Calle ,  Kevin Hood

发明人： Guillermo A. Calle ,  Kevin Hood

IPC分类号： A61N1/00 ,  A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/372 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/05

CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/37247 ,  A61N1/37264 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/41

摘要： An exemplary method of fitting a sound processor to a cochlear implant patient includes pre-loading program data representative of a plurality of sound processing programs onto a sound processor during a data transfer session and selectively using, after completion of the data transfer session, one or more of the pre-loaded sound processing programs to fit the sound processor to the patient. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

摘要翻译： 将声音处理器装配到耳蜗植入患者的示例性方法包括在数据传送会话期间将表示多个声音处理程序的程序数据预加载到声音处理器上，并且在数据传送会话完成之后选择性地使用一个或 更多的预加载声音处理程序将声音处理器适合于患者。 还描述了相应的方法和系统。

公开(公告)号：US08583247B1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-12

申请号：US12847151

申请日：2010-07-30

申请人： Kevin Hood ,  Fernando Chapa ,  Guillermo A. Calle ,  Jacob Johnston

发明人： Kevin Hood ,  Fernando Chapa ,  Guillermo A. Calle ,  Jacob Johnston

IPC分类号： A61N1/36

CPC分类号： A61N1/37247 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/37241

摘要： An exemplary method of fitting a cochlear implant patient includes a fitting station detecting a user input associated with a sound processor of a cochlear implant system, wherein the sound processor is communicatively coupled to the cochlear implant fitting station by way of a communication path, and transmitting a signal to the sound processor by way of the communication path in response to the detecting of the user input, the signal configured to direct the sound processor to display a visual cue. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

摘要翻译： 一种装配人工耳蜗植入物患者的示例性方法包括检测与耳蜗植入物系统的声音处理器相关联的用户输入的装配站，其中所述声音处理器通过通信路径通信地耦合到所述耳蜗植入装配站，并且发送 响应于对用户输入的检测，通过通信路径向声音处理器发送信号，该信号被配置为引导声音处理器显示视觉提示。 还描述了相应的方法和系统。

公开(公告)号：US08583244B1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-12

申请号：US12847102

申请日：2010-07-30

申请人： Guillermo A. Calle ,  Kevin Hood

发明人： Guillermo A. Calle ,  Kevin Hood

IPC分类号： A61N1/36

CPC分类号： A61N1/37264 ,  A61N1/36036

摘要： An exemplary method of initializing a sound processor includes detecting a condition prompting an initialization of a sound processor for a cochlear implant patient, verifying, in response to the detecting, an integrity of program data stored by the sound processor, and performing, in response to the verifying, a quick initialization of the sound processor by selectively rewriting header information stored by the sound processor to associate the sound processor with the patient without rewriting the program data stored by the sound processor. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

摘要翻译： 初始化声音处理器的示例性方法包括检测提示对于耳蜗植入患者的声音处理器的初始化的状态，响应于检测声音处理器存储的节目数据的完整性来验证，并且响应于 通过选择性地重写声音处理器存储的标题信息来验证声音处理器的快速初始化，以将声音处理器与患者相关联，而不重写由声音处理器存储的节目数据。 还描述了相应的方法和系统。

公开(公告)号：US20120029593A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-02

申请号：US12847089

申请日：2010-07-30

申请人： Guillermo A. Calle ,  Kevin Hood

发明人： Guillermo A. Calle ,  Kevin Hood

IPC分类号： A61F11/04 ,  A61N1/36

CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/37247 ,  A61N1/37264 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/41

摘要： An exemplary method of fitting a sound processor to a cochlear implant patient includes pre-loading program data representative of a plurality of sound processing programs onto a sound processor during a data transfer session and selectively using, after completion of the data transfer session, one or more of the pre-loaded sound processing programs to fit the sound processor to the patient. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

摘要翻译： 将声音处理器装配到耳蜗植入患者的示例性方法包括在数据传送会话期间将表示多个声音处理程序的程序数据预加载到声音处理器上，并且在数据传送会话完成之后选择性地使用一个或 更多的预加载声音处理程序将声音处理器适合于患者。 还描述了相应的方法和系统。

公开(公告)号：US08996120B1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-31

申请号：US12643113

申请日：2009-12-21

申请人： Guillermo A. Calle ,  Tracey L. Kruger

发明人： Guillermo A. Calle ,  Tracey L. Kruger

IPC分类号： A61N1/36 ,  G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G06F19/34 ,  A61N1/36036

