Patents by Inventor Bart Valckaerts

Bart Valckaerts 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).

  • Hearing prosthesis with a piezoelectric actuator
    Patent number: 10142746
    Abstract: A hearing prosthesis including an actuator. The actuator includes a material that deforms in response to an electrical signal and that is adapted to, upon implantation in a recipient, transmit vibrations representative of a sound signal to an organ of the recipient, wherein the material is at least partially exposed to at least one of body tissue and fluid of the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Marcus Andersson, Bart Valckaerts
  • HEARING PROSTHESIS WITH A PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20160037274
    Abstract: A hearing prosthesis including an actuator. The actuator includes a material that deforms in response to an electrical signal and that is adapted to, upon implantation in a recipient, transmit vibrations representative of a sound signal to an organ of the recipient, wherein the material is at least partially exposed to at least one of body tissue and fluid of the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Marcus Andersson, Bart Valckaerts
  • Hearing prosthesis with a piezoelectric actuator
    Patent number: 9107013
    Abstract: A hearing prosthesis including an actuator. The actuator includes a material that deforms in response to an electrical signal and that is adapted to, upon implantation in a recipient, transmit vibrations representative of a sound signal to an organ of the recipient, wherein the material is at least partially exposed to at least one of body tissue and fluid of the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Marcus Andersson, Bart Valckaerts
  • HEARING PROSTHESIS WITH A PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20120253104
    Abstract: A hearing prosthesis including an actuator. The actuator includes a material that deforms in response to an electrical signal and that is adapted to, upon implantation in a recipient, transmit vibrations representative of a sound signal to an organ of the recipient, wherein the material is at least partially exposed to at least one of body tissue and fluid of the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Marcus Andersson, Bart Valckaerts