公开(公告)号：US12212935B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US17765261

申请日：2020-10-08

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Tommy Bergs ,  Alf Björk ,  Marcus Andersson

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein are relevant to improvements in connectors for bone conduction devices, particularly bone conduction auditory prostheses, to connect to an abutment. Disclosed examples include a connector assembly having a vibration conductor separate from a coupling. Examples can further include an adapter to modify a length of the connector assembly. Examples can further provide an angled connector assembly to modify an angle at which the connector assembly connects to an abutment.

公开(公告)号：US11412334B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US14061410

申请日：2013-10-23

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Marcus Andersson

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing prosthesis system, including a sound capture device configured to capture a sound and generate a signal based on the captured sound, and a vibratory portion configured to vibrate in response to the signal to evoke a hearing percept via bone conduction, wherein the system is configured to capture the sound on a first side of a recipient where the sound capture device is located and transfer the signal to a second side of the recipient where the vibratory portion is located.

公开(公告)号：US11213430B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US15165165

申请日：2016-05-26

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Kristien Johanna Maria Verhoeven ,  Daniel Smyth ,  Marcus Andersson ,  Claudiu G. Treaba ,  Fysh Dadd

IPC: A61F11/00 ,  A61M31/00 ,  A61F11/04

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to a securable inner drug delivery plug or stopper that is configured to be inserted into, and secured (retained) within, an opening of the inner ear of an recipient. The securable inner drug delivery plug is configured to deliver drugs directly into the inner ear.

公开(公告)号：USRE48797E1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US16396895

申请日：2019-04-29

Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITED

Inventor： Marcus Andersson ,  Kristian Asnes ,  Erik Holgersson ,  Patrik W. Stromsten ,  Wim Bervoets

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R17/00 ,  H04R1/24

Abstract: A bone conduction device comprising a multilayer piezoelectric element. The multilayer piezoelectric element comprises two stacked piezoelectric layers, and a flexible passive layer disposed between the piezoelectric layers. The device also comprises a mass component attached to the multilayer piezoelectric element; and a coupling attached to the multilayer piezoelectric element configured to transfer mechanical forces generated by the multilayer piezoelectric element and the mass component to a recipient's skull.

公开(公告)号：US11012796B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US15985811

申请日：2018-05-22

Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITED

Inventor： Marcus Andersson ,  Johan Gustafsson ,  Henrik Fyrlund ,  Stefan Magnander ,  Goran Bjorn

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: An external portion of an auditory prosthesis includes an external magnet that interacts with an implanted magnet to hold the external portion against the skin of a recipient. A magnetic component can be disposed proximate either or both of the external magnet or implanted magnet to channel the magnetic field associated therewith. The magnetic component can be moved relative to its associated magnet so as to adjust the magnetic field, and thus, the retention force between the magnets.

公开(公告)号：US10812919B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US14211576

申请日：2014-03-14

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Martin Hillbratt ,  Marcus Andersson ,  Kristian Asnes

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a hearing prosthesis, and more particularly to a hearing prosthesis with a rigidly coupled vibrating transducer. In embodiments, the mechanical stimulating hearing prosthesis comprises, for example, at least one sound input device configured to sense a sound signal, and a transducer configured to generate a vibration based on the sound, wherein the sound input device is rigidly coupled to the transducer. Systems and methods are also described for reducing a well-defined mechanical feedback generated by a transducer in a hearing prosthesis.

公开(公告)号：US10792503B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-06

申请号：US15728645

申请日：2017-10-10

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Marcus Andersson ,  Daniel Smyth ,  Fysh Dadd ,  Kristien Johanna Maria Verhoeven ,  Claudiu G. Treaba ,  Jonathon Kirk ,  Charles Roger Aaron Leigh

IPC: A61N1/375 ,  A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/378 ,  A61N1/05

Abstract: Presented herein are magnet arrangements for use with encapsulated implantable components. An implantable component comprises an implant body and a plurality of wire loops forming an internal coil that are encapsulated in a biocompatible overmolding. The implantable component also comprises a bone fixture positioned proximate to the plurality of wire loops and an implantable magnet attached to the bone fixture.

公开(公告)号：US10537743B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-21

申请号：US15158136

申请日：2016-05-18

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Daniel Smyth ,  Claudiu G. Treaba ,  Fysh Dadd ,  Kristien Johanna Marie Verhoeven ,  Jonathon Kirk ,  Marcus Andersson

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61N1/375

Abstract: Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to a perioperative implant cover configured to cover at least a portion of an implantable component during portions of the perioperative period (i.e., preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of surgery) in which the implantable component is susceptible to bacteria contamination. By covering the implantable component during these portions of the perioperative period, the cover reduces the possibility of bacteria contamination and subsequent perioperative colonization.

公开(公告)号：US10376269B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US14837091

申请日：2015-08-27

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Marcus Andersson ,  Stefan Magnander

IPC: A61B17/16 ,  A61F2/00 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61B17/86 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: Presented herein is a bone fixture for a medical prosthesis. The bone fixture includes a self-drilling threaded body that is configured to be inserted into a recipient's bone. The threaded body includes a bone removal mechanism configured to cut away parts of the bone that are in the path of the threaded body and to remove portions of the cut parts of the bone, sometimes referred to herein as bone fragments, from the hole. The bone fixture also comprises a coupling section that is attached to a proximal end of the threaded body. The coupling section is configured to be positioned external to the recipient's bone and includes a connector interface that is entirely/completely proximal to the threaded body.

公开(公告)号：US10334374B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US15463942

申请日：2017-03-20

Applicant: Cochlear Limited

Inventor： Marcus Andersson

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A prosthesis including an abutment, an operationally removable component including a coupling apparatus, and an adapter, wherein the abutment is connected to the adapter and the coupling apparatus of the operationally removable component is releasably coupled to the adapter.