Patent ID: 8977369
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A61N,H04R

Abstract:
1. A system for use with an implantable cochlear stimulator, the system comprising: an elongate processing unit, including electronics configured to generate one or more stimulation parameters for the implantable cochlear stimulator, that defines a length, first and second longitudinal ends, a height and a width, the length being greater than the height and the width; a first extension apparatus having a distal portion configured to be coupled to a first ear of a patient and a proximal end coupled to the first longitudinal end of the sound processing unit; a second extension apparatus having a distal portion configured to be coupled to a second ear of the patient and a proximal end coupled to the second longitudinal end of the sound processing unit; the respective configurations of the elongate processing unit, the first extension apparatus and the second extension apparatus being such that the elongate processing unit will be positioned behind the patient's head, with the length perpendicular to the patient's neck, when the first and second extension apparatus are respectively coupled the patient's first and second ears; and a first headpiece carried by the first extension apparatus and configured to communicate with the implantable cochlear stimulator.