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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
Inventor:
Stefan Launer, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/65 (2013.01); A61N 1/36032 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 2225/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary headpiece module includes 1) a housing configured to be affixed to a head of a patient, 2) communication circuitry disposed within the housing and that facilitates communication of an off-the-ear sound processor module with a cochlear implant implanted within the patient, and 3) a loudspeaker at least partially disposed within the housing of the headpiece module and that applies acoustic stimulation to the patient as directed by the off-the-ear sound processor module.