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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;

Inventors:

Roger S. Meier, Canyon County, CA (US);

Logan P. Palmer, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Diane H. Chang, Arcadia, CA (US);

Thomas P. Walsh, Valencia, CA (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04R 25/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/554 (2013.01); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/37229 (2013.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04R 25/55 (2013.01); H04R 25/606 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01); H04R 25/04 (2013.01); H04R 25/405 (2013.01); H04R 25/556 (2013.01); H04R 25/558 (2013.01); H04R 2225/67 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary auditory prosthesis system for a patient includes a body-worn sound processor apparatus configured to control an operation of a cochlear implant, a headpiece configured to facilitate wireless coupling of the body-worn sound processor apparatus to the cochlear implant, an audio accessory that includes a microphone configured to receive incoming audio and convert the incoming audio into an audio signal, a first communication port configured to connect directly to a communication port of the body-worn sound processor apparatus by way of a first cable, a second communication port configured to connect directly to a communication port of the headpiece by way of a second cable, and a control module communicatively coupled to the microphone and the first and second communication ports and that is configured to provide the audio signal to the body-worn sound processor apparatus by way of the first cable.


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