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Surgery: Light, Thermal, And Electrical Application > Light, Thermal, And Electrical Application > Electrical Therapeutic Systems > Promoting Auditory Function > Producing Aural Effects By Stimulation > By Partially Or Wholly Implanted Device By Partially Or Wholly Implanted DeviceBy Partially Or Wholly Implanted Device patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/07/06 - 20060276856 - Method and apparatus for measuring the performance of an implantable middle ear hearing aid, and the response of a patient wearing such a hearing aid A reference transmitter (602) and reference receiver (604) are provided for testing the performance of a semi-implantable hearing aid. In a calibration configuration, an audiometer (606) is used to provide a reference signal via a headphone jack output (608) to the reference transmitter (602). The reference transmitter (602) provides an ... 11/30/06 - 20060271127 - Stimulation channel selection methods Methods of selecting a number of channels out of a multiplicity of channels of an implantable neural stimulation system for stimulation during a stimulation frame include obtaining a threshold corresponding to the stimulation frame, determining an amplitude corresponding to each channel within the multiplicity of channels, comparing the amplitude corresponding ... 11/30/06 - 20060271126 - Stimulation channel selection methods Methods of selecting a number of channels out of a multiplicity of channels of an implantable neural stimulation system for stimulation during a stimulation frame include obtaining a threshold corresponding to the stimulation frame, using the threshold to determine an adjusted amplitude corresponding to one or more channels within the ... 11/30/06 - 20060271125 - Systems for selecting one or more stimulation channels Implantable neural stimulation systems include an array of electrodes configured to apply one or more stimulation signals to a patient via one or more channels out of a multiplicity of channels during a stimulation frame and a signal processor configured to select the one or more channels for stimulation. The ... 11/02/06 - 20060247735 - Focused stimulation in a medical stimulation device A medical stimulation device such as a cochlear implant configured to provide stimulation of one or more spatially-restricted contiguous portion(s) of the spiral array of auditory nerve fibers in the cochlear (“discrete stimulation regions”). Each discrete stimulation region is defined by the constructive and/or destructive interference of stimulating and limiting ... 10/26/06 - 20060241723 - Insertion device for an electrode array A device, system and method for inserting a pre-curved electrode array (100) held in a substantially straight configuration by a straightening member (101) into a cochlea of a subject. As the electrode array (100) is inserted into the cochlea by the device, the straightening member (101) is held by the ... 09/28/06 - 20060217784 - Method of speech conversion in a cochlear implant A cochlear implant and a method of speech conversion in the cochlear implant which can provide a user with more natural-sounding reproduced speech and can regenerate a natural variation at a value near the natural period of respective channels. A method of speech conversion in a cochlear implant in which ... 09/21/06 - 20060212095 - Multirate cochlear stimulation strategy and apparatus A cochlear implant system in which information about the periodicity of a received audio signal in each filter channel is used as a factor in determining the rate of stimulation applied to a tonotopically placed electrode corresponding to the relevant filter channel. As such, the stimulation rate for each electrode ... 09/21/06 - 20060212094 - Middle ear multi-channel electrode An electrode device is for implantation in a human ear. An implantable electrode carrier has one or more electrical contacts on its surface. The electrode carrier and the electrode contacts are adapted to interact with endosteum tissue when implanted in a human ear so as to develop current flow from ... 08/31/06 - 20060195160 - Incremental stimulation sound processor In one aspect of the invention, a cochlear implant constructed and arranged to successively generate stimulation signals each comprising at least one stimulus pulse such that said successive stimulation signals incrementally build a neural excitation pattern that accurately reflects a received sound. In one embodiment, each said successive stimulation signal ... 08/24/06 - 20060190059 - Cochlear stimulation device A cochlear stimulation apparatus includes an implantable device and an external device. The implantable device includes a receiving coil, an array of electrodes configured to be fitted within the cochlea of a user, and circuitry for receiving signals through the receiving coil and generating stimulation pulses that are directed to ... 