Patents by Inventor Aitor Morillo

Aitor Morillo 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).

  • Inductive link coupling based on relative angular position determination for medical implant systems
    Patent number: 11278729
    Abstract: A portion of a vestibular prosthesis system is described which includes an external coil housing and an external holding magnet that allow rotation of the external coil housing around a rotation axis that passes through the external holding magnet orthogonal to a skin interface surface. An external communications coil arrangement within the housing includes three or more external coil segments rotationally adjacent to each other around the rotation axis, each external coil segment being independently operable by an external signal processor for coupling an implant communication signal. And the external signal processor is configured to periodically operate the external coil segments to quantify rotation of the external coil housing and adjust the signal component of the implant communication signal to offset quantified rotation of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Unterweissacher, Aitor Morillo, Stefan Strasser, Angelo De Marzo
  • Inductive Link Coupling Based On Relative Angular Position Determination for Medical Implant Systems
    Publication number: 20200330775
    Abstract: A portion of a vestibular prosthesis system is described which includes an external coil housing and an external holding magnet that allow rotation of the external coil housing around a rotation axis that passes through the external holding magnet orthogonal to a skin interface surface. An external communications coil arrangement within the housing includes three or more external coil segments rotationally adjacent to each other around the rotation axis, each external coil segment being independently operable by an external signal processor for coupling an implant communication signal. And the external signal processor is configured to periodically operate the external coil segments to quantify rotation of the external coil housing and adjust the signal component of the implant communication signal to offset quantified rotation of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Unterweissacher, Aitor Morillo, Stefan Strasser, Angelo De Marzo