# US 2025/0375613 A1 · Case for use in implantable cochlear stimulation systems and implantable cochlear stimulation system external component including the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0375613 A1 - Document ID: US20250375613A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/738,593 - Filed: 2024-06-10 - Published: 2025-12-11 - Earliest claimed: 2024-06-10 - Assignees: Advanced Bionics AG - Applicants: Advanced Bionics, LLC - Inventors: Rachel E. Potvin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250375613A1 ## CPC - A61N 1/36038: {Cochlear stimulation} - A61N 1/3758: {Packaging of the components within the casing} - A61N 1/3787: {from an external energy source} - H04R 25/60: {Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles (ear wax retarders, e.g. mounting thereof H04R25/654)} - H04R 25/602: {of batteries} - H04R 2225/021: Behind the ear [BTE] hearing aids - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) ## Abstract A case for use with a behind-the-ear sound processor unit includes a main portion including a main portion housing, a cover movable relative to main portion such that the case has an open state and a closed state where the main portion and the cover together define a storage area, a power supply within the main portion housing, an inductive coupler within the main portion housing, and a dock within the storage area, operably connected to the power supply and to the inductive coupler, and configured to dock the behind-the-ear sound processor unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A case for use with a behind-the-ear sound processor unit, the case comprising: a main portion including a main portion housing; a cover movable relative to main portion such that the case has an open state and a closed state where the main portion and the cover together define a storage area; a power supply within the main portion housing; an inductive coupler within the main portion housing; and a dock within the storage area, operably connected to the power supply and to the inductive coupler, and configured to dock the behind-the-ear sound processor unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The case claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover is separable from the main portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The case claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover and the main portion are connected to one another with a hinge. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The case claimed in claim 1, wherein the inductive coupler comprises an antenna coil. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The case claimed in claim 1, wherein the power supply comprises a rechargeable power supply. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The case claimed in claim 5, wherein the main portion includes a charging port operably connected to the rechargeable power supply. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The case claimed in claim 1, wherein the main portion includes a microphone. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The case claimed in claim 1, wherein the behind-the-ear sound processor unit includes a headpiece port; and the dock includes a headpiece connector configured to be received by the headpiece port. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The case claimed in claim 1, wherein the dock includes a dock connector with a plug having a plurality of electrically conductive contacts. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The case claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a magnet within the main portion. ### Claim 11 A head-mountable off-the-ear implantable cochlear stimulation system external component, comprising: a behind-the-ear sound processor (SP) unit including a SP unit housing, sound processor circuitry within the SP unit housing, a SP unit headpiece port, and a SP unit power connector configured to connect to a power supply connector on a removable SP power supply; and a case including a main portion including a main portion housing, a cover movable relative to main portion such that the case has an open state and a closed state where the main portion and the cover together define a storage area, a power supply within the main portion housing, an inductive coupler within the main portion housing, and a dock within the storage area, operably connected to the rechargeable power supply and to the inductive coupler, and configured to mate with the SP power connector. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The head-mountable off-the-ear ICS system external component claimed in claim 11, wherein the cover is separable from the main portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The head-mountable off-the-ear ICS system external component claimed in claim 11, wherein the cover and the main portion are connected to one another with a hinge. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The head-mountable off-the-ear ICS system external component claimed in claim 11, wherein the inductive coupler comprises an antenna coil. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The head-mountable off-the-ear ICS system external component claimed in claim 11, wherein the power supply comprises a rechargeable power supply. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The head-mountable off-the-ear ICS system external component claimed in claim 11, wherein the main portion includes a charging port operably connected to the rechargeable power supply. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The head-mountable off-the-ear ICS system external component claimed in claim 11, wherein the main portion includes a microphone. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The head-mountable off-the-ear ICS system external component claimed in claim 11, wherein the dock includes a headpiece connector configured to be received by the headpiece port. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The head-mountable off-the-ear ICS system external component claimed in claim 11, wherein the SP power connector includes a receptacle with a plurality of electrically conductive contacts. the case dock includes a connector with a plug having a plurality of electrically conductive contacts. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The head-mountable off-the-ear ICS system external component claimed in claim 11, wherein the case further comprises a magnet within the main portion. ### Claim at position 21 21-27. 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