Partially implantable hearing device
AssigneeAdvanced Bionics AG
InventorBernd Waldmann
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Abstract
A partially implantable hearing device comprises a microphone assembly to be worn by the user for capturing audio signals from ambient sound, an audio signal processing unit for processing the audio signals captured by the microphone and an implantable assembly with a power supply and an electromechanical output transducer for stimulating the user's hearing according to the audio signals processed by the audio signal processing unit. Also a microphone assembly provides for transcutaneous transmission of audio signals captured by the microphone assembly to the implantable assembly and for transcutaneous transmission of power to microphone assembly from the implantable assembly.
Claims13
A partially implantable hearing device for a user, comprising
- a microphone assembly to be worn by the user outside a user's body and comprising at least one microphone for capturing audio signals from ambient sound;
- an audio signal processing unit for processing the audio signals captured by the microphone;
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- an implantable assembly comprising a power supply and an electromechanical output transducer for stimulating the user's hearing according to the audio signals processed by the audio signal processing unit,
- the microphone assembly comprising means for transcutaneous transmission of audio signals captured by the microphone assembly to the implantable assembly and means for receiving power;
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- the implantable assembly comprising means for receiving the audio signals transmitted from the microphone assembly and means for powering the microphone assembly by transcutaneous transmission of power to the microphone assembly.
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