Controlling the interaction between an external device and an implanted device, including a method of controlling interaction between an external device and an implanted device, the method including at least the steps of: establishing communications between the implanted device and the external device; the external device determining an identification of the implant and comparing the identification with identifications in a stored list; if the device matches one of said identifications, then using a corresponding set of operating parameters to interact with said implant; and otherwise, not interacting with said device.
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0. 43. An external device adapted to interact with an implantable internal device, the implantable internal device having at least one identifier, and the external device having a stored set of operating parameters; the external device configured to detect the identifier from the implantable internal device, determine if the identifier corresponds to one of a plurality of identifiers, and if the identifier does correspond, select and utilize a stored set of operating parameters corresponding to the identifier that corresponds to one of the plurality of identifiers to allow the external device to operate with the implantable internal device.
0. 22. A method for operating an external device with an implanted internal device, comprising:
establishing communications between the external device and the internal device;
determining, by the external device, at least one identifier of the internal device;
comparing, by the external device, the identifier of the internal device to a list of known identifiers to confirm that the internal device is known; and
selecting and utilizing, by the external device, a set of operating parameters stored on the external device, the operating parameters corresponding to the internal device, and enabling the external device to operate with the internal device.
1. An external hearing device adapted to interact with an implanted implantable internal device, the external device being able to be operatively positioned to interact with either a left ear or right ear implanted implantable internal device, said external device including a detector operatively adapted to detect whether the external device is positioned to interact with the left ear or the right ear implantable internal device, and wherein the external hearing device is configured to, in response to said detection, select and utilize a stored set of operating parameters corresponding to the left ear or the right ear implantable internal device to allow the external device to operate with the implantable internal device.
0. 19. An external hearing device, the external device being able to be respectively operatively positioned at a first position to interact with a left ear implantable device and operatively positioned at a second position to interact with a right ear implantable device, said external device configured to detect whether the external device is positioned to interact with the left ear implantable device or the right ear implantable device, and in response to said detection, utilize a stored set of operating parameters corresponding to the left ear or the right ear implantable device, wherein
a plurality of sets of operating parameters are stored in the external hearing device, and the external hearing device is configured to select a respective set of operating parameters from the plurality of sets of operating parameters for the respective left ear implantable device and selects a respective set of operating parameters from the plurality of sets of operating parameters for the respective right ear implantable device.
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0. 20. The external hearing device of claim 19, wherein the left ear implantable device and the right ear implantable device are a stimulator/receiver unit of a cochlear implant and the external device is a cochlear implant speech processor.
0. 21. The external hearing device of claim 19, wherein the external device configured to, upon a detection that the external device is positioned to interact with the left ear implantable device, utilize a first stored set of operating parameters from amongst the plurality of sets of operating parameters that are based on a MAP for the left ear, and to, upon a detection that the external device is positioned to interact with the right ear implantable device, utilize a second stored set of operating parameters from amongst the plurality of sets of operating parameters that are based on a MAP for the right ear, the MAP for the right ear being different than the MAP for the left ear.
0. 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the internal device is a stimulator/receiver unit of a cochlear implant and the external device is a cochlear implant speech processor.
0. 24. The method of claim 22, wherein the operating parameters include at least one of an electrode map including stimulation levels, which electrodes to stimulate, type of speech processing strategy or algorithm, parameters of the speech processing strategy, or when to switch between different speech processing strategies.
0. 25. The method of claim 22, wherein the identifier is determined from a set of measured parameters related to one or more of either the internal device or physiological properties of an ear of a recipient of the external device.
0. 26. The method of claim 22, wherein the internal device is an internal device of a hearing prosthesis, and the external device is an external device of the hearing prosthesis.
0. 27. The method of claim 22, wherein the internal device is an internal device of a middle ear implant, and the external device is an external device of the middle ear implant.
0. 28. The method of claim 22, wherein the internal device is an internal device of an implanted acoustic device, and the external device is an external device of the implanted acoustic device.
0. 29. The method of claim 22, wherein the internal device is an internal device of an acoustic auditory device, and the external device is an external device of the acoustic auditory device.
