Recognition of implantable medical device
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsBastiaan van Dijk, Peter Gibson
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Abstract
Controlling the interaction between an external device and an implanted device, including a method of controlling interaction between an external device and an implanted device, the method including at least the steps of: establishing communications between the implanted device and the external device; the external device determining an identification of the implant and comparing the identification with identifications in a stored list; if the device matches one of said identifications, then using a corresponding set of operating parameters to interact with said implant; and otherwise, not interacting with said device.
Claims18
An external hearing device adapted to interact with an implanted internal device, the external device being able to be operatively positioned to interact with either a left ear or right ear implanted device, said external device including a detector operatively adapted to detect whether the external device is positioned to interact with the left ear or the right ear internal device, and in response to said detection, select and utilize a stored set of operating parameters corresponding to the left ear or the right ear internal device to allow the external device to operate with the internal device.
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