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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:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2019
Applicants:

Jan Raymond Janssen, St. Ives, AU;

Koen Van Den Heuvel, Hove, BE;

Richard Bruce Murphy, Kirribili, AU;

Inventors:

Jan Raymond Janssen, St. Ives, AU;

Koen Van den Heuvel, Hove, BE;

Richard Bruce Murphy, Kirribili, AU;

Assignee:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/378 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/0255 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/361 (2013.01); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/36142 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H04R 25/305 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); A61B 5/0255 (2013.01); A61B 5/6817 (2013.01); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); H02J 7/0071 (2020.01); H04R 25/55 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01); H04R 2225/33 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01); H04R 2225/61 (2013.01); H04R 2225/67 (2013.01); H04R 2460/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

Presented herein are techniques for initiating a night-time mode of operation in an implantable hearing prosthesis in response to detection of night-time recharging operations. More specifically, an implantable hearing prosthesis comprises a rechargeable battery that is configured to be recharged via an external night-time charging device, such as a pillow charger. The implantable hearing prosthesis is configured to detect inductive charging of the rechargeable battery by the external night-time charging device. In response, the implantable hearing prosthesis is switched to a night-time mode of operation.


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