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    • 2. 发明申请
    • Stimulation using a microstimulator to treat tinnitus
    • 刺激使用微刺激器治疗耳鸣
    • US20070021804A1
    • 2007-01-25
    • US10854108
    • 2004-05-26
    • Albert MaltanTodd Whitehurst
    • Albert MaltanTodd Whitehurst
    • A61N1/00
    • A61N1/361A61N1/0526A61N1/36036A61N1/37205
    • An implantable microstimulator and a stimulating electrode are implanted to treat tinnitus. The microstimulator is connected to the stimulating electrode via a short, flexible lead. The electrode is implanted in the promontory of the cochlea or in the cochlear round window niche to deliver electrical stimulation to the auditory nervous system and thereby suppress or mask the tinnitus. The microstimulator may be surgically implanted through the ear canal, via a mastoidectomy or through the middle fossa, i.e., a supra-meatal approach. The microstimulator may be placed in middle ear cavity, a bony recess created in the bone surrounding the middle ear, the mastoid, the cochlea or a part of the temporal bone. In addition, the system may further include a test electrode, a test stimulator and a remote programming device that employs a bi-directional radio-frequency communication link to control and program the microstimulator and the test stimulator.
    • 植入微型刺激器和刺激电极植入治疗耳鸣。 微型激励器通过短而柔性的引线连接到刺激电极。 将电极植入耳蜗的耳朵或耳蜗圆窗口,以将电刺激输送到听觉神经系统,从而抑制或掩蔽耳鸣。 微型刺激器可以通过耳道,通过乳突切除术或通过中窝进行外科手术植入,即超级肉眼方法。 微型刺激器可以放置在中耳腔中,在围绕中耳的骨骼中产生的骨凹部,乳突,耳蜗或颞骨的一部分。 此外,该系统还可以包括测试电极,测试激励器和远程编程设备,其采用双向射频通信链路来控制和编程微型激励器和测试激励器。
    • 3. 发明申请
    • Hollow tube enclosing an implantable personal sound link module
    • 封闭一个可植入式个人声音连接模块的空心管
    • US20050157896A1
    • 2005-07-21
    • US11079641
    • 2005-03-14
    • Albert MaltanJanusz Kuzma
    • Albert MaltanJanusz Kuzma
    • H04R25/00
    • H04R25/606
    • A hollow tube device enclosing a personal sound link module is inserted into a tunnel (40) made through the soft tissue connecting the retro-auricular space (50) with the ear canal (30). The hollow tube device contains an acoustic transducer (65), located at the distal part (68) of an enclosed case, close to or inside the ear canal, an antenna (64) that receives and also potentially sends signals to a remote source, signal processing circuitry (67), telemetry circuitry (69), a power source (66) that powers the device, and possibly a microphone (63). Signals transmitted from a remote source are received through the antenna and telemetry circuitry, processed, and presented to the acoustic transducer, where they are converted to sound waves broadcast into the user's ear canal. The remote source may be a radio station, radio receiver, CD player, DVD player, tape player, audio system, telephone, TV receiver or station, or other source of audio signals intended to be heard privately by the user.
    • 封闭个人声音连接模块的中空管装置被插入穿过将耳环空间(​​50)与耳道(30)连接的软组织制成的隧道(40)中。 中空管装置包含位于封闭壳体的远端部分(68)附近或耳道内的声学换能器(65),接收并且还可能向远程源发送信号的天线(64) 信号处理电路(67),遥测电路(69),为设备供电的电源(66)以及可能的麦克风(63)。 从远程源发送的信号通过天线和遥测电路被接收,被处理并呈现给声换能器,在那里它们被转换成广播到用户耳道的声波。 远程源可以是用户私下听到的无线电台,无线电接收机,CD播放器,DVD播放器,磁带机,音频系统,电话机,电视接收机或电台,或者其它的音频信号源。
    • 6. 发明申请
    • System and method for preserving neuronal survival and plasticity of the auditory system prior to permanent intra-cochlear implantation
    • 在永久性耳蜗植入之前保持听觉系统的神经元存活和可塑性的系统和方法
    • US20070282395A1
    • 2007-12-06
    • US10954320
    • 2004-09-30
    • Albert MaltanEdward OverstreetJanusz Kuzma
    • Albert MaltanEdward OverstreetJanusz Kuzma
    • A61N1/36
    • A61N1/36036A61N1/37205
    • A system and method uses an electrical stimulator to stimulate the auditory system with a relatively simple signal that contains temporally challenging information in order to preserve neuronal survival and plasticity of the auditory system, and also to preserve residual hearing. The stimulation provided need not be continuous, but may be provided only during limited periods of time each day, or only on selected days. The system or method is particularly suited for very young children who acquire hearing impairment or deafness early in life and who may not yet be ready for a cochlear implant. The invention requires only minimal surgical intervention, if any, and may be carried out without the need for intra-cochlear electrodes. Under special circumstances, the invention may also be used with older children or adults with a hearing impairment or deafness.
    • 系统和方法使用电刺激器以相对简单的信号刺激听觉系统,该信号包含时间上具有挑战性的信息,以便保持听觉系统的神经元存活和可塑性,并且还保留残留听力。 提供的刺激不需要是连续的,而是可以仅在每天有限的时间段内提供,或仅在选定的日子提供。 该系统或方法特别适用于在生命早期获得听力障碍或耳聋的可能尚未准备好进行人工耳蜗的年幼儿童。 本发明仅需要最小的手术干预(如果有的话),并且可以在不需要耳蜗电极的情况下进行。 在特殊情况下,本发明也可与具有听力障碍或耳聋的年龄较大的儿童或成年人一起使用。
    • 9. 发明申请
    • Electrical stimulation of the inner ear in patients with unilateral hearing loss
    • 单侧听力损伤患者内耳电刺激
    • US20070213788A1
    • 2007-09-13
    • US10941207
    • 2004-09-15
    • Mary OsbergerAlbert Maltan
    • Mary OsbergerAlbert Maltan
    • A61N1/00
    • A61N1/0541A61N1/36036
    • For a patient having unilateral hearing loss, an extra-cochlear electrode is placed within the middle ear of the deaf ear, and is connected to a microstimulator that is implanted under the skin or recessed in the temporal bone or some other location in the skull near the deaf ear. In one preferred embodiment, the extra-cochlear electrode is a mesh ball electrode that is placed in the round window niche, on the promontory, or in some other extra-cochlear location, of the deaf ear. Whenever a trigger signal generated by a microphone is received by the microstimulator, the microstimulator generates a stimulus pulse that is applied to the mesh ball electrode. The electrical signal applied through the mesh ball electrode provides temporal information to supplement the sound signal that is received by the other, normally-functioning ear of the patient.
    • 对于具有单侧听力损失的患者,将耳蜗外的电极放置在聋耳的中耳内,并连接到微型刺激器,其被植入在皮肤下或凹陷在颞骨中或颅骨中的其他位置附近 耳聋。 在一个优选实施例中,耳蜗外电极是放置在聋耳的圆形窗口小龛,岬角或其他耳蜗外的位置。 每当由微型激励器接收由麦克风产生的触发信号时,微型激励器产生施加到网状球电极的刺激脉冲。 通过网球电极施加的电信号提供时间信息以补充由患者的另一个正常功能的耳朵接收的声音信号。