1. A textile lever device comprising an airbag, said airbag being woven in one piece (one-piece-woven or OPW airbag) having single-layer and multi-layer portions, with inflatable chambers lying next to each other substantially in a main direction of pull, specifically a main chamber and at least one first side chamber connected to the main chamber via a single-layer portion, wherein
the chambers have an upper fabric layer and a lower fabric layer, and wherein
pull threads running in the main direction of pull:
a) are firmly anchored in the upper or lower fabric layer of the first side chamber,
b) are movably looped through the single-layer portion,
c) in the main chamber are moveably looped in alternately in the upper fabric layer and the lower fabric layer; at predefined distances oriented to the main direction of pull, and
d) are anchored to at least one point in the main chamber.
2. The textile lever device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising at least one second side chamber connected via a single layer portion to the main chamber opposite the first side chamber in relation to the main chamber.
3. The textile lever device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a third side chamber connected via a single layer portion to the first side chamber, the pull threads running in the main direction of pull being looped shiftingly through each upstream side chamber alternatingly in the upper fabric layer and the lower fabric layer.
4. The textile lever device as set forth in claim 2, comprising a fourth side chamber connected via a single layer portion to the second side chamber, the pull threads running in the main pull direction being looped shiftingly through each upstream side chamber alternatingly in the upper fabric layer and the lower fabric layer.
5. The textile lever device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the main chamber andor the side chamber(s) comprise so-called tether devices connecting the upper fabric layer and the lower fabric layer and their tether devices restricting the distance from each other.
6. The textile lever device as set forth in claim 1, any of the preceding wherein the outer surfaces of the device comprise at least portionally a friction enhancing coating.
7. The textile lever device as set forth in claim 1, any of the preceding wherein the outer surfaces of the device are laminated at least portionally.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A cochlear implant constructed and arranged to successively generate stimulation signals each comprising at least one stimulus pulse such that said successive stimulation signals incrementally build a neural excitation pattern that accurately reflects a received sound.
2. The cochlear implant of claim 1, wherein each said successive stimulation signal is generated based on the cumulative effect of all previous stimulus pulses, thereby compensating for finite spatial spreading of individual stimulus pulses as well as for the temporal integration of the neural excitation pattern along the neural pathways.
3. A speech processor of a cochlear implant comprising:
an incremental encoder constructed and arranged to generate stimulation pulses that incrementally build a neural excitation pattern that accurately reflects a received sound, wherein said incremental encoder comprises:
an excitation model that maintains and updates an model current excitation pattern that takes into account the cumulative effect of all previously presented stimulus pulses presented at each electrode position;
means for subtracting said model current excitation pattern from an ideal excitation pattern to generate an excitation error; and
an error reducer constructed and arranged to use said excitation error to generate an electrical stimulus pattern to make up an incremental difference in said excitation pattern.