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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Inventors:
Herbert Mauch, Grenzach-Wyhlen, DE;
Peter Seligman, Essendon, AU;
Barry Nevison, Tonbridge Kent, GB;
Paul Carter, West Pennant Hills, AU;
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/08 (2013.01); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08); H04R 25/305 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); A61N 2001/083 (2013.01); H04R 2225/67 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable hearing prosthesis, comprising an integrated integrity system. The integrity system is configured to measure one or more electrical characteristics of at least one component of the prosthesis, to evaluate the integrity of the prosthesis based on the measurements, and to perform at least one diagnostic operation based on the evaluation.