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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
Inductive link coupling based on relative angular position determination for medical implant systems
Med-el Elektromedizinische Geraete Gmbh, Innsbruck, AT;
Martin Unterweissacher, Innsbruck, AT;
Aitor Morillo, Innsbruck, AT;
Stefan Strasser, Buch in Tirol, AT;
Angelo De Marzo, Innsbruck, AT;
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
Abstract
A portion of a vestibular prosthesis system is described which includes an external coil housing and an external holding magnet that allow rotation of the external coil housing around a rotation axis that passes through the external holding magnet orthogonal to a skin interface surface. An external communications coil arrangement within the housing includes three or more external coil segments rotationally adjacent to each other around the rotation axis, each external coil segment being independently operable by an external signal processor for coupling an implant communication signal. And the external signal processor is configured to periodically operate the external coil segments to quantify rotation of the external coil housing and adjust the signal component of the implant communication signal to offset quantified rotation of the housing.