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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2019
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
R. Tissa Karunasiri, Valencia, CA (US);
Mark B. Downing, Valencia, CA (US);
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
An exemplary system includes a sound processor configured to wirelessly communicate, while operating in a first mode, with a cochlear implant by way of a wearable headpiece coil configured to be worn on a head of a recipient of the cochlear implant, a non-wearable coil configured to be located away from the recipient, and an interface device configured to provide operating power to the non-wearable coil and communicatively couple to the sound processor while the sound processor is operating in a second mode. While the sound processor is coupled to the interface device and operating in the second mode, the non-wearable coil is configured to provide radio frequency (RF) power to the cochlear implant to keep the cochlear implant listening for commands from the sound processor.