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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Med-el Elektromedizinische Geraete Gmbh, Innsbruck, AT;
Andreas Jäger, Reith bei Seefeld, AT;
Carolyn Garnham, Matlock Derbyshire, GB;
Roland Hessler, Innsbruck, AT;
Martin Zimmerling, Patsch, AT;
Charles Coleman Della Santina, Towson, MD (US);
Gene Fridman, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
Abstract
A novel vestibular implant system is described. An implantable vestibular stimulator provides vestibular stimulation signals to stimulate target neural tissue for vestibular sensation by a patient. One or more motion sensors are controllably powered by the vestibular implant system and develop a motion signal reflecting head motion of an implant patient. The vestibular stimulator includes at least two different operating modes: i. a sensor controlled mode wherein the motion sensor is powered and the vestibular stimulation signal is developed as a dependent function of the motion signal, and ii. a sensor independent mode wherein the motion sensor is unpowered and the vestibular stimulation signals, if any, are developed independently of the motion signal.