公开(公告)号：US11553290B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US17261229

申请日：2019-10-15

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Koen Erik Van den Heuvel ,  Jan Vermeiren ,  Rishubh Verma ,  Antonin Rambault

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36

Abstract: Presented herein are implantable sound sensors that include a non-uniform diaphragm mechanically coupled to a vibrating structure of a recipient's middle or inner ear. The non-uniform diaphragm includes a central region and a peripheral region, where the thickness of the central region is greater than the thickness of the peripheral region.

公开(公告)号：US20210410340A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17293447

申请日：2020-04-01

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Tom Meeusen ,  Koen Erik Van den Heuvel ,  Jan Vermeiren ,  Stijn Eeckhoudt

IPC: H05K9/00 ,  H05K1/11 ,  A61N1/36 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: An assembly is provided which includes a package and a printed circuit board. The package includes a housing bounding a region and an acoustic sensor within the region. The housing includes a base with a first hole. The sensor is configured to generate signals indicative of sound received by the sensor through the first hole. The printed circuit board is in mechanical communication with the base and includes a second hole aligned with the first hole such that sound received by the second hole propagates through the first hole to the sensor. The printed circuit board further includes an electrically conductive layer, at least a portion of which extends across the second hole and is configured to allow the sound to propagate through the second hole and to at least partially shield the region containing the sensor from electromagnetic interference.

公开(公告)号：US10341789B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US14886266

申请日：2015-10-19

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Jan Vermeiren

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an implantable auditory prosthesis that comprises a transducer configured to be implanted in a recipient. The transducer comprises at least one bender element (e.g., piezoelectric element, magnetorestrictive element, etc.) that is configured to deform in response to application of an electrical signal thereto so as to generate vibration for delivery to the recipient. One or more components are mechanically and electrically connected to the bender element and are configured to generate additional vibration for delivery to the recipient. In certain embodiments, the one or more components mechanically coupled to the bender element comprise an inductor coil operating as a counter-mass. The inductor coil may be configured to drive another mass (e.g., a magnet) so as to operate as an active vibration generation system.

公开(公告)号：US20210274298A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17261229

申请日：2019-10-15

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Koen Erik Van den Heuvel ,  Jan Vermeiren ,  Rishubh Verma ,  Antonin Rambault

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: Presented herein are implantable sound sensors that include a non-uniform diaphragm mechanically coupled to a vibrating structure of a recipient's middle or inner ear. The non-uniform diaphragm includes a central region and a peripheral region, where the thickness of the central region is greater than the thickness of the peripheral region.

公开(公告)号：US10560791B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-11

申请号：US15416765

申请日：2017-01-26

Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITED

Inventor： Jan Vermeiren ,  Kristof Buytaert ,  Rishubh Verma

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/05

Abstract: Wires and coils within an electrode assembly electromagnetically interact and cause mechanical motion of the assembly. This mechanical motion can be used to supplement or replace the electrical stimulation provided by a standard cochlear implant and provides targeted acoustic stimulation to the cochlea.

公开(公告)号：US10321247B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-11

申请号：US15163947

申请日：2016-05-25

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Rishubh Verma ,  Jan Vermeiren ,  Kristof Buytaert

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/36 ,  H04B1/3827 ,  A61N1/372

Abstract: A device including an inductive radio frequency communication coil and a platform apparatus configured to be secured or coupled to an actuator such that the actuator can induce vibration in the skull inducing hearing percepts, and the RF coil can deliver communication allowing an implantable stimulator to also induce hearing percepts.

公开(公告)号：US10117033B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-30

申请号：US14845682

申请日：2015-09-04

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Jan Vermeiren

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R9/02

Abstract: An implantable actuator system is disclosed. The system comprises a hermetically sealed housing; an actuator positioned in the housing, the actuator having at least one element displaceable relative to the housing; a coupling element connecting the actuator to the recipient's ear; and a diaphragm positioned at an end of the housing to provide a hermetic seal between the coupling element and the housing, wherein the diaphragm has sufficient flexibility to permit the coupling element to transmit vibrations to or from the actuator, wherein a liquid is positioned around the displaceable element of actuator to dampen the frequency response of the actuator, and in certain aspects, to make the system insensitive to differences in pressure between inside and outside of the housing.

公开(公告)号：US20150382117A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-31

申请号：US14845682

申请日：2015-09-04

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Jan Vermeiren

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/65 ,  H04R9/027 ,  H04R25/48 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/606 ,  H04R2225/67

Abstract: An implantable actuator system is disclosed. The system comprises a hermetically sealed housing; an actuator positioned in the housing, the actuator having at least one element displaceable relative to the housing; a coupling element connecting the actuator to the recipient's ear; and a diaphragm positioned at an end of the housing to provide a hermetic seal between the coupling element and the housing, wherein the diaphragm has sufficient flexibility to permit the coupling element to transmit vibrations to or from the actuator, wherein a liquid is positioned around the displaceable element of actuator to dampen the frequency response of the actuator, and in certain aspects, to make the system insensitive to differences in pressure between inside and outside of the housing.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种可植入致动器系统。 该系统包括一个密封的外壳; 致动器定位在壳体中，致动器具有至少一个可相对于壳体移动的元件; 将致动器连接到接收者的耳朵的耦合元件; 以及隔膜，其位于所述壳体的端部处以在所述联接元件和所述壳体之间提供气密密封，其中所述隔膜具有足够的柔性以允许所述联接元件将振动传递到所述致动器或从所述致动器传递振动，其中， 致动器的可移动元件以抑制致动器的频率响应，并且在某些方面使得系统对于壳体内外压力的差异不敏感。