摘要： An exemplary method of adjusting one or more perceived attributes of an audio signal includes mapping each of the plurality of perceived attributes to one or more control parameters governing an operation of an implantable cochlear stimulator, receiving data representative of an input command to adjust one or more of the perceived attributes, adjusting at least one of the one or more control parameters in response to the received input command and in accordance with the mapping of the perceived attributes to the one or more control parameters, and directing the implantable cochlear stimulator to apply electrical stimulation to one or more stimulation sites within the patient in accordance with the at least one adjusted control parameter. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 调整音频信号的一个或多个感知属性的示例性方法包括将多个感知属性中的每一个映射到一个或多个控制可植入人工耳蜗刺激器的操作的控制参数，接收表示输入命令的数据以调整一个或多个 的感知属性，响应于所接收的输入命令并根据所感知的属性与一个或多个控制参数的映射来调整所述一个或多个控制参数中的至少一个，并且引导可植入的耳蜗刺激器施加电 根据至少一个经调整的控制参数对患者内的一个或多个刺激部位进行刺激。 还公开了相应的方法和系统。

公开(公告)号：US08700169B1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-15

申请号：US12847215

申请日：2010-07-30

申请人： Fernando Chapa ,  Guillermo A. Calle

发明人： Fernando Chapa ,  Guillermo A. Calle

IPC分类号： A61N1/05

CPC分类号： H04R25/50 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/37247 ,  A61N1/37252 ,  H04R25/70

摘要： An exemplary method includes a cochlear implant fitting subsystem maintaining patient data associated with a cochlear implant patient, maintaining registration data for a cochlear implant emulation device registered with the fitting subsystem and configured to emulate an implanted cochlear device, detecting a coupling of a cochlear implant device to the fitting subsystem, automatically determining, based on the registration data, that the coupled cochlear implant device is the cochlear implant emulation device registered with the fitting subsystem, performing one or more operations while the cochlear implant emulation device is coupled to the fitting subsystem, and preventing data acquired by the fitting subsystem during the performance of the one or more operations while the cochlear implant emulation device is coupled to the fitting subsystem from being included in the patient data. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

摘要翻译： 一种示例性方法包括：维持与耳蜗植入患者相关联的患者数据的耳蜗植入物拟合子系统，保持与装配子系统注册的耳蜗植入物仿真装置的登记数据，并配置成模拟植入的耳蜗装置，检测耳蜗植入装置 到配件子系统，基于登记数据自动确定所耦合的人工耳蜗植入装置是注册到装配子系统的耳蜗植入物仿真装置，在耳蜗植入物仿真装置耦合到装配子系统的同时执行一个或多个操作， 以及在所述耳蜗植入模拟装置耦合到所述装配子系统的同时，在执行所述一个或多个操作期间防止由所述装配子系统获取的数据被包括在所述患者数据中。 还描述了相应的方法和系统。

公开(公告)号：US08700168B1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-15

申请号：US12847193

申请日：2010-07-30

申请人： Jacob Johnston ,  Guillermo A. Calle

发明人： Jacob Johnston ,  Guillermo A. Calle

IPC分类号： A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/18

CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/37247 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F2203/04803 ,  G16H40/63 ,  H04R25/606 ,  H04R25/70

摘要： An exemplary method of providing a pre-stimulation visual cue representative of a cochlear implant stimulation level includes a fitting subsystem 1) determining one or more control parameters to be used by a cochlear implant system to apply electrical stimulation to a patient, 2) determining, based on the one or more control parameters, a target stimulation level to be used by the cochlear implant system to apply the electrical stimulation to the patient, and 3) displaying a pre-stimulation visual cue indicative of the determined target stimulation level in a graphical user interface prior to the cochlear implant system using the one or more control parameters to apply the electrical stimulation to the patient. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

摘要翻译： 提供代表耳蜗植入物刺激水平的预刺激视觉提示的示例性方法包括拟合子系统1）确定由耳蜗植入系统使用以对患者施加电刺激的一个或多个控制参数，2） 基于所述一个或多个控制参数，由所述耳蜗植入系统将所述电刺激应用于所述患者的目标刺激水平，以及3）在图形中显示指示所确定的目标刺激水平的预刺激视觉提示 使用所述一个或多个控制参数将耳蜗植入系统之前的用户接口施加到患者的电刺激。 还描述了相应的方法和系统。

