Cochlear implant device, extracorporeal sound collector, and cochlear implant system having the same

A cochlear implant system comprising:

• a cochlear implant device;
• and
• an extracorporeal sound collector operationally connected to the cochlear implant device,
• wherein the cochlear implant device comprises an inner ear electrode, a first amplifier circuit, a first central arithmetic processing circuit, a first transmitter/receiver circuit, a first charging circuit, and a first battery,
• wherein the extracorporeal sound collector comprises a microphone, an external input circuit, a second amplifier circuit, a second central arithmetic processing circuit, a second transmitter/receiver circuit, a second charging circuit, and a second battery,
• wherein the first transmitter/receiver circuit and the second transmitter/receiver circuit each comprise at least one antenna, a capacitor, a demodulation circuit, a decoding circuit, a logic operation/control circuit, a memory circuit, an encoding circuit, and a modulation circuit,
• wherein the first charging circuit comprises a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an induced electromotive force generated in the antenna in the first transmitter/receiver circuit, a current/voltage control circuit, and a charge control circuit, and
• wherein the second charging circuit comprises a rectifier circuit configured to rectify power inputted from an external power source, a current/voltage control circuit, and a charge control circuit.

A cochlear implant device comprising:

• an inner ear electrode electrically connected to an information processing circuit;
• a transmitter/receiver circuit electrically connected to the information processing circuit and a charging circuit;
• and
• a battery electrically connected to the charging circuit.

A cochlear implant device comprising:

• an amplifier circuit electrically connected to an inner ear electrode and a central arithmetic processing circuit;
• a transmitter/receiver circuit electrically connected to a charging circuit and the central arithmetic processing circuit;
• and
• a battery electrically connected to the charging circuit,
• wherein the transmitter/receiver circuit comprises at least one antenna, a capacitor, a demodulation circuit, a decoding circuit, a logic operation/control circuit, a memory circuit, an encoding circuit, and a modulation circuit, and
• wherein the charging circuit comprises a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an induced electromotive force generated in the antenna in the transmitter/receiver circuit, a current/voltage control circuit, and a charge control circuit.

An extracorporeal sound collector comprising:

• a microphone electrically connected to an external input circuit;
• an amplifier circuit electrically connected to the external input circuit and a central arithmetic processing circuit;
• a transmitter/receiver circuit electrically connected to the central arithmetic processing circuit and a charging circuit;
• and
• a battery electrically connected to the charging circuit,
• wherein the transmitter/receiver circuit comprises at least one antenna, a capacitor, a demodulation circuit, a decoding circuit, a logic operation/control circuit, a memory circuit, an encoding circuit, and a modulation circuit, and
• wherein the charging circuit comprises a rectifier circuit configured to rectify power inputted from an external power source, a current/voltage control circuit, and a charge control circuit.