08/17/06 - 20060184212 - Cochlear stimulation device A cochlear stimulation apparatus includes an implantable device including electrodes configured to be fitted within the cochlea of a user, circuitry for processing signals to generate stimulation pulses that are directed to the electrodes, a non-volatile memory device, and a receiving coil, and an external device including circuitry for processing ... 08/10/06 - 20060178711 - Prosthetic hearing implant fitting technique A fitting system and method for fitting a prosthetic hearing implant for a recipient, the implant having an array of electrodes implanted in the recipient's a cochlear. The fitting system comprises: a user interface configured to provide acoustic-based fitting data and receive acoustic-based control inputs; an acoustic test signal generator ... 07/13/06 - 20060155346 - Active vibration attenuation for implantable microphone The invention is directed to an implanted microphone having reduced sensitivity to vibration. In this regard, the microphone differentiates between the desirable and undesirable vibration by utilizing at least one motion sensor to produce a motion signal when an implanted microphone is in motion. This motion signal is used to ... 06/22/06 - 20060136010 - Strial hearing loss treatment device having a sliding electrode An implanted electrolytic current injection device, comprising a reservoir of KCl in electrolytic contact with the interior of the scala media and including a charge injection electrode and a reservoir of saline solution in electrolytic contact with a part of the body that is saline. Also, a current source supplies ... 06/08/06 - 20060122664 - Cochlear ear implant A simple cochlear implant is provided that avoids excavation of the mastoid bone. The cochlear implant includes one or more modules for housing the active and passive electronics, and an electrode array for stimulating the nerves of the cochlea. The cochlear implant may include a single modular unit which houses ... 06/01/06 - 20060116743 - Fixation system for an implantable medical device A medical implant, such as an implantable component (22) of a tissue-stimulating prosthesis. One example of such a prosthesis being a cochlear implant. The component (22) is adapted to be implanted at or adjacent a tissue surface within the recipient, such as a bone surface. The component (22) has a ... 05/11/06 - 20060100672 - Method and system of matching information from cochlear implants in two ears Disclosed are systems and methods for matching pitch information between bilateral cochlear implants in order to maximize a patient's listening experience. The system permits an electrode array of a first cochlear implant to be pitch matched to an electrode array of a second cochlear implant system by utilizing virtual electrodes, ... 05/04/06 - 20060095090 - Peripheral nerve stimulation to treat auditory dysfunction A system and/or method for treating auditory dysfunction by somatosensory system stimulation. The system and/or method comprises a probe and a device to stimulate the probe. The probe has a stimulation portion implanted in communication with a predetermined peripheral nerve site. The stimulation portion of the probe may be implanted ... 03/09/06 - 20060052841 - Multiple channel-electrode mapping In accordance with one aspect of the invention, methods and systems are disclosed for delivering a stimulating signal by a stimulating medical device having a plurality of electrodes. Such methods and systems comprise receiving a signal; filtering the received signal to obtain a plurality of band pass filtered signals; delivering ... 01/19/06 - 20060015155 - Partly implanted hearing aid The invention concerns a hearing aid comprising: an outer housing (1) containing a signal processing module (11) connected in input to at least a microphone (13) and in output to an earphone for transmitting a sound signal into the patient's external auditory canal (5); at least one first magnetic component ... 12/01/05 - 20050267549 - Hybrid cochlear/vestibular implant A system for treating patients affected both by hearing loss and by balance disorders related to vestibular hypofunction and/or malfunction, which includes sensors of sound and head movement, processing circuitry, a power source, and an implantable electrical stimulator capable of stimulating areas of the cochlea and areas of the vestibular ... 11/24/05 - 20050261748 - Cochlear implant fitting A method for fitting a cochlear prosthesis to a cochlea having residual acoustic hearing capability, in order to exploit the residual acoustic hearing capability to the extent possible. A portion of the cochlea having residual acoustic hearing capability is determined by measuring the neural response to acoustic and/or electrical stimulations. ... 