0. 30. The method of claim 22, wherein the internal device is an internal device of an electrical auditory device, and the external device is an external device of the electrical auditory device.
0. 31. The method of claim 22, wherein the internal device is an internal device of a cochlear implant, and the external device is an external device of the cochlear implant.
0. 32. The method of claim 22, wherein:
the action of utilizing, by the external device, the set of operating parameters includes using a different set of operating parameters that are different than a set of other currently stored operating parameters, the other currently stored operating parameters being also currently stored on the external device, and operating the internal device based on operating parameters selected during the action of selecting and utilizing, by the external device, a set of operating parameters; and
the method further includes subsequently to the action of selecting and utilizing:
establishing communications between the external device and a different internal device;
determining, by the external device, at least one identifier of the different internal device different than the determined at least one identifier of the internal device;
comparing, by the external device, the different identifier of the different internal device to the list of known identifiers to confirm that the different internal device is known; and
selecting and utilizing, by the external device, the set of other currently stored operating parameters stored on the external device, the other currently stored operating parameters corresponding to the different internal device, and enabling the external device to operate with the different internal device.
0. 33. The method of claim 32, further comprising the action of operating the different internal device based on the set of other currently stored operating parameters after enabling the external device to operate with the different internal device.
0. 34. The method of claim 22, wherein the action of utilizing, by the external device, the set of operating parameters includes using a different set of operating parameters than a set previously utilized, and operating the internal device based on the set of operating parameters that was selected and utilized, by the external device without changing a mode of operation of the internal device.
0. 35. The method of claim 22, wherein the action of selecting a set of operating parameters includes selecting a set of operating parameters from a plurality of sets of different operating parameters that are stored in the external device.
0. 36. The method of claim 22, wherein the action of selecting a set of operating parameters includes selecting a set of operating parameters from a plurality of sets of different operating parameters that are stored in the external device, wherein at least one of the sets of different operating parameters of the plurality of sets of different operating parameters corresponds to a set of operating parameters for a second implanted device, which at least one of the sets of different operating parameters is not selected and not utilized based on the action of comparing the identifier of the internal device.
0. 37. The method of claim 22, wherein:
the actions of establishing communications, determining at least one identifier, comparing the identifier and selecting and utilizing the set of operating parameters are executed while the external device is located against the head of a recipient.
0. 38. The method of claim 22, wherein the action of establishing communications between the external device and the internal device is executed via an antenna transmitter coil that is located proximate a head of a recipient outside the skin of the recipient and a receiver coil that is located inside the head of the recipient.
0. 39. The method of claim 22, wherein the external device includes a first component held against skin of a recipient via magnetic interaction with an implanted ferromagnetic material that is part of the implanted internal device, wherein the action of establishing communications between the external device and the internal device is executed using the first component.
0. 40. The method of claim 22, wherein the method of operating is a method of controlling operation of the implanted device with the external device.
0. 41. The method of claim 22, wherein the action of establishing communications between the external device and the internal device is executed via a transmitter component that is located proximate a head of a recipient outside the skin of the recipient and a receiver component that is located inside the head of the recipient.
0. 42. The method of claim 22, wherein the external device includes a first component held against skin of a recipient via magnetic interaction with an implanted magnet that is part of the implanted internal device, wherein the action of establishing communications between the external device and the internal device is executed using the first component.
0. 44. The external device of claim 43, wherein the implantable internal device is a hearing prosthesis implant and the external device is a speech processor.
0. 45. The external device of claim 43, wherein the stored set of operating parameters include at least one of an electrode map including stimulation levels, selection of electrodes to stimulate, speech processing strategy or algorithm, parameters of the speech processing strategy, or when to switch between different speech processing strategies.
0. 46. The external device of claim 43, wherein the implantable internal device is an internal device of a hearing prosthesis, and the external device is an external device of the hearing prosthesis.
0. 47. The external device of claim 43, wherein the implantable internal device is an internal device of a middle ear implant, and the external device is an external device of the middle ear implant.
0. 48. The external device of claim 43, wherein the implantable internal device is an internal device of an implanted acoustic device, and the external device is an external device of the implanted acoustic device.
0. 49. The external device of claim 43, wherein the implantable internal device is an internal device of an acoustic auditory device, and the external device is an external device of the acoustic auditory device.
