Patents by Inventor Lars Keuninckx

Lars Keuninckx 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).

  • Transcutaneous capacitive data link
    Patent number: 8788051
    Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a transcutaneous capacitive data link circuit. The link circuit include: a first pair of capacitors each having an external electrode configured to be externally positioned on a recipient and an internal electrode configured to be internally positioned in the recipient; a first voltage driver having positive and negative terminals each connected to one of the external electrodes, and configured to generate a first voltage drive signal responsive to a first input control signal; and a first differential amplifier circuit connected to the internal electrodes, configured to generate a first output data signal representative of the first input control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Lars Keuninckx
  • TRANSCUTANEOUS CAPACITIVE DATA LINK
    Publication number: 20130079847
    Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a transcutaneous capacitive data link circuit. The link circuit include: a first pair of capacitors each having an external electrode configured to be externally positioned on a recipient and an internal electrode configured to be internally positioned in the recipient; a first voltage driver having positive and negative terminals each connected to one of the external electrodes, and configured to generate a first voltage drive signal responsive to a first input control signal; and a first differential amplifier circuit connected to the internal electrodes, configured to generate a first output data signal representative of the first input control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Lars Keuninckx
  • Transcutaneous capacitive data link
    Patent number: 8315705
    Abstract: A cochlear implant is disclosed, comprising: a transcutaneous energy transfer circuit for transcutaneously transferring power across a recipient's skin; and a transcutaneous capacitive data link circuit for transcutaneously transferring data across the recipient's skin, wherein the transcutaneous energy transfer circuit and the transcutaneous capacitive data link circuit operate independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Lars Keuninckx
  • Transcutaneous capacitive data link
    Publication number: 20060271128
    Abstract: A cochlear implant is disclosed, comprising: a transcutaneous energy transfer circuit for transcutaneously transferring power across a recipient's skin; and a transcutaneous capacitive data link circuit for transcutaneously transferring data across the recipient's skin, wherein the transcutaneous energy transfer circuit and the transcutaneous capacitive data link circuit operate independently of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Lars Keuninckx