Patent ID: 11878168
Assignee: ADVANCED BIONICS AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 16:
17. A cochlear implant system comprising:
a microphone assembly including a microphone and an earmold configured to hold the microphone near an entrance to an ear canal of an ear of a recipient;
an off-the-ear (OTE) sound processor including a housing configured to be worn off the ear of the recipient and including a retention cavity configured to accommodate the earmold so as to allow the microphone assembly to be worn off the ear when the microphone assembly is not being worn at the ear using the earmold;
a cochlear implant implanted within the recipient; and
electronic circuitry included within the housing of the OTE sound processor and configured to:
generate stimulation parameters based on an audio signal captured by the microphone, and
transmit the stimulation parameters to the cochlear implant to direct the cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation to the recipient based on the stimulation parameters.