| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D562983 |
Behind the ear sound processor |
February 26, 2008 |
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| D562459 |
Behind the ear sound processor |
February 19, 2008 |
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| D560808 |
Body worn sound processor |
January 29, 2008 |
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| D557419 |
Body worn sound processor |
December 11, 2007 |
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| D530819 |
Behind the ear (BTE) sound processor |
October 24, 2006 |
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| D528213 |
Hearing prosthesis |
September 12, 2006 |
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| D512416 |
Magnet housing for headset |
December 6, 2005 |
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| D473946 |
Speech processor with hook for a cochlear implant |
April 29, 2003 |
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| D473652 |
Speech processor for a cochlear implant |
April 22, 2003 |
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| 7627378 |
Battery monitor and power demand adjuster |
December 1, 2009 |
| A system for monitoring and controlling power demands in devices with DC power supplies is disclosed. In response to a detected decline in voltage levels, the device reduces the power demands of the device, in one or more stages, before powering down entirely. This approach has applicati |
| 7627377 |
Cochlear implant devices |
December 1, 2009 |
| An improved hearing prosthetic implant and method of stimulating are disclosed. The method comprises stimulating an electrode array using a set of current stimuli having different geometries, so as to provide a more regular and monotonic set of pitch percepts for a user. In one embod |
| 7623827 |
Voltage overshoot protection |
November 24, 2009 |
| A transmission circuit for an RF inductive link, particularly for an implanted device such as a cochlear implant. In a preferred form, the transmission circuit 1 includes a transmitter coil 24 and a damping device, including an auxiliary coil 4 and switch 6. The switch is operated to |
| 7587248 |
Implantable prosthetic device |
September 8, 2009 |
| An implantable device having an elongate electrode carrier with a longitudinal axis, the carrier having at least one electrode mounted in the electrode carrier so as to provide exposure to the exterior of the electrode carrier, and at least one closed break in the surface of the elec |
| 7580754 |
Implantable acoustic sensor |
August 25, 2009 |
| An acoustic sensor, suitable for use in a totally implanted hearing prosthesis, uses an elongate member and piezoelectric sensor to detect acoustic signals when the sensor is implanted so as to be in fluid communication with the perilymph. The sensor may be applied in systems which a |
| 7574264 |
Multirate cochlear stimulation strategy and apparatus |
August 11, 2009 |
| A cochlear implant system in which information about the periodicity of a received audio signal in each filter channel is used as a factor in determining the rate of stimulation applied to a tonotopically placed electrode corresponding to the relevant filter channel. As such, the sti |
| 7571012 |
Apparatus for delivery of pharmaceuticals to the cochlea |
August 4, 2009 |
| An implantable tissue-stimulating device, such as a cochlear implant, having a resiliently flexible elongate member (11) having a plurality of electrodes (12) positioned thereon. The elongate member (11) provides a means of delivering at least one bio-active substance to the implantee |
| 7555352 |
Implantable carrier member having a non-communicative lumen |
June 30, 2009 |
| A non-communicative lumen for electrode assemblies of medical implants, in particular prosthetic hearing implants, is provided by the present invention. The non-communicative lumen prevents the lumen within the cochlea from being able to transport fluids, cells, bacteria, tissue, etc |
| 7534127 |
Implantable connector |
May 19, 2009 |
| An implantable electrical connector is disclosed for use with implanted medical devices. Each part of the connector has an array of contacts which can mate, one part being a cutting contact and the other half a receiving contact. When mated, this forms a reliable electrical connectio |
| 7529587 |
External speech processor unit for an auditory prosthesis |
May 5, 2009 |
| A speech processor unit (12) for a cochlear implant system. The speech processor unit (12) comprises a signal processor for processing incoming auditory signals and for forwarding processed signals to an implanted component (18) of the system, a monitoring means for monitoring a pred |
| 7522960 |
Variable sensitivity control for a cochlear implant |
April 21, 2009 |
| The invention provides an amplifier for providing adaptive operation of an auditory prosthesis. The amplifier receives an input signal and produces an output signal, and comprises a gain control. Estimates of the current noise floor value of the input signal are obtained, and in response |
| 7519435 |
Methods for maintaining low impedance of electrodes |
April 14, 2009 |
| An implantable tissue-stimulating device for an implantee. The device comprising an elongate member having at least one electrode. At least a portion of the device is coated with a coating that at least partially inhibits adhesion of organic molecules to the device following implanta |
