Patents Assigned to Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions AB
  • Patent number: 8363870
    Abstract: An electromagnetic vibrator for generating vibrations in bone conducting hearing aid devices. The vibrator includes a magnetic device, a vibrator plate and an inner spring member providing an air-gap between the magnetic device and the vibrator plate. The vibrator is housed in a casing and an outer spring is arranged between the vibrator and the casing to isolate movements of the magnetic device relative to the casing. The outer spring is part of the surrounding casing and is mechanically attached to the vibratory transmitting element via an elastic sealing element. The sealing function of the hearing aid housing is provided by the outer spring attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions AB
    Inventor: Kristian Åsnes
  • Patent number: 8144908
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for damping the resonance frequency in a vibrator for bone anchored hearing aids in which sound information is mechanically transmitted via the skull bone directly to the inner ear of a person with impaired hearing. A microphone picks up the sound, a signal processor amplifies and filters the signal from the microphone and a vibrator converts the electrical signal into vibrations. The signal processor of the hearing aid is used for damping the resonance frequency peak of the vibrator. For this purpose the signal processor includes electronic filters that are arranged to reduce the amplification in the signal processing chain of the hearing aid as much as the desired dampening of the resonance frequency peak of the vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions AB
    Inventor: Kristian Åsnes