11/10/05 - 20050251226 - Suppression of tinnitus The perception of sound in the absence of a stimulus external to one's own ear is commonly referred to as “tinnitus”. However, other sounds such as otoacoustic emissions, may occur in the absence of an external stimulus. These sounds may be audible or inaudible. A means of reducing such sounds ... 11/10/05 - 20050251225 - Cochlear stimulation device A cochlear implant system is provided that does not require a headpiece. Rather, the external coil used to transfer power and data and control signal to the implant device is integrated into the housing of the external processor. In one embodiment, where the external processor is carried within a behind-the-ear ... 11/10/05 - 20050251224 - Text to speech conversion in hearing systems The present invention relates to a hearing system for a person, comprising: input means for providing electrical signals produced from sound, signal processing means for processing said electrical signals for producing audio signals, means for storing digital text received from a source of digital text, means for converting digital text ... 11/03/05 - 20050245991 - Electric and acoustic stimulation fitting systems and methods Methods and systems for modifying the parameters of at least one hearing device for a patient with residual hearing provide needed orchestration of acoustic and electric stimulation of patients wearing such devices. ... 11/03/05 - 20050245990 - Hearing implant with mems inertial sensor and method of use An implant device for treating hearing disorders. In one exemplary embodiment, an implant body is dimensioned for attachment to the ossicular chain of a patient. The implant body carries a micro-encapsulated MEMS inertial sensing device that is electrically coupled by a micro-cable to an implantable signal processing system. The MEMS ... 10/06/05 - 20050222644 - Pulse burst electrical stimulation of nerve or tissue fibers A method for stimulating nerve or tissue fibers and a prosthetic hearing device implanting same. The method comprises: generating a stimulation signal comprising a plurality of pulse bursts each comprising a plurality of pulses; and distributing said plurality of pulse bursts across one or more electrodes each operatively coupled to ... 09/22/05 - 20050209657 - Enhancing cochlear implants with hearing aid signal processing technologies A system and method that enhance the performance of cochlear implant signal processing in an amplification device. The system utilizes a signal input device that picks up the sounds from the environment or from other hearing or audio devices and feeds the incoming signal into a front-end signal processor, which ... 09/15/05 - 20050203590 - Simultaneous stimulation for low power consumption A stimulation system including a stimulator having a multi-channel electrode array utilizing a monopolar electrode configuration. A processor is operatively coupled to the stimulator. The processor is configured to determine a channel interaction (CI) sequence using simultaneous, sign-correlated pulses and channel interaction compensation. The CI sequence has a CI pulse ... 09/15/05 - 20050203589 - Electrical stimulation of the acoustic nerve based on selected groups In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method of activating electrodes in a multichannel electrode array is provided. Each channel is associated with a different electrode in the array. At least two groups of channels in the multichannel electrode array are selected, wherein at least one of the ... 09/01/05 - 20050192648 - Compressed neural coding An embodiment of the present invention takes masking effects into consideration when determining stimulations signals for neural stimulation. These masking effects may be modeled using user-specific models determined by taking measurements for an implant system of an implant recipient. Or, the model may correspond to a group of individuals sharing ... 09/01/05 - 20050192647 - Electrical devices and anti-scarring agents Electrical devices (e.g., cardiac rhythm management and neurostimulation devices) for contact with tissue are used in combination with an anti-scarring agent (e.g., a cell cycle inhibitor) in order to inhibit scarring that may otherwise occur when the devices are implanted within an animal. ... 09/01/05 - 20050192646 - Generation of electrical stimuli for application to a cochlea A method for processing sound signals to generate electrical stimuli for an auditory prosthesis electrode array including a plurality of electrodes, the method including: deriving (10) one or more filtered representations (FIGS. 3 and 4) of an incoming audio signal; and, generating (11) a series of spikes from each filtered ... 