US 12,348,934 B2
Sound awareness hearing prosthesis
Peter Bart Jos Van Gerwen, Keerbergen (BE)
Assigned to Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Filed by Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,161.
Application 14/825,729 is a division of application No. 13/281,609, filed on Oct. 26, 2011, granted, now 9,124,991, issued on Sep. 1, 2015.
Application 18/480,161 is a continuation of application No. 17/023,610, filed on Sep. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,838,728.
Application 17/023,610 is a continuation of application No. 16/008,328, filed on Jun. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,805,742, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Application 16/008,328 is a continuation of application No. 14/825,729, filed on Aug. 13, 2015, granted, now 10,028,064, issued on Jul. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0040323 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/554 (2013.01) [H04R 25/305 (2013.01); H04R 25/43 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01); H04R 2225/61 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical implant configured to operate in a primary mode and a secondary mode, the medical implant comprising:
an implantable detector configured to be implanted in a recipient of the medical implant and configured to detect sound;
a processor configured to be implanted in the recipient and configured to detect a presence of one or more signatures within the sound; and
output circuitry configured to be implanted in the recipient and configured to electrically stimulate the recipient,
wherein, when the medical implant is in the secondary mode, the output circuitry is configured to deliver one or more electrical stimulation signals to the recipient in response to the sound only when at least one of the one or more signatures is detected in the sound, and wherein one or more attributes of the one or more electrical stimulation signals are set based on the at least one signature of the one or more signatures detected in the sound.