System and method for cochlear implant stimulation

An implant, cochlear technology, used in applications, electrotherapy, physical therapy, etc.

Pending Publication Date: 2021-05-25
纽络通医疗有限公司 +1
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However, the proposed method still requires the use of a large number of illuminators for each received acoustic signal

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[0030] In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the present invention.

[0031]Although embodiments of the invention are not limited in this respect, using terms such as, for example, "processing", "computing", "calculating", "determining", "establishing", "analyzing", "checking" Discussion of terms such as may refer to the operations and / or processes of a computer, computing platform, computing system, or other electronic computing device, which will represent data processing and / or processing of physical (e.g., electronic) quantities within computer registers and / or memory Or transformed into other data similar to ...

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Disclosed is a method of selecting stimulations for a cochlear implant or an auditory implant. The method may include: capturing an acoustical signal; dividing the acoustical signal into a plurality of frequency bands; determining a mean acoustical energy for each frequency band; for each frequency band: comparing the mean acoustical energy with the mean acoustical energy determined for neighboring frequency bands; merging neighboring frequency bands having a difference between the mean acoustical energies that is less than an acoustical energy threshold value; selecting one or more types of stimulation to be applied to one or more locations in a cochlea or along an auditory nerve based on bandwidths of each frequency band. The one or more types of stimulation may be selected from: electrical stimulation, optical stimulation and opto-electrical stimulation, and the one or more locations in cochlea or along the auditory nerve may correspond to specific frequencies of the acoustical signal.

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[0001] Statement of Government Rights and Interests [0002] This invention was made with United States Government support under Grant No. R01DC011855 awarded by the USA National Institutes of Health. The US Government has certain rights in this invention. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to neural stimulation in cochlear implants. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for selecting neural stimulation for cochlear implants. Background technique [0004] A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted neuroprosthetic device that provides sound sensation to persons with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss. Commercially available CIs include a series of electrical contacts (electrodes) that can be surgically inserted into the cochlea (tympanic membrane) to stimulate the cochlear nerve. Most commercially available CIs include 12-22 electrical contacts. The contact position of each electrical contact along ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/00A61N1/36
CPCA61N1/0541A61N1/36038A61N1/36171A61N1/36175A61N1/36164A61N5/0622
Inventor 丹·大卫·阿尔贝克克劳斯·彼得·里克特
Owner 纽络通医疗有限公司
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