08/25/05 - 20050187592 - Combined stimulation for auditory prosthesis A cochlear prosthesis comprises multiple electrodes for stimulating the cochlea. A received sound signal is filtered into frequency channels, and from a subset of the frequency channels pulsatile stimuli are generated to be applied by the electrodes. A modulating signal is also obtained from the received sound signal. High rate ... 08/11/05 - 20050177205 - Stimulation mode for cochlear implant speech coding A method of stimulating an auditory nerve to produce a percept in response to a detected sound signal. At least one characteristic of the sound signal is identified, and a stimulation mode is selected based on the identified characteristic. The selected stimulation mode is then used for stimulating the auditory ... 08/11/05 - 20050177204 - Implantable acoustic sensor An acoustic sensor suitable for use in a totally implanted hearing prosthesis is disclosed. The sensor uses an elongate member 36 and piezoelectric sensor 39 to detect acoustic signals when the sensor is implanted so as to be in fluid communication with the perilymph. The sensor may be applied in ... 08/04/05 - 20050171579 - Stimulating device An implantable apparatus, such as a inner ear prosthetic hearing implant, and a method for delivering neuron firing threshold-reducing stimuli to a neural network of an implantee are provided. The apparatus comprises a stimulator device that generates stimulation signals, and an electrode array that receives the stimulation signals and delivers ... 07/28/05 - 20050165460 - Neuro-electric-therapy headset A self-contained, portable headset carries a waveform source device and tissue interface circuits in a self-locating position for delivering treatment signals to a preselected area in the conch of the ear of a human subject. An electronics housing carries a waveform source device in communication with right and left tissue ... 07/21/05 - 20050159792 - Electrical stimulation system and method for treating tinnitus According to one aspect, an electrical stimulation system for treating tinnitus is provided. The system includes an electrical stimulation lead adapted for implantation into the person's skull for electrical stimulation of target brain tissue located in the person's temporal lobe. The lead includes one or more electrodes adapted to be ... 07/21/05 - 20050159791 - Cochlear implant An implantable component (30) of a cochlear implant system comprising a housing for a stimulator unit (31) that is adapted to output one or more stimulation signals and an electrode assembly (30) adapted to apply electrical stimulation in accordance with the output of the stimulator unit (31). On implantation, the ... 07/14/05 - 20050154427 - Cochlear implant package An implant package for a cochlear implant, including stimulator electronics contained within a protective housing (2) and being coupled to an electrode array (9) for insertion into the cochlea of a patient, and being further coupled to a receiving and/or transmitting coil (8) enclosed within a protective casing, said protective ... 06/23/05 - 20050137651 - Optimizing pitch allocation in a cochlear implant Errors in pitch allocation within a cochlear implant are corrected in order to provide a significant and profound improvement in the quality of sound perceived by the cochlear implant user. The disclosure provides a tool for determining the implant fitting curve for cochlear implant system to correct pitch warping. The ... 06/23/05 - 20050137650 - Methods and systems for fitting a cochlear implant to a patient An exemplary method of fitting a cochlear implant system to a patient includes establishing an implant fitting line having a slope and a position. The implant fitting line represents a relationship between a number of stimulation sites within a cochlea of the patient and a number of corresponding audio frequencies. ... 06/16/05 - 20050131491 - Transcutaneous power optimization circuit for a medical implant In a cochlear implant system, the implantable stimulator includes a monitor which monitors parameters associated with the stimulation signals and/or the power stored in an energy storage element which stores energy transmitted from the processor. This parameter or parameters is/are analyzed and one or more feedback signals are generated and ... 06/16/05 - 20050131490 - Neural prosthesis based on photomechanical deflectors and tactile sensory cells An interface for selective excitation of a biological neural network is provided. The interface includes a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device having a deformable membrane, and a tactile-sensitive neural cell disposed on the deformable membrane. The cell on the deformable membrane senses motion or deformation of the membrane and provides a signal, ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |