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Telemetry system and apparatus

US5758651A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 13, 1995
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 13, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/7217
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system is disclosed for enabling telemetry from an auditory prosthesis, illustratively a cochlear prosthesis. An electrode array 10 is used both for delivering electrical stimuli, and for sensing evoked potentials. Preferably a delay is provided between stimulus and measurement, and the sensing electrodes are distinct from the stimulus electrodes.

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