Cochlear implant having patient-specific parameter storage
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1. A cochlear implant device comprising:
- an internal component implantable in a patient, comprising;
a second memory having patient-specific parameters stored therein during a prior programming operationan electrode array configured to provide stimulation to a cochlea of the patient; and
an external component configured to be worn by the patient comprising;
a first memory adapted to have stored therein said patient-specific parameters for the patient, anda speech processor configured to download said patient-specific parameters from said second memory to said first memory, and to utilize said downloaded patient-specific parameters stored in said first memory to perform speech processing operations customized for the patient.
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Abstract
An arrangement for implanted medical devices in which the implant (20) includes certain parameters (21) stored in memory. Upon initialisation, these parameters are downloaded to the external component (30). This allows for simpler changes to the external device, or for a generic external device to be used. A particular application is to Cochlear implants.
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1. A cochlear implant device comprising:
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an internal component implantable in a patient, comprising; a second memory having patient-specific parameters stored therein during a prior programming operation an electrode array configured to provide stimulation to a cochlea of the patient; and an external component configured to be worn by the patient comprising; a first memory adapted to have stored therein said patient-specific parameters for the patient, and a speech processor configured to download said patient-specific parameters from said second memory to said first memory, and to utilize said downloaded patient-specific parameters stored in said first memory to perform speech processing operations customized for the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An external component of a cochlear implant device, the implant having an internal component implanted in a recipient comprising:
- a second memory having patient-specific parameters specific for a recipient stored therein during a prior programming operation, and an electrode array configured to provide stimulation to a cochlea of the recipient, wherein the external component is configured to be worn by a recipient, and wherein the external component comprises;
a first memory adapted to have stored therein patient-specific parameters specific for the recipient; and a speech processor configured to download said patient-specific parameters from said second memory to said first memory, and to utilize said downloaded patient-specific parameters stored in said first memory to perform speech processing operations customized for the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- a second memory having patient-specific parameters specific for a recipient stored therein during a prior programming operation, and an electrode array configured to provide stimulation to a cochlea of the recipient, wherein the external component is configured to be worn by a recipient, and wherein the external component comprises;
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31. A cochlear implant comprising:
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an internal component configured to have patient-specific parameters stored therein during a programming operation, wherein said patient-specific parameters are specific to a recipient of said cochlear implant; a speech processor configured to be worn the recipient and to download said patient-specific parameters stored in said internal component, and to utilize said downloaded patient-specific parameters to perform speech processing operations customized for the recipient; and an electrode array configured to provide stimulation to a cochlea of the recipient based on said customized speech processing operations; wherein said speech processor is configured to download said patient-specific parameters prior to commencing said customized speech processing operations. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of improving a patient'"'"'s hearing comprising:
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implanting an internal component of a cochlear implant into the patient; storing patient-specific parameters particular to the patient into said internal component during a programming operation; initializing a speech processor configured to be worn by the patient; transferring said patient-specific parameters stored in said internal component to said speech processor; performing speech processing operations customized for the patient based on said downloaded patient-specific parameters; and stimulating a cochlea of the patient based on said customized speech processing operations. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A kit for providing stimulation to a recipient comprising:
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an internal component configured to have patient-specific parameters stored therein during a programming operation, wherein said patient-specific parameters are specific to the recipient of said kit; a first speech processor configured to be worn by the recipient and configured to perform speech processing operations customized for the recipient; an electrode array configured to provide stimulation to a cochlea of the recipient based on said customized speech processing operations; and a generic speech processor configured to be worn by the recipient and configured to replace said first speech processor, and configured to download said programmed patient-specific parameters upon initialization with said internal component, wherein said generic speech processor utilizes said downloaded patient-specific parameters in order to perform said customized speech processing operations based solely on said downloaded parameters. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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