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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Inventor:
Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, North Epping, AU;
Assignee:
COCHLEAR LIMITED, Macquarie University, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37229 (2013.01); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); H04R 25/606 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01);
Abstract
Presented herein are distributed implantable hearing systems that have at least a main implant module that is physically separated from a distally positioned inner radio-frequency (RF) coil. Embodiments presented herein may include a main implant module positioned within a recipient's mastoid and an implantable coil positioned within a recipient's middle ear cavity.