Patent ID: 11937048
Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for use with an implantable stimulation system, comprising:
generating a first signal at a first supercutaneous unit, the first signal being based on a first captured signal;
transcutaneously wirelessly transmitting said first signal from said first supercutaneous unit to a second subcutaneous implant module of the implantable stimulation system, wherein the implantable stimulation system is implanted in a recipient;
activating a subcutaneously implanted stimulation device in communication with the second subcutaneous implant module to stimulate tissue of the recipient based on the transmitted first signal;
generating a second signal at a first subcutaneous implant module; and
transmitting said second signal from said first subcutaneous implant module to the second subcutaneous implant module, wherein
the implantable stimulation system includes an implanted speech processor and a component housing the implanted speech processor, and
the first subcutaneous implant module is an implantable microphone, and
one of:
the implantable microphone is spaced away from the component housing the implanted speech processor, and the implantable microphone is in signal communication with the implanted speech processor by an implanted communications wire; or
the implantable microphone is part of the component housing the implanted speech processor, and

at least one of:
after transcutaneously wirelessly transmitting the first signal from the first supercutaneous unit to the second subcutaneous implant module, implanting the first subcutaneous implant module;
the generated second signal is generated by the implantable microphone; or
the transcutaneous wireless transmission occurs at a location that is subclavicularly relative to the recipient.