Patent ID: 9694179
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61N,H04R

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a cochlear implant module configured to be implanted within a patient and comprising cochlear implant circuitry configured to apply electrical stimulation representative of one or more audio signals to the patient; an implantable sound processor module configured to be implanted within the patient and comprising sound processor circuitry configured to optically transmit data and/or power to the cochlear implant circuitry; and an optical connector assembly configured to facilitate removable coupling of the implantable sound processor module to the cochlear implant module by way of the optical connector assembly; wherein the optical connector assembly comprises one or more optical fibers configured to facilitate the optical transmission of the data and/or the power from the sound processor circuitry to the cochlear implant circuitry while the implantable sound processor module is removably coupled to the cochlear implant module by way of the optical connector assembly; and wherein the sound processor circuitry optically transmits the data and/or the power to the cochlear implant circuitry by way of the one or more optical fibers while the implantable sound processor module is removably coupled to the cochlear implant module by way of the optical connector assembly.