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公开(公告)号:US20240066276A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US18387405
申请日:2023-11-06
Applicant: Cochlear Limited
Inventor: Kenneth OPLINGER , Tommy BERGS , Soren NILSSON
CPC classification number: A61M31/00 , H04R25/558 , H04R25/606 , A61M2205/05 , A61M2210/0668 , H04R2460/13
Abstract: A prosthesis including a device configured to deliver a therapeutic substance from outside a cochlea to inside the cochlea and configured to evoke a mechanically based hearing percept. In an exemplary embodiment, the device is configured to drive fluid into and out of the cochlea, thereby evoking a hearing percept.
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公开(公告)号:US20240381042A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-14
申请号:US18685049
申请日:2022-09-15
Applicant: Cochlear Limited
Inventor: Henrik FYRLUND , Tommy BERGS , Per HILLSTRÖM
Abstract: An apparatus includes an actuator configured to generate vibrations. The actuator includes a substantially planar piezoelectric oscillator having a central portion substantially surrounding and in mechanical communication with a coupling portion and a peripheral portion spaced from the coupling portion. The piezoelectric oscillator is configured to undergo bending oscillations in response to received electric voltage signals. The actuator further includes at least one mass configured to move in response to the bending oscillations of the piezoelectric oscillator. The actuator further includes at least one coupler configured to allow expansion and contraction of the peripheral portion along a first direction substantially parallel to the piezoelectric oscillator and to inhibit movement of the peripheral portion relative to the at least one mass along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the piezoelectric oscillator.
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公开(公告)号:US20210176574A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-10
申请号:US17269033
申请日:2019-10-18
Applicant: Cochlear Limited
Inventor: Tommy BERGS , Marcus ANDERSSON
Abstract: A component of a bone conduction device, such as a passive transcutaneous bone conduction device or an active transcutaneous bone conduction device, or a percutaneous bone conduction device, used to evoke a hearing percept comprising a housing and a bender apparatus located in the housing, wherein the bender apparatus is a device of a piezoelectric bender.
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公开(公告)号:US20240381041A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-14
申请号:US18685046
申请日:2022-09-07
Applicant: Cochlear Limited
Inventor: Henrik FYRLUND , Luke POGGI , Tommy BERGS
Abstract: An actuator for generating vibrations is configured to be in mechanical communication with a fixture implanted on or within a recipient's body and includes a piezoelectric oscillator configured to undergo bending oscillations in response to received electric voltage signals and at least one mass configured to move in response to the bending oscillations of the piezoelectric oscillator. The actuator further includes at least one resilient coupler mechanically attached to the piezoelectric oscillator and configured to, in response to an impulse applied to the actuator, allow movement of the piezoelectric oscillator relative to the fixture and/or of the at least one mass relative to the piezoelectric oscillator.
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公开(公告)号:US20240340601A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-10
申请号:US18277018
申请日:2022-02-12
Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITED
Inventor: Henrik FYRLUND , Tommy BERGS
IPC: H04R25/00
CPC classification number: H04R25/606 , H04R2460/13
Abstract: A device including a yoke, a counterweight apparatus and a flexible apparatus connecting the yoke to the counterweight apparatus and enabling the counterweight apparatus to move relative to the yoke, wherein the flexible apparatus is attached to the counterweight apparatus via a radial connection, and the device is an electromagnetic transducer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240244384A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-18
申请号:US18560213
申请日:2022-05-18
Applicant: Cochlear Limited
Inventor: Armin AZHIRNIAN , Tommy BERGS
CPC classification number: H04R25/606 , H04R9/18 , H04R17/10 , H04R2460/13
Abstract: An apparatus includes an electromagnetic transducer configured to generate first vibrations having a first range of vibrational frequencies and to transmit the first vibrations along a transmission path from the electromagnetic transducer to a bone fixture affixed to a recipient's body. The apparatus further includes at least one piezoelectric transducer positioned along the transmission path.
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公开(公告)号:US20220360918A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-10
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20200238062A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-30
申请号:US16649757
申请日:2018-09-21
Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITED
Inventor: Kenneth OPLINGER , Tommy BERGS , Soren NILSSON
Abstract: A prosthesis including a device configured to deliver a therapeutic substance from outside a cochlea to inside the cochlea and configured to evoke a mechanically based hearing percept. In an exemplary embodiment, the device is configured to drive fluid into and out of the cochlea, thereby evoking a hearing percept.
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