IMPLANTABLE MICROPHONE SYSTEM
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1. A cochlear implant totally implantable in a recipient comprising:
- an internal energy transfer assembly configured to receive power from an external device and having an implantable microphone system removably positioned therein configured to receive a sound signal and to generate electrical signals representing the received sound signal;
a main implantable component having a sound processing unit configured to convert the electrical signals into data signals; and
an electrode assembly implantable in the recipient'"'"'s cochlea configured to deliver to the cochlea electrical stimulation signals generated based on the data signals.
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Abstract
An at least partially implantable hearing prosthesis. The hearing prosthesis comprises an implantable internal energy transfer assembly configured to receive power from an external device and having an implantable microphone system removably positioned therein configured to receive a sound signal and to generate electrical signals representing the received sound signal; a main implantable component having a sound processing unit configured to convert the electrical signals into data signals; and an output stimulator configured to stimulate the recipient'"'"'s ear based on the data signals.
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1. A cochlear implant totally implantable in a recipient comprising:
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an internal energy transfer assembly configured to receive power from an external device and having an implantable microphone system removably positioned therein configured to receive a sound signal and to generate electrical signals representing the received sound signal; a main implantable component having a sound processing unit configured to convert the electrical signals into data signals; and an electrode assembly implantable in the recipient'"'"'s cochlea configured to deliver to the cochlea electrical stimulation signals generated based on the data signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A hearing prosthesis at least partially implantable in a recipient comprising:
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an implantable internal energy transfer assembly configured to receive power from an external device, and having an implantable microphone system removably positioned therein configured to receive a sound signal and to generate electrical signals representing the received sound signal; a main implantable component having a sound processing unit configured to convert the electrical signals into data signals; and an output stimulator configured to stimulate the recipient'"'"'s ear based on the data signals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for evoking a hearing percept in a recipient comprising:
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receiving a sound signal via an implantable microphone system removably positioned in an implantable internal energy transfer assembly configured to receive power from an external device; providing an electrical signal representing the sound signal to a main implantable component having a sound processing unit; converting, with the sound processing unit, the electrical signal representing the sound signal into one or more data signals; and stimulating the recipient'"'"'s ear based on the one or more data signals. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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