A COCHLEA IMPLANT SYSTEM IN ITE (IN THE EAR) TYPE USING INFRARED DATA COMMUNICATION

• Main Authors: PARK, SE-IK, KIM, SUNG JUNE, LEE, HONG JOO, OH, SEUNG HA, AN, SOON KWAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 07.10.2014
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DEAF-AID SETS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROTHERAPY; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; GENERATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS; RADIATION THERAPY; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

There are provided a cochlea implant system including an in the ear (ITE) speech processor and an implanted part. In the cochlea implant system, the speech processor and the implanted part transfer and receive a signal by infrared data communication. The implanted part includes a receiving unit for receiving an infrared signal from the speech processor to demodulate the infrared signal, a stimulation circuit unit for converting the demodulated signal into a stimulation signal, an electrode array inserted into the cochlea to stimulate the auditory neurons by the stimulation signal, and a coil for receiving power from the outside through the RF power transmission. The implanted part can receive power from the outside through the coil to be charged.