Skin flap thickness estimation
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorHelmut Christian Eder
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Abstract
Presented herein are techniques for estimating skin flap thickness (“SFT”) of a recipient of an implantable medical device system. In particular, in accordance with the techniques presented herein, the implantable medical device comprises an external component having a magnet configured to magnetically couple the external component to an implantable component of the implantable medical device system through a skin flap of a recipient of the implantable medical device system. The SFT is estimated based on a strength of the magnet. One or more operational parameters for the implantable medical device system may be determined and/or set based on the estimated SFT.
Claims29
A method, comprising:
- identifying a magnetization of a magnet of an external component of an implantable medical device system, the magnet being configured to magnetically couple the external component to an implantable component of the implantable medical device system by applying a magnetic field through a skin flap of a recipient of the implantable medical device system;
- estimating a thickness of the skin flap based on the magnetization of the magnet;
- determining at least one operational parameter of the implantable medical device system based on the estimated thickness of the skin flap;
- and
- setting the at least one operational parameter of the implantable medical device system.
A method, comprising:
- providing an external component of an implantable medical device system, wherein the external component comprises a magnet for magnetically coupling the external component to an implantable component by applying a magnetic field through a skin flap of a recipient of the implantable medical device system;
- estimating a thickness of the skin flap based on a magnetization of the magnet;
- and
- setting one or more operational parameters of the implantable medical device system based on the estimated thickness of the skin flap.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, are operable to:
- estimate, based on a magnetization of a magnet of an external component of an implantable medical device system, a thickness of a skin flap through which the magnet is configured to apply a magnetic field to magnetically couple the external component to an implantable component of the implantable medical device system;
- and
- cause at least one operational parameter of the implantable medical device system to be set based on the estimated thickness of the skin flap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.