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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
Inventors:
Anthony J. Spahr, Newhall, CA (US);
Erin E. Castioni, Ventura, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/37252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cochlear implant sound processor including processor apparatus that, in response to being paired with a cochlear implant, converts audio signals from a microphone into stimulation data and transfer the stimulation data to cochlear implant, and in response to a failure to detect the cochlear implant, transfers the audio signals to a contralateral sound processor. Systems and methods are also disclosed.