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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
Guillermo A. Calle, Moorpark, CA (US);
Fernando Chapa, Quartz Hill, CA (US);
Carlos O. Hernandez, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
An exemplary system includes 1) a storage facility configured to maintain data representative of a cochlear implant fitting software package comprising a plurality of cochlear implant fitting features and maintain data representative of a plurality of independent licensing heuristics corresponding to the plurality of cochlear implant fitting features, wherein each independent licensing heuristic within the plurality of independent licensing heuristics corresponds to a different cochlear implant fitting feature within the plurality of cochlear implant fitting features, and 2) a feature control facility configured to selectively enable or disable each cochlear implant fitting feature in accordance with the corresponding independent licensing heuristic. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.