0. 50. The external device of claim 43, wherein the implantable internal device is an internal device of an electrical auditory device, and the external device is an external device of the electrical auditory device.
0. 51. The external device of claim 43, wherein the implantable internal device is an internal device of a cochlear implant, and the external device is an external device of the cochlear implant.
0. 52. The external device of claim 43, wherein:
the stored set of operating parameters is based on a MAP for an implantable electrode array of the implantable internal device customized for the recipient of the implantable internal device.
0. 53. The external device of claim 43, wherein:
the external device includes a plurality of different stored sets of operating parameters, wherein respective different stored sets of operating parameters of the plurality of different stored sets of operating parameters are respectively based on respective different MAPs for different implantable electrode arrays of the implantable internal device.
0. 54. The external device of claim 43, wherein:
the external device is configured to be worn directly against the head of a recipient.
0. 55. The external device of claim 43, wherein:
the external device is configured to be worn directly against the body of a recipient, and
the external device is configured to execute the following actions:
interact with the implantable internal device,
detect the identifier from the implantable internal device,
determine if the identifier corresponds to one of a plurality of identifiers, and if the identifier does correspond, select and utilize a stored set of operating parameters corresponding to said corresponding identifier to allow the external device to operate with the implantable internal device.
0. 56. The external device of claim 43, wherein:
the implantable internal device is a stimulator/receiver unit of a cochlear implant and the external device is a cochlear implant speech processor.
0. 57. The external device of claim 43, wherein:
the external device includes a component configured to be worn directly against the head of a recipient, the component including an antenna transmitter coil, the external device being in signal communication with a speech processor of the external device.
0. 58. The external device of claim 43, wherein:
the external device is a Behind-The-ear (BTE) device.
0. 59. The external device of claim 43, wherein the external device is configured to operate with at least two separate implantable internal devices, during separate temporal periods, that have respective different identifiers.
0. 60. The external device of claim 43, wherein the external device is configured to
determine if the identifier corresponds to one of at least two different implantable internal device identifiers, and operate a first way if it is determined that the identifier corresponds to one of the at least two different internal device identifiers, and operate a second way different from the first way if it is determined that the identifier corresponds to another of the at least two different internal device identifiers.
0. 61. The external device of claim 43, wherein the external device is configured to
interact with and operate with respective different implantable internal devices that have respective different identifiers during respective different temporal periods by selecting and using respective stored sets of operating parameters, stored in the external device, corresponding to the respective identifiers.
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When the test passes, stimulation can start. If the test fails, it is repeated to rule out statistical errors. When after five (5) tests, the test still fails the speech processor should refrain from stimulating and give a helper message on the LCD display of the implant.
It may be desirable in some applications that the user be able to overrule the error and start stimulation by a specific button press combination to manually select the correct operating program for the implant.
It will be understood that a different process may be used to implement the invention if desired, and that alternative processes are likely for different external devices.
It is preferred that the identification process occur as often as required to ensure safe operation. This may include, for example, at power on of the BTE device, or whenever communications between the implant and BTE are interrupted for more than some predetermined period, for example 3 seconds. In each case, the ID process should be completed before stimulation occurs.
Once the parameters are determined at step 51, operation of the device can be initiated. At step 53, operation can continue until conditions require the ID to be re-checked, as noted above.
It will be understood that the present invention may be applied to include more than two sets of operating parameters. For example, in a household where there are multiple implant users, all the SP devices could be loaded with the parameters for the implants of everyone in the house. This may be of particular benefit with small children. The present invention further provides flexibility for the user. If one SP device is not operating, for example due to low battery power, the remaining device can be used for the better ear.
Further features and advantages of the present invention may be found in International Application No. PCT/AU2007/000142 entitled “IMPLANT ID RECOGNITION”, filed on Feb. 9, 2007, which claims priority from Australian Provisional Patent Application No. 2006900628, filed on Feb. 10, 2006, which are hereby incorporated by reference.
It will be appreciated that any other suitable identification process can be used in accordance with the present invention. Variations and additions can be readily added as will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
Gibson, Peter, Van Dijk, Bastiaan
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