Patents by Inventor Melanie Lucile Gilbert

Melanie Lucile Gilbert 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).

  • Stimulation configuration management systems and methods
    Patent number: 9913984
    Abstract: An exemplary stimulation configuration management system may 1) obtain electric field imaging (EFI) data for a plurality of stimulation configurations associated with an electrode included in an intracochlear electrode array that is a part of a cochlear implant system associated with a patient, 2) identify, based on the EFI data, a stimulation configuration included in the plurality of stimulation configuration and that focuses an electric field produced by current applied to the electrode more than any other stimulation configuration included in the plurality of stimulation configurations, and 3) direct the cochlear implant system to use the identified stimulation configuration for the electrode during a normal operation of the cochlear implant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Myles McLaughlin, Melanie Lucile Gilbert
  • STIMULATION CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20160228704
    Abstract: An exemplary stimulation configuration management system may 1) obtain electric field imaging (EFI) data for a plurality of stimulation configurations associated with an electrode included in an intracochlear electrode array that is a part of a cochlear implant system associated with a patient, 2) identify, based on the EFI data, a stimulation configuration included in the plurality of stimulation configuration and that focuses an electric field produced by current applied to the electrode more than any other stimulation configuration included in the plurality of stimulation configurations, and 3) direct the cochlear implant system to use the identified stimulation configuration for the electrode during a normal operation of the cochlear implant system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Myles McLaughlin, Melanie Lucile Gilbert