Advanced Bionics Ag

Avation Medical, Inc.

Manish Vaishya

Abhijit Kulkarni

Logan P Palmer

Volkmar Hamacher

Hans-Uelii Roeck

Jill F Schiaparelli

Austin Morgan

Joyce Chien Tu

Scott A Crawford

Stefan Daniel Menzl

Alexander Reich

Serge Cyril Roux

Maekele Gebrekidan

Jack Lin

Garment

Stimulator

Carrying case

Stimulator assembly

Cochlear implant headpieces with improved moisture resistance.

Moisture resistant headpieces and implantable cochlear stimulation systems including the same

A system includes a sound processor included in an electro-acoustic stimulation ('EAS') device and that directs a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation to a patient and a receiver to apply acoustic stimulation to the patient. The system further includes a volume control facility and a selection facility that selectively associates the volume control facility with the electrical stimulation in response to a first user input, selectively associates the volume control facility with the acoustic stimulation in response to a second user input, and selectively associates the volume control facility with both the electrical stimulation and the acoustic stimulation in response to a third user input.

Independent volume control in electro-acoustic stimulation systems

An exemplary system includes 1) a first sound processor included in a first auditory prosthesis system associated with a first ear of a patient, the first sound processor including a first volume control facility, and 2) a second sound processor included in a second auditory prosthesis system associated with a second ear of the patient, the second sound processor including a second volume control facility. The first volume control facility adjusts, in response to actuation of the first volume control facility, a first volume level perceived by the patient when electrical stimulation is applied by either the first auditory prosthesis system or the second auditory prosthesis system. The second volume control facility adjusts, in response to actuation of the second volume control facility, a second volume level perceived by the patient when acoustic stimulation is applied by either the first auditory prosthesis system or the second auditory prosthesis system.

Independent volume control in a bilateral auditory prosthesis system

An exemplary system includes 1) an electro-acoustic stimulation ('EAS') subsystem that directs a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation to a patient, and directs a receiver to apply acoustic stimulation to the patient; and 2) a volume control subsystem communicatively coupled to the EAS subsystem and that facilitates independent control of a first volume level perceived by the patient when the electrical stimulation is applied and a second volume level perceived by the patient when the acoustic stimulation is applied.

Cochlear implant headpieces with improved moisture resistance. The headpiece comprises a housing () including a housing microphone aperture (), a microphone () within the housing, a membrane () between the housing microphone aperture and the microphone, a cap () including a sound port () and a shield (), the cap being removably connectable to the housing and the headpiece being protected from particulate and moisture ingress.

An exemplary system includes an electro-acoustic stimulation (EAS) subsystem and a volume control subsystem communicatively coupled to the EAS subsystem. The EAS subsystem is configured to direct a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation representative of audio content included in a first frequency band to a patient and to direct a receiver to apply acoustic stimulation representative of audio content included in a second frequency band to the patient. The volume control subsystem is configured to facilitate independent control of a volume associated with the electrical stimulation and a volume associated with the acoustic stimulation. Corresponding systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

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Valencia, CA, United States of America

Manish Vaishya