Antenna configuration for a hearing aid system
AssigneeOticon Medical A/S
InventorsJens Troelsen, Oleksandr Rybalko
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Abstract
A hearing aid system includes an implant unit and a sound processor unit. The implant unit may be a transcutaneous bone anchoring stimulator configured to provide an acoustical vibration to the skull of the user wearing the hearing aid system. The implant unit may be cochlear stimulator configured to stimulate neural nerves of the cochlear of the user wearing the hearing aid system. The sound processor unit may be a housing attached to the skin of the user and attached to the implant unit by a magnetic force.
Claims20
A hearing aid system comprising an implant unit and a sound processor unit configured to be attach to a skin of a user of the hearing aid system, wherein the sound processor unit comprising a housing including a first surface facing towards a skin of a user and at least a second surface facing away from the skin of the user, and wherein the housing comprising:
- an electrical circuitry configured to receive and process an audio signal and to provide a processed audio signal,
- a coil unit configured to transfer the processed audio signal to the implant unit,
- a magnet configured to align the sound processor unit to the implant unit, and
- an antenna including a radiating part configured to radiate an electromagnetic field for receiving the audio signal and/or a data signal, and wherein the antenna includes an aperture, and characterizing in that the aperture is configured to receive at least a part of the magnet, and wherein the antenna is arranged between the coil unit and the second surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.