| 7519434 |
Electrode array for a cochlear implant having one or more adjustable electrodes |
April 14, 2009 |
| An electrode array for a tissue-stimulating prosthesis, such as a cochlear implant. The electrode array is comprised of a plurality of electrodes (41), wherein at least one electrode of the array is comprised of at least two electrically connected portions (41a,41b) that are adjustable |
| 7502653 |
Cochlear implant having patient-specific parameter storage |
March 10, 2009 |
| An arrangement for implanted medical devices in which the implant (20) includes certain parameters (21) stored in memory. Upon initialisation, these parameters are downloaded to the external component (30). This allows for simpler changes to the external device, or for a generic exte |
| 7486992 |
Battery cover assembly |
February 3, 2009 |
| A housing (35) for an electronic device, such as an external component of a cochlear implant system that is powered by one or more batteries (36). The housing comprises a main body portion and a moveable portion (30) operatively associated with the main body portion to enable installatio |
| 7451000 |
Pre-curved cochlear implant electrode array |
November 11, 2008 |
| An implantable electrode array (30) that can adopt a first configuration selected to allow the array (30) to be inserted into a cochlea (12) of an implantee and at least a second configuration in which the array can apply tissue stimulation. The array (30) comprises an elongate carrier |
| 7444280 |
Emphasis of short-duration transient speech features |
October 28, 2008 |
| A sound processor including a microphone (1), a pre-amplifier (2), a bank of N parallel filters (3), means for detecting short-duration transitions in the envelope signal of each filter channel, and means for applying gain to the outputs of these filter channels in which the gain is rela |
| 7429943 |
Analog to digital (A/D) conversion circuit have a low dynamic range A/D converter |
September 30, 2008 |
| A low-power, high-dynamic range, analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion circuit for converting an analog signal to a digital signal having a controllable amplifier for amplifying the analog log signal received at an input of the amplifier in response to a first control signal and for gen |
| 7406352 |
Laminated electrode for a cochlear implant |
July 29, 2008 |
| An implantable cochlear implant electrode array (30) that can adopt a first, preferably straight, configuration selected to allow the array to be inserted into the cochlea and at least a second, preferably, spirally curved, configuration wherein the electrode array (30) is adapted to |
| 7396265 |
Feedthrough for electrical connectors |
July 8, 2008 |
| A method (10) of forming an electrically conducting feedthrough. The method (10) comprises a first step (11) of forming an electrically conductive structure (21) comprising a sacrificial component and a non-sacrificial component. At least a portion of the non-sacrificial component ca |
| 7392091 |
Implanted antenna and radio communications link |
June 24, 2008 |
| A medical implant comprising a housing and an antenna member carried by the housing. The antenna member is configured to be capacitively coupled to body tissue in which the housing is implanted. This forms, together with the impedance of the body tissue, part of a resonant circuit. A |
| 7376563 |
System for rehabilitation of a hearing disorder |
May 20, 2008 |
| A system for rehabilitation of a hearing disorder which comprises at least one acoustic sensor for picking up an acoustic signal and converting it into an electrical audio signal, an electronic signal processing unit for audio signal processing and amplification, an electrical power supp |
| 7367992 |
Curved cochlear implant electrode array |
May 6, 2008 |
| An implantable electrode array (30) that can adopt a first, preferably straight, configuration selected to allow the array to be inserted into an implantee's body, such as the cochlea, and at least a second, preferably spirally curved, configuration where the electrode array is adapt |
| 7349744 |
Cochlear electrode array |
March 25, 2008 |
| An implantable tissue-stimulating prosthesis such as a cochlear implant system comprising an elongate carrier member having a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one electrode positioned thereon; at least one electrical conductor extending from one or more of the at least one el |
| 7346397 |
Cochlear implant |
March 18, 2008 |
| A totally implantable cochlear implant system forming a single implantable unit (40). The unit (40) has an implantable power source (43) that provides the power requirements of the implantable unit (40). The unit (40) also has an on-board microphone (42) that detects external sounds, |
| 7333858 |
Pulse burst electrical stimulation of nerve or tissue fibers |
February 19, 2008 |
| A method for stimulating nerve or tissue fibers and a prosthetic hearing device implanting same. The method comprises: generating a stimulation signal comprising a plurality of pulse bursts each comprising a plurality of pulses; and distributing said plurality of pulse bursts across one |
| 7328072 |
