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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Ibrahim Ibrahim, North Ryde, AU;
Peter Single, Lane Cove, AU;
Inventors:
Ibrahim Ibrahim, North Ryde, AU;
Peter Single, Lane Cove, AU;
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Lane Cove, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); H01H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, an acoustic prosthesis is disclosed. The acoustic prosthesis comprises: an external speech processor unit comprising electronic components and a power source contained within a housing, wherein the power source provides power to the electronic components via a power line; and a magnetically-responsive switch disposed along the power line to switchingly connect the power source to the electronic components in response to the presence of a magnetic field.