Patent ID: 9656073
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. An external electronic ear device in a cochlear system, the external electronic ear device comprising: a housing; an external magnet, disposed in the housing and configured to attract a receiver magnet disposed under a scalp of a user; a microphone, disposed in the housing and configured to receive an external sound and generate a sound signal corresponding to the external sound; a processing circuit, disposed in the housing and configured to convert the sound signal into an electrode driving signal; a wireless signal transmitter circuit, disposed in the housing and configured to transmit the electrode driving signal to a cochlear implant device in the cochlear system; a power management circuit, disposed in the housing and configured to generate a plurality of respective voltage levels capable of being used by the microphone and the processing circuit; and a charging coil, disposed in the housing and configured to transmit a charging signal generated according to the power management circuit to the cochlear implant device for charging a power supply of the cochlear implant device, wherein the cochlear implant device is configured to convert the electrode driving signal into a plurality of electrode currents, and a plurality of electrical pulses are generated in a cochlear nerve of the user through a plurality of electrodes according to the electrode currents.