Implant Family Flashcards
What are the components of a cochlear implant system?
Internal Hardware Implant Electrode Array External Hardware Sound Processor Headpiece Accessories
What is ICS?
Implantable Cochlear Stimulators
What is the evolution of the ICS?
CI (1.0 and 1.2)
CII Bionic Ear
HiRes 90K
HiRes 90K Advantage
When and what device did AB get FDA approval?
April 2001, FDA approval for CI 1.2
What year did the HiRes 90K come to market?
2003
What year did the HiRes 90K Advantage come to market?
2012
What is the difference between the CI and CII and future technology? Why can CI recipients not be upgraded?
There is a huge technology jump between the CI and CII/HiRes products.
Circuitry upgrade (8 to 16 output circuits)
Added memory chip
What is the electronic capability of the CII and 90K products?
83,000 pps
16 output cirucuits
Improved sound processing strategies available
NRI
What are the ICS Components?
Casing/Receiver package Output circuits Capacitors Magnet Custom Chip Bi-Directional technnology Electrode array
What is important about the ICS casing?
Biocompatible, or the body accepts the material
Hermetically sealed
What were/are the available materials for the ICS?
Ceramic
Titanium
List the positive/negatives of ceramic casing?
+ good transmission properties
+ biocompatible
+ durable/strong
- large bed required for placmenet
List the positive/negatives of titanium casing?
+ strong material
+ less drilling, ideal for pediatrics
- poor transmission (eletronics and and antennae cannot be house in the unit together)
Why does AB place emphasis on the systems output circuit(s)?
It is the key feature that allows signinficant flexibility in sound processing and sets us apart from our competitors.
Can produce different waveforms on a channel by channel basis
allos the capability to stimulate sequentially, partially simultaneously or fully simultaneously
**We have 16 independent output circuits
List the number of output circuits for AB, Cochlear and MedEl
AB-16
Cochlear-1
MedEl-12