Patents by Inventor Wendy POTTS

Wendy POTTS 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).

  • FOCUSING METHODS FOR A PROSTHESIS
    Publication number: 20240073634
    Abstract: A method of at least partially fitting a hearing prosthesis device to a recipient, including obtaining access to a sensory prosthesis that has been used to evoke a sensory percept using a first focusing regime for a temporal period corresponding to at least acclimation to the first focusing regime and adjusting a control setting of the prosthesis to increase focusing relative to that which is the case with respect to the first focusing regime, wherein the action of adjusting the control setting includes purposely adjusting the control setting to have focusing that is effectively less focused than a maximum focus possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Wendy POTTS, Sara Ingrid DURAN, Zachary Mark SMITH
  • Focusing methods for a prosthesis
    Patent number: 11812227
    Abstract: A method of at least partially fitting a hearing prosthesis device to a recipient, including obtaining access to a sensory prosthesis that has been used to evoke a sensory percept using a first focusing regime for a temporal period corresponding to at least acclimation to the first focusing regime and adjusting a control setting of the prosthesis to increase focusing relative to that which is the case with respect to the first focusing regime, wherein the action of adjusting the control setting includes purposely adjusting the control setting to have focusing that is effectively less focused than a maximum focus possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Wendy Potts, Sara Ingrid Duran, Zachary Mark Smith
  • FOCUSING METHODS FOR A PROSTHESIS
    Publication number: 20210281961
    Abstract: A method of at least partially fitting a hearing prosthesis device to a recipient, including obtaining access to a sensory prosthesis that has been used to evoke a sensory percept using a first focusing regime for a temporal period corresponding to at least acclimation to the first focusing regime and adjusting a control setting of the prosthesis to increase focusing relative to that which is the case with respect to the first focusing regime, wherein the action of adjusting the control setting includes purposely adjusting the control setting to have focusing that is effectively less focused than a maximum focus possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Wendy POTTS, Sara Ingrid DURAN, Zachary Mark SMITH
  • SLEEP-LINKED ADJUSTMENT METHODS FOR PROSTHESES
    Publication number: 20210260378
    Abstract: A method, including providing stimulation to a recipient of a prosthesis, such as a hearing prosthesis, such as an implantable prosthesis, such as a cochlear implant, wherein the stimulation is provided at temporal locations associated with sleep of the recipient, and the stimulation is at least one of part of a measurement method or an auditory training method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Wendy POTTS, Naomi CROGHAN, Christopher Joseph LONG, Zachary Mark SMITH