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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2009
Applicants:
Sean Lineaweaver, Parker, CO (US);
Gregory H. Wakefield, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Sean Lineaweaver, Parker, CO (US);
Gregory H. Wakefield, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and method for at least partially fitting a medical implant system to a patient is described. These apparatuses and methods comprise executing a genetic algorithm to select a set of parameter values for the medical implant system. This genetic algorithm may comprise executing a tabu search wherein value sets that are determined to be bad are added to a tabu list that may be consulted to exclude tabu value sets from successive generations of the genetic algorithm.