Telescopic array for a cochlear implant |
February 5, 2008 |
| A cochlear implant device that has an elongate member with electrode(s) supported thereon. The elongate member comprises a first portion that is insertable into the implantee and at least one second portion wherein, on or following insertion of the first portion, the second portion is at |
| 7321797 |
Incremental stimulation sound processor |
January 22, 2008 |
| In one aspect of the invention, 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 |
| 7272449 |
Cochlear implant electrode array |
September 18, 2007 |
| A cochlear implant electrode assembly (10) comprising an elongate electrode carrier member (11), a bioresorbable stiffening element (15) and an outer layer (16) surrounding the stiffening element (15). The carrier member (11) is made of a resiliently flexible first material and has a |
| 7272446 |
Power efficient electrical stimulation |
September 18, 2007 |
| A method and device are disclosed for neural stimulation with improved power consumption and/or effectiveness. The stimulus generator is arranged, for example via a look up table, to recognize proposed stimuli which will be masked by earlier or simultaneous stimuli. Such masked stimu |
| 7269461 |
Double stylet insertion tool for a cochlear implant electrode array |
September 11, 2007 |
| A cochlear implant electrode assembly device (10) comprising an elongate electrode carrier member (11), a first stiffening element (15a), and a second stiffening element (15b). The carrier member (11) is made of a resiliently flexible first material and has a plurality of electrodes |
| 7260435 |
Transceiver coil for auditory prosthesis |
August 21, 2007 |
| The invention provides a tuned transmitter coil for transcutaneous transmission of power and information from an external component of an auditory prosthesis to an implanted receiver. A shield is provided in order to reduce a skin-to-coil capacitance, thereby improving tuning stabili |
| 7240416 |
Process for manufacturing electrically conductive components |
July 10, 2007 |
| A method of forming a device, such as an electrode array for a cochlear implant. The method comprises a step of forming a predetermined pattern of relatively electrically conductive regions and relatively electrically resistive regions in a sheet of biocompatible electrically conductive |
| 7232625 |
Secondary electrochemical cell |
June 19, 2007 |
| A secondary electrochemical cell with at least one positive electrode includes an active material and one negative electrode, which are held directly in a hermetically tight housing which has at least one detector element or which is dynamically connected to one such detector element. |
| 7226406 |
At least partially implantable hearing system |
June 5, 2007 |
| An at least partially implantable hearing system comprising at least one electromechanical output transducer; a micromanipulator for positioning the transducer and for fixing the transducer in a position set by the micromanipulator, the micromanipulator being adapted to be fixedly at |
| 7225026 |
Monitor for auditory prosthesis |
May 29, 2007 |
| An auditory prosthesis includes an implanted component and an external component. The external component includes a transmitter for transmitting electromagnetic signals to the implanted component; means for detecting electromagnetic emissions of the transmitter; and means for indicating |
| 7174223 |
Virtual wire assembly having hermetic feedthroughs |
February 6, 2007 |
| A virtual wire assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises a substantially electrically-nonconductive substrate; and a plurality of hermetic feedthroughs each comprising a conductive region extending transversely through the substrate to form a conductive pathway with accessible su |
| 7174214 |
General purpose accessory for a cochlear implant system |
February 6, 2007 |
| A cochlear implant system comprising a first unit (5) adapted to be worn on or in one ear of an implantee. The first unit has a case housing componentry including a microphone (27), and a speech processor means (29). A second unit or accessory (30) is adapted to be worn on or in the |
| 7171273 |
Transcutaneous power optimization circuit for a medical implant |
January 30, 2007 |
| In a cochlear implant system, the implantable stimulator includes a monitor which monitors parameters associated with the stimulation signals and/or the power stored in an energy storage element which stores energy transmitted from the processor. This parameter or parameters is/are a |
| 7157808 |
Power supply for a cochlear implant |
January 2, 2007 |
| A power supply control system for use with a tissue stimulating prosthesis, such as a cochlear implant. The power supply control system comprises a first battery (31), a second battery (32), at least a third battery (33), and a switching system (36). The first and second batteries (3 |
| 7146227 |
Combination stylet and straightening coating for a cochlear implant electrode array |
December 5, 2006 |
| A cochlear implant electrode assembly device (10) comprising an elongate electrode carrier member (11), a stiffening element (15), and a stiffening sheath (16) that at least partially envelops the elongate member (11). The member (11) is made of a resiliently flexible first material |
