Patents by Inventor Kerrie Plant
Kerrie Plant has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11979719Abstract: Presented herein are techniques that make use of objective measurements obtained in response to acoustic stimulation signals. More specifically, at least one measure of outer hair cell function and at least one measure of auditory nerve function are obtained from a tonotopic region of an inner ear of a recipient of a hearing prosthesis. The at least one measure of auditory nerve function and the least one measure of outer hair cell function are then analyzed relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: John Michael Heasman, Kerrie Plant, Peter Gibson, Stephen O'Leary, Luke Campbell
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Publication number: 20230106475Abstract: Presented herein are techniques that make use of objective measurements obtained in response to acoustic stimulation signals. More specifically, at least one measure of outer hair cell function and at least one measure of auditory nerve function are obtained from a tonotopic region of an inner ear of a recipient of a hearing prosthesis. The at least one measure of auditory nerve function and the least one measure of outer hair cell function are then analyzed relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: John Michael Heasman, Kerrie Plant, Peter Gibson, Stephen O'Leary, Luke Campbell
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Patent number: 11540069Abstract: Presented herein are techniques that make use of objective measurements obtained in response to acoustic stimulation signals. More specifically, at least one measure of outer hair cell function and at least one measure of auditory nerve function are obtained from a tonotopic region of an inner ear of a recipient of a hearing prosthesis. The at least one measure of auditory nerve function and the least one measure of outer hair cell function are then analyzed relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: John Michael Heasman, Kerrie Plant, Peter Gibson, Stephen O'Leary, Luke Campbell
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Publication number: 20220240842Abstract: A body worn or implantable hearing prosthesis, including a device configured to capture an audio environment of a recipient and evoke a hearing percept based at least in part on the captured audio environment, wherein the hearing prosthesis is configured to identify, based on the captured audio environment, one or more biomarkers present in the audio environment indicative of the recipient's ability to hear.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Kieran REED, John Michael HEASMAN, Kerrie PLANT, Alex VON BRASCH, Stephen FUNG
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Patent number: 11253193Abstract: A body worn or implantable hearing prosthesis, including a device configured to capture an audio environment of a recipient and evoke a hearing percept based at least in part on the captured audio environment, wherein the hearing prosthesis is configured to identify, based on the captured audio environment, one or more biomarkers present in the audio environment indicative of the recipient's ability to hear.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Kieran Reed, John Michael Heasman, Kerrie Plant, Alex Von Brasch, Stephen Fung
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Publication number: 20200196076Abstract: Presented herein are techniques that make use of objective measurements obtained in response to acoustic stimulation signals. More specifically, at least one measure of outer hair cell function and at least one measure of auditory nerve function are obtained from a tonotopic region of an inner ear of a recipient of a hearing prosthesis. The at least one measure of auditory nerve function and the least one measure of outer hair cell function are then analyzed relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: John Michael Heasman, Kerrie Plant, Peter Gibson, Stephen O'Leary, Luke Campbell
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Publication number: 20180125415Abstract: A body worn or implantable hearing prosthesis, including a device configured to capture an audio environment of a recipient and evoke a hearing percept based at least in part on the captured audio environment, wherein the hearing prosthesis is configured to identify, based on the captured audio environment, one or more biomarkers present in the audio environment indicative of the recipient's ability to hear.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Kieran REED, John Michael HEASMAN, Kerrie PLANT, Alex VON BRASCH, Stephen FUNG
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Publication number: 20180110982Abstract: Presented herein are techniques that make use of objective measurements, such as acoustically-evoked inner ear responses, in the fitting process to determine the acoustic prescription (gain functions) that are used by an electro-acoustic hearing prosthesis to translate received sound signals into output acoustic simulation levels. More specifically, a plurality of acoustically-evoked inner ear responses are obtained from an inner ear of a recipient of an electro-acoustic hearing prosthesis. One or more input/output functions for at least one region of the inner ear are determined based on the plurality of acoustically-evoked inner ear responses and the one or more input/output functions are, in turn, used to determine one or more gain functions for use by the electro-acoustic hearing prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: John Michael Heasman, Kerrie Plant, Peter Gibson, Stephen O'Leary, Luke Campbell
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Publication number: 20170360364Abstract: Presented herein are in-situ techniques for monitoring a recipient's cochlea health to proactively identify (i.e., predict) changes to the recipient's cochlea health outside of a clinical setting. The cochlea health monitoring techniques presented herein obtain one or more cochlea health biomarkers associated with a recipient's cochlea health, such the recipient's residual hearing, and analyze these biomarkers to predict that a cochlea health change is likely to occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: John Michael Heasman, Luke Campbell, Stephen O'Leary, Kerrie Plant, Kristien Johanna Maria Verhoeven
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Patent number: 7421298Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the invention, methods and systems are disclosed for delivering a stimulating signal by a stimulating medical device having a plurality of electrodes. Such methods and systems comprise receiving a signal; filtering the received signal to obtain a plurality of band pass filtered signals; delivering to each electrode of a first group of one or more electrodes, a first set of stimulation signals, wherein the first set of stimulation signals comprises stimulations signals for each of a first group of two or more band pass filtered signals; and delivering to each of electrodes of a second group of one or more electrodes, a second set of stimulation signals, wherein the second set of stimulation signals comprises stimulations signals for each of a second group of one or more band pass filtered signals; and wherein the first set of stimulation signals are delivered at a different effective stimulation rate than the second set of stimulation signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Christopher Daly, Peter Seligman, Kerrie Plant, Mary-Ann Law
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Publication number: 20080119910Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the invention, methods and systems are disclosed for delivering a stimulating signal by a stimulating medical device having a plurality of electrodes. Such methods and systems comprise receiving a signal; filtering the received signal to obtain a plurality of band pass filtered signals; delivering to each electrode of a first group of one or more electrodes, a first set of stimulation signals, wherein the first set of stimulation signals comprises stimulations signals for each of a first group of two or more band pass filtered signals; and delivering to each of electrodes of a second group of one or more electrodes, a second set of stimulation signals, wherein the second set of stimulation signals comprises stimulations signals for each of a second group of one or more band pass filtered signals; and wherein the first set of stimulation signals are delivered at a different effective stimulation rate than the second set of stimulation signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2008Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Daly, Kerrie Plant, Mary-Ann Law, Peter Seligman
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Publication number: 20060052841Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the invention, methods and systems are disclosed for delivering a stimulating signal by a stimulating medical device having a plurality of electrodes. Such methods and systems comprise receiving a signal; filtering the received signal to obtain a plurality of band pass filtered signals; delivering to each electrode of a first group of one or more electrodes, a first set of stimulation signals, wherein the first set of stimulation signals comprises stimulations signals for each of a first group of two or more band pass filtered signals; and delivering to each of electrodes of a second group of one or more electrodes, a second set of stimulation signals, wherein the second set of stimulation signals comprises stimulations signals for each of a second group of one or more band pass filtered signals; and wherein the first set of stimulation signals are delivered at a different effective stimulation rate than the second set of stimulation signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2005Publication date: March 9, 2006Applicant: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Christopher Daly, Kerrie Plant, Mary-Ann Law, Peter Seligman