公开(公告)号：US20140114375A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-24

申请号：US14122244

申请日：2012-05-22

申请人： Fernando Chapa ,  Guillermo A. Calle

发明人： Fernando Chapa ,  Guillermo A. Calle

IPC分类号： A61N1/36 ,  H04R25/00

CPC分类号： A61N1/36032 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  H04R25/00 ,  H04R25/50 ,  H04R2225/61

摘要： An exemplary method of facilitating adjustment of one or more fitting parameters by an auditory prosthesis patient includes 1) receiving, by a fitting subsystem communicatively coupled to a sound processor, user input representative of a selection of a fitting parameter, 2) associating, by the fitting subsystem in response to the user input, the fitting parameter with a physical input mechanism that is a part of the sound processor, and 3) dynamically adjusting, by the fitting subsystem, a value of the fitting parameter in response to actuation by a user of the physical input mechanism. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

摘要翻译： 通过听觉假体患者便于调整一个或多个拟合参数的示例性方法包括1）通过通信地耦合到声音处理器的拟合子系统接收代表拟合参数的选择的用户输入，2） 响应于用户输入的拟合子系统，具有作为声音处理器的一部分的物理输入机构的拟合参数，以及3）由装配子系统动态地调整适应参数的值以响应于用户的致动 的物理输入机制。 还描述了相应的方法和系统。

公开(公告)号：US08705783B1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-22

申请号：US12910396

申请日：2010-10-22

申请人： Lakshmi N. Mishra ,  Manohar Joshi ,  Guillermo A. Calle ,  Abhijit Kulkarni ,  Lee F. Hartley

发明人： Lakshmi N. Mishra ,  Manohar Joshi ,  Guillermo A. Calle ,  Abhijit Kulkarni ,  Lee F. Hartley

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/558 ,  H04R25/30 ,  H04R25/353 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R2225/61

摘要： An exemplary method of acoustically controlling a cochlear implant system includes acoustically transmitting, by a remote control subsystem, a control signal comprising one or more control parameters, detecting, by a sound processing subsystem communicatively coupled to a stimulation subsystem implanted within a patient, the control signal, extracting, by the sound processing subsystem, the one or more control parameters from the control signal, and performing, by the sound processing subsystem, at least one operation in accordance with the one or more control parameters. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

摘要翻译： 声学控制耳蜗植入系统的示例性方法包括由遥控子系统声学传输包括一个或多个控制参数的控制信号，通过通信耦合到植入在患者体内的刺激子系统的声音处理子系统来检测控制信号 信号，由声音处理子系统提取来自控制信号的一个或多个控制参数，并且由声音处理子系统执行根据一个或多个控制参数的至少一个操作。 还描述了相应的方法和系统。

公开(公告)号：US08583245B1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-12

申请号：US12847095

申请日：2010-07-30

申请人： Jacob Johnston ,  Fernando Chapa ,  Guillermo A. Calle

发明人： Jacob Johnston ,  Fernando Chapa ,  Guillermo A. Calle

IPC分类号： A61N1/36

CPC分类号： A61N1/37247 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G16H10/60

摘要： An exemplary method includes a fitting subsystem maintaining a plurality of patient data instances associated with a fitting of a cochlear implant system to a patient, displaying one or more of the patient data instances within one or more main views of a graphical user interface used to fit the cochlear implant system to the patient, receiving data representative of a request by a user to archive a patient data instance included in the plurality of patient data instances, and archiving, in response to the request, the patient data instance by preventing the patient data instance from being displayed within the one or more main views of the graphical user interface. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

摘要翻译： 一种示例性方法包括：将多个与人工耳蜗植入系统的拟合关联的患者数据实例保持在患者身上的装配子系统，在用于拟合的图形用户界面的一个或多个主视图内显示一个或多个患者数据实例 所述耳蜗植入系统接收患者，接收表示用户请求的数据以存档所述多个患者数据实例中包括的患者数据实例，并且响应于所述请求将所述患者数据实例通过防止所述患者数据归档 实例被显示在图形用户界面的一个或多个主视图内。 还描述了相应的方法和系统。