Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-12
2007-06-12
Getzow, Scott M. (Department: 3762)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
active
10787260
ABSTRACT:
An auditory prosthesis device for selectively stimulating electrodes within an auditory prosthesis electrode array, comprising a transducer (2) for converting a complex acoustic sound into an electrical signal; signal processing means (13) responsive to an electrical signal and generating a temporal pattern of stimulation pulses to selected electrodes within the electrode array, the stimulation pulses being applied to each electrode at an electrode stimulation rate; feature extraction means (14) for deriving an estimate of at least one fundamental frequency of the electrical signal; and stimulation pulse adjustment means (15) for adjusting the stimulation pulses in accordance with the estimated fundamental frequency.
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McDermott Hugh
McKay Colette
Getzow Scott M.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
The University of Melbourne
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