US 11,938,331 B2
Interleaving power and data in a transcutaneous communication link
Werner Meskens, Opwijk (BE)
Assigned to Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Filed by Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/739,448.
Application 16/739,448 is a continuation of application No. 15/819,228, filed on Nov. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,556,116.
Application 15/819,228 is a continuation of application No. 12/391,029, filed on Feb. 23, 2009, granted, now 9,889,307, issued on Feb. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2008900851 (AU), filed on Feb. 22, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2020/0215338 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3787 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36036 (2017.08); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/37252 (2013.01); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
an implantable component configured to be implanted in a recipient;
a first module configured to transmit power to the implantable component; and
a second module configured to transmit audio data to the first module, wherein the audio data includes synchronization data,
wherein the implantable component is configured to transcutaneously receive additional data transmitted by the first module, and wherein the additional data transmitted by the first module to the implantable component is generated based on the audio data.