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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2015
Applicant:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;

Inventors:

Andrew Botros, Maroubra, AU;

Matthijs Killian, Mechelen, BE;

Bastiaan van Dijk, Deurne, BE;

Assignee:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36032 (2013.01); A61B 5/04001 (2013.01); A61B 5/7264 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61N 1/00 (2013.01); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for automatically analyzing neural activity within a target neural region. In one example, electrical stimulation is applied to the target neural region at an initial current level that approximates a typical threshold-Neural Response Telemetry (NRT) level. An NRT measurement of neural activity within the target neural region in response to the stimulation is recorded. A machine-learned expert system, which is configured with a decision tree that includes at least two levels of nodes which consider parameters relating to the NRT measurement, respectively, is utilized to predict, based on one or more features of the neural activity, whether the NRT measurement includes a neural response or does not include a neural response.


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