Balance compensation

US11806530B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Cochlear Limited · AU
• University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · ES

Inventors

• Angel Ramos de Miguel · Las Palmas, ES
• Carl Van Himbeeck · Zottegem, BE
• Erika Van Baelen · Heverlee, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R2225/67
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed technology includes technology for compensating for a balance dysfunction. A system can combine sensory substitution with balance dysfunction suppression. Dysfunctional balance information coming from a recipient's vestibular system is inhibited using stimulation. Balance information (e.g. how the recipient is positioned with respect to gravity, such as rotation along pitch and roll axes) is then passed to another sensory channel (e.g., visual, audible, or tactile sensory channels). Such a system can be implemented with a cochlear implant or another sensory prostheses having balance signals injected into the stimulation signal processing path.