General purpose accessory for a cochlear implant system
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1. A cochlear implant system comprising:
- a first unit adapted to be worn on or in one ear of an implantee, the first unit having a case housing componentry including a microphone that detects sounds and outputs acoustic data signals representative of the detected sounds, and a speech processor means that receives the acoustic data signals;
a second unit adapted to be worn on or in the other ear of the implantee, the second unit having a case housing a power source; and
a power transmission means for transmitting power from the power source of the second unit to at least some of the componentry of the first unit.
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Abstract
A cochlear implant system comprising a first unit (5) adapted to be worn on or in one ear of an implantee. The first unit has a case housing componentry including a microphone (27), and a speech processor means (29). A second unit or accessory (30) is adapted to be worn on or in the other ear of the implantee. The second unit or accessory (30) has a case (31) housing a second power source. An electrical conduction means (58) for transmitting power from the second power source to the componentry of the first unit extends between the first and second units. Such a conduction means (58) can extend around the back of the head of the implantee.
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1. A cochlear implant system comprising:
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a first unit adapted to be worn on or in one ear of an implantee, the first unit having a case housing componentry including a microphone that detects sounds and outputs acoustic data signals representative of the detected sounds, and a speech processor means that receives the acoustic data signals; a second unit adapted to be worn on or in the other ear of the implantee, the second unit having a case housing a power source; and a power transmission means for transmitting power from the power source of the second unit to at least some of the componentry of the first unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A cochlear implant system comprising:
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a first unit adapted to be worn on or in one ear of an implantee, the first unit having a case housing componentry including a first microphone that detects sounds and outputs acoustic data signals representative of the detected sounds, and a first speech processor means that receives the acoustic data signals; a second unit adapted to be worn on or in the other ear of the implantee, the second unit having a case housing a power source, a second microphone that also detects sounds and outputs acoustic data signals representative of the detected sounds, and a second speech processor means that receives the acoustic data signals and converts the signals into coded signals representative of the detected sounds; a signal transmission means whereby the coded signals output by the second speech processor means are transmittable to the first unit; and a power transmission means for transmitting power from the power source to at least some of the componentry of the first unit. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An accessory for use with a cochlear implant system, the cochlear implant system comprising an external component including a microphone that detects sounds and outputs acoustic data signals representative of the detected sounds, and a speech processor means that receives the acoustic data signals;
the accessory comprising; a power source and power transmission means adapted to provide power to at least the external component of the cochlear implant system; and a second microphone that also detects sounds and outputs acoustic data signals representative of the detected sounds to the speech processor means of the system. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An accessory for use with a cochlear implant system, the cochlear implant system comprising an external component and an implantable component;
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the external component including; a microphone that detects sounds and outputs acoustic data signals representative of the detected sounds; an external antenna coil; and a case housing an on-board power source;
the implantable component including;a cochlear stimulator; and an implantable antenna coil inductively couplable with the external coil to provide a radio frequency link between the external component and the implantable component; and the accessory having a separate case housing a speech processor means that receives and processes the acoustic data signals of the microphone of the external component and converts the signals into coded signals that are transmittable from the accessory back to the external component through a signal transmission means and from the external component to the cochlear stimulator through the radio frequency link. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A cochlear implant system comprising:
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a first unit adapted to be worn on or in one ear of an implantee, the first unit having a case housing componentry including a microphone for detecting sounds and providing acoustic data signals representative of the sounds detected, and a speech processor for receiving the acoustic data signals; a second unit adapted to be worn on or in the other ear of the implantee, the second unit having a case housing a power source; and a power transmitter for transmitting power from the power source to at least some of the componentry of the first unit.
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