发明名称 Random-access electrode addressing systems and methods
摘要 An exemplary cochlear implant includes a communication facility configured to receive at least a first data word and a second data word in series from a sound processor by way of a forward-telemetry link and a processing facility communicatively coupled to the communication facility and configured to 1) use the first data word to dynamically determine an address associated with an electrode by way of which a stimulation pulse is to be applied during a time slot of a stimulation frame and 2) use the second data word to determine an amplitude of the stimulation pulse that is to be applied by way of the electrode during the time slot of the stimulation frame. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
申请公布号 US9468770(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.10.18
申请号 US201214412182 申请日期 2012.07.13
申请人 Advanced Bionics AG 发明人 Palmer Logan P.;Sit Ji-Jon
分类号 A61N1/36;A61N1/372;A61N1/05 主分类号 A61N1/36
代理机构 ALG Intellectual Property, LLC 代理人 ALG Intellectual Property, LLC
主权项 1. A cochlear implant comprising: a communication facility configured to receive at least a first data word, a second data word, and a third data word in series from a sound processor by way of a forward-telemetry link; a processing facility communicatively coupled to the communication facility and configured to maintain a pulse table comprising a first pulse table entry, a second pulse table entry, and a third pulse table entry,determine, based on a value in a range field included in the first pulse table entry, that the first data word is an address word,determine, based on a value in a range field included in the second pulse table entry, that the second data word is an amplitude word,determine, based on a value in a range field included in the third pulse table entry, that the third data word is an additional amplitude word,use, in response to the determination that the first data word is the address word, the first data word to dynamically determine an address associated with an electrode by way of which a stimulation pulse is to be applied during a time slot of a stimulation frame,use, in response to the determination that the second data word is the amplitude word, the second data word to determine an amplitude of the stimulation pulse that is to be applied by way of the electrode during the time slot,determine, in response the determination that the third data word is the additional amplitude word and based on an offset value in a destination field included in the third pulse table entry, an additional address associated with an additional electrode by way of which an additional stimulation pulse is to be applied during the time slot, anduse, in response the determination that the third data word is the additional amplitude word, the third data word to determine an amplitude of the additional stimulation pulse that is to be applied by way of the additional electrode during the time slot.
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