Recording and retrieval of sound data in a hearing prosthesis
    1.
    发明申请
    Recording and retrieval of sound data in a hearing prosthesis 有权
    在听力假体中记录和检索声音数据

    公开(公告)号:US20070027676A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-02-01

    申请号:US11402836

    申请日:2006-04-13

    IPC分类号: G10L19/00

    摘要: A hearing prosthesis for delivering stimuli to a hearing-impaired recipient is disclosed, the hearing prosthesis comprising: a sound transducer for converting received sound signals into electric audio signals; a sound processor for converting said electric audio signals into stimuli signals; a stimulator for delivering said stimuli to the recipient; a memory for storing data representative of sound signals; and a controller configured to cause selected sound data to be retrieved from said memory and processed by said sound processor.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于向听力受损的受体传递刺激的听觉假体,所述听力假体包括:用于将接收到的声音信号转换成电音频信号的声音传感器; 用于将所述电音频信号转换为刺激信号的声音处理器; 用于将所述刺激递送给受体的刺激器; 用于存储表示声音信号的数据的存储器; 以及控制器,被配置为使所选择的声音数据从所述存储器检索并由所述声音处理器处理。

    SOUND COMMAND TO STIMULATION CONVERTER
    2.
    发明申请
    SOUND COMMAND TO STIMULATION CONVERTER 审中-公开
    声音转换器的声音

    公开(公告)号:US20110004273A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-06

    申请号:US12497335

    申请日:2009-07-02

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00 A61N1/05

    CPC分类号: A61N1/36036

    摘要: A method and system for stimulating a tissue-stimulating prosthesis is disclosed. The method and system comprise receiving a sound command, such a MIDI command, and converting the sound to a stimulation signal. The stimulation signal is then used to provide stimulation to a recipient so that the recipient may perceive sound in accordance with the received sound command.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于刺激组织刺激假体的方法和系统。 该方法和系统包括接收声音命令,诸如MIDI命令,并将声音转换为刺激信号。 刺激信号然后用于向接收者提供刺激,使得接收者可以根据收到的声音命令感知声音。

    MEDICAL DEVICE AND PROSTHESIS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180178011A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-28

    申请号:US15816256

    申请日:2017-11-17

    申请人: Paul Carter

    发明人: Paul Carter

    摘要: A hearing prosthesis, comprising: a microphone; a sound processor; an external transmitter unit including a coil; an internal receiver unit including a coil; a stimulator unit, wherein the stimulator unit includes a control circuit, a voltage measurement component, a resistor and a signal generator, wherein the measurement circuit is configured to output a signal indicative of the voltage across the resistor; and a stimulating lead assembly array, wherein at least a portion of the hearing prosthesis is configured to apply an electrical signal to tissue inside a cochlea of a recipient, and at least a portion of the hearing prosthesis is configured to sense an electrical property inside of the cochlea that results from the applied electrical signal and the interaction of the applied electrical signal to the tissue.

    Variable impedance shunt for a tissue stimulating prosthesis
    6.
    发明授权
    Variable impedance shunt for a tissue stimulating prosthesis 有权
    用于组织刺激假体的可变阻抗分流器

    公开(公告)号:US08843208B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-23

    申请号:US13675229

    申请日:2012-11-13

    申请人: Paul Carter

    发明人: Paul Carter

    摘要: A method and apparatus for neural stimulation are disclosed. The principle is that a conventional current path is used to deliver the stimulus to neural structures, but an alternative current path is provided to bypass the neural structures during the opposite polarity part of the current flow. As a consequence, charge balance can be provided at the tissue/electrode interface, whilst delivering stimuli which are not charge balanced to the neural structures.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于神经刺激的方法和装置。 原理是使用传统的电流路径将刺激传递给神经结构,但提供替代的电流路径以在电流的相反极性部分旁路神经结构。 因此,可以在组织/电极界面处提供电荷平衡,同时递送对神经结构不是电荷平衡的刺激。

    ROTARY SPUTTERING TARGET AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURE
    9.
    发明申请
    ROTARY SPUTTERING TARGET AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURE 审中-公开
    旋转飞溅目标和制造装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110168555A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-14

    申请号:US13052484

    申请日:2011-03-21

    IPC分类号: C23C14/34

    摘要: The process that is the subject of this invention is a method of making a rotary sputtering target having the steps of providing a cylinder of sputtering target material having an adhesion-wetting layer on its inside surface; providing a stainless steel sputtering target backing tube having an outside diameter smaller than the sputtering target material inside diameter, the backing tube having an adhesion-wetting layer on its outside surface; welding an upper and lower stainless steel retaining ring to the backing tube adjacent to the sputtering target material so that the target material is in compression and the backing tube in tension; and introducing molten bonding material into the annulus between the backing tube and the sputtering target material.The apparatus that is the subject of the present invention is a rotary sputtering target apparatus having a cylinder of sputtering target material; a backing tube having a smaller outside diameter than the inside diameter of the sputtering target material; and bonding material disposed between the target material and backing tube, the bonding material bonding them together.

    摘要翻译: 作为本发明的主题的方法是制造旋转溅射靶的方法,其具有以下步骤:在其内表面上设置具有粘附润湿层的溅射靶材料的圆筒; 提供具有小于溅射靶材料内径的外径的不锈钢溅射靶背衬管,所述背衬管在其外表面上具有粘附润湿层; 将上下不锈钢保持环焊接到与溅射靶材料相邻的背衬管上,使得目标材料处于压缩状态并使背衬管张紧; 并将熔融粘合材料引入到背衬管和溅射靶材料之间的环形空间中。 作为本发明的主题的装置是具有溅射靶材料的圆筒的旋转溅射靶装置, 具有比溅射靶材料的内径小的外径的背衬管; 以及设置在目标材料和背衬管之间的接合材料,所述粘合材料将它们结合在一起。