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Method and system for fitting a cochlear implant

A cochlear implant and adaptation technology, applied in electrotherapy, ear therapy, medical science, etc., can solve problems such as shortening the time required for clinical adaptation of cochlear implants

Active Publication Date: 2011-02-09
COCHLEAR LIMITED
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[0027] However, while this approach has the effect of shortening the time required to clinically fit a cochlear implant, it clearly has a number of disadvantages
The main disadvantage is the assumption that the shape of the profile determined at the first level (i.e., typically an objectively measured or clinically determined threshold level) will correlate with the shape of the profile at the second level for different total stimulation levels

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[0088] Before describing the fitting method in detail, it is advantageous to describe the operation of the cochlear implant system.

[0089] see figure 1 , cochlear implant system 185 includes outer component 100 and inner (or implanted) component 124 . The external assembly 100 includes a behind-the-ear (BTE) speech processing unit 126 connected to a transmit coil 130 . The BTE unit includes a microphone 125 for detecting sound, which is then processed by electronics within the BTE unit to produce an encoded signal. The encoded signal is provided to the external transmission unit 128 along with power from a power source such as a battery (not shown).

[0090] Internal assembly 124 includes a receiver unit 132 having an internal coil (not shown) that receives power and coded signals from external assembly 100 and transmits to stimulator unit 120 to apply coded signals along electrode assembly 140 . The electrode assembly 140 enters the cochlea 116 at a cochleostomy region...

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A method and system for fitting a medical implant to a recipient is disclosed. The medical implant is operative to stimulate a physiological system of the recipient over a plurality of stimulation channels. The method includes the steps of determining an initial stimulation profile for the plurality of stimulation channels and then determining a fitting stimulation profile by modifying the form or shape of the initial stimulation profile.

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[0001] priority claim [0002] This patent application claims priority to Australian Provisional Patent Application 2007906933 entitled "Method and System for Fitting a Cochlear Implant", filed 18 December 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to configurations of medical implants that stimulate the physiological system of a recipient. In one specific form, the invention relates to methods and systems for clinically fitting cochlear implants. [0004] References [0005] The entire contents of each of the following documents are incorporated herein by reference: [0006] · U.S. Patents 4,532,930, 6,537,200, 6,565,503, 6,575,894, 6,697,674 and 5,758,651; [0007] ·PCT application PCT / US2005 / 021207 (WO 2005 / 122887); [0008] · PCT application PCT / AU2007 / 001369 (WO 2008 / 031169); and [0009] Cullington H.E., Cochlear Implants: Objective Measures, London, Whurr Publishers, 2003 Background t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61F11/00A61F2/18A61N1/372
CPCA61N1/36032A61N1/37252A61N1/36038A61N1/36039A61F2/18A61F11/00
Inventor A·伯特罗斯
Owner COCHLEAR LIMITED