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Multiple pulse stimulation

US5991663A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 1997
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/36038
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A stimulation strategy for cochlear implants is disclosed. The method and devices that provides electrical stimuli seek to approximate the time domain response of a patient's neural system to electrical stimuli, to the time domain response of a normal hearing person to a corresponding acoustic stimulus.

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