Patents by Inventor Bengt Bern
Bengt Bern 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).
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Patent number: 12394946Abstract: A medical system comprising an internal unit; a transformer core; internal cabling comprising an internal winding around the transformer core; and an external unit comprising power supply circuitry and external cabling coupled to the power supply circuitry for enabling supply of power from the power supply circuitry to the internal unit via the transformer core. The external cabling comprises a connector including a first connector part and a second connector part; a first conductive current path between the power supply circuitry and the first connector part; a second conductive current path between the power supply circuitry and the second connector part; and a third conductive current path between the first connector part and the second connector part, conductively connecting the first connector part and the second connector part.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignee: InvivoPower ABInventor: Bengt Bern
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Publication number: 20250229162Abstract: A ski pole strap for transfer of power from a skier's hand to a ski pole when a pole stroke is performed in cross-country skiing, the ski pole strap comprising an attachment portion configured to attach the ski pole strap to the ski pole; and a hand support portion for supporting the hand of the skier, the hand support portion comprising at least 0.03 g/cm2 of a thermoplastic material arranged at least in a region of the hand support portion configured to surround an ulnar border of the skier's hand, when the ski pole strap is in use, the thermoplastic material being plastically shapeable at a temperature below 100° C. and having a flexural modulus of at least 50 MPa at 20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2024Publication date: July 17, 2025Inventor: Bengt Bern
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Publication number: 20240298124Abstract: According to an embodiment, a medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an external unit and an implantable unit. The external unit includes an electronic unit operationally coupled to a transmitter coil that is configured transmit power and/or data signal over a wireless transcutaneous link, a coil unit comprising a loop structure with the transmitter coil being wound around and along at least a part of length of the loop structure, and a fixation unit configured to attach the loop structure to a user's body i) proximal to an implantable receiver coil that is configured to be implanted within a body part, and ii) around a body part of a user such that a part of the body part is positioned in a hollow section of the loop structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventor: Bengt BERN
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Publication number: 20240171009Abstract: A transformer implant comprising a ring-shaped transformer core; and elastomeric material embedding the ring-shaped transformer core, in such a way that an opening through the ring-shaped core is provided. The elastomeric material defines a base surface of the transformer implant and an upper surface of the transformer implant, the base surface and the upper surface meeting each other along an edge line of the transformer implant defining a maximum lateral extension of the transformer implant. The ring-shaped transformer core is arranged in a standing configuration, such that the ring-shaped transformer core has a maximum vertical extension along a first straight line and a maximum lateral extension along a second straight line. A lateral distance, in a direction parallel to the second straight line, from the first straight line to the edge line of the transformer implant at least corresponds to the maximum vertical extension of the ring-shaped transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventor: Bengt Bern
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Patent number: 11968502Abstract: According to an embodiment, a medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an external unit and an implantable unit. The external unit includes an electronic unit operationally coupled to a transmitter coil that is configured transmit power and/or data signal over a wireless transcutaneous link, a coil unit comprising a loop structure with the transmitter coil being wound around and along at least a part of length of the loop structure, and a fixation unit configured to attach the loop structure to a user's body i) proximal to an implantable receiver coil that is configured to be implanted within a body part, and ii) around a body part of a user such that a part of the body part is positioned in a hollow section of the loop structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Oticon Medical A/SInventor: Bengt Bern
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Publication number: 20220370784Abstract: A method of initiating operation of an external unit for a medical system further comprising an internal unit implanted into a body of a patient; a transformer core arranged under the skin of the patient; and internal cabling connecting the internal unit and the transformer core, the internal cabling comprising an internal winding around the transformer core, wherein the external unit comprises external cabling including an external winding around the transformer core to allow supply of power from the external unit to the internal unit via the transformer core, the method comprising the steps of: evaluating, by the external unit, a signal indicative of a magnetic flux in the transformer core; when the signal indicates that the magnetic flux in the transformer core is below a predefined threshold flux, providing power to the internal unit by the external unit via the transformer core.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventor: Bengt Bern
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Publication number: 20220360024Abstract: A medical system comprising an internal unit; a transformer core; internal cabling comprising an internal winding around the transformer core; and an external unit comprising power supply circuitry and external cabling coupled to the power supply circuitry for enabling supply of power from the power supply circuitry to the internal unit via the transformer core. The external cabling comprises a connector including a first connector part and a second connector part; a first conductive current path between the power supply circuitry and the first connector part; a second conductive current path between the power supply circuitry and the second connector part; and a third conductive current path between the first connector part and the second connector part, conductively connecting the first connector part and the second connector part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventor: Bengt Bern
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Patent number: 11457322Abstract: An implantable unit of a transcutaneous hearing device and a transcutaneous hearing device comprising the same are disclosed. The implantable unit comprises a receiver element configured to wirelessly receive an electromagnetic wave, a rectifier element configured to generate upper and lower half waveforms of the electromagnetic wave, and a vibrator element configured to electromechanically produce vibration using the half waveforms of the electromagnetic wave. The vibrator element comprises a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The first vibrator is configured to be driven by the upper half waveform of the electromagnetic wave, and the second vibrator is configured to be driven by the lower half waveform of the electromagnetic wave.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: OTICON MEDICAL A/SInventor: Bengt Bern
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Publication number: 20220192704Abstract: A needle guiding arrangement, for guiding a surgical needle when applying sutures joining two skin surfaces inside an opening of a transformer core to implant the transformer core under the skin of a patient, the needle guiding arrangement comprising: a first needle guiding member; a second needle guiding member; and an alignment arrangement configured to align the first needle guiding member and the second needle guiding member on opposite sides of the opening of the transformer core along an alignment axis passing through the first needle guiding member, the opening of the transformer core and the second needle guiding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventor: Bengt Bern
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Publication number: 20210337324Abstract: According to an embodiment, a medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an external unit and an implantable unit. The external unit includes an electronic unit operationally coupled to a transmitter coil that is configured transmit power and/or data signal over a wireless transcutaneous link, a coil unit comprising a loop structure with the transmitter coil being wound around and along at least a part of length of the loop structure, and a fixation unit configured to attach the loop structure to a user's body i) proximal to an implantable receiver coil that is configured to be implanted within a body part, and ii) around a body part of a user such that a part of the body part is positioned in a hollow section of the loop structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventor: Bengt BERN
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Patent number: 11128965Abstract: According to an embodiment, a medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an external unit and an implantable unit. The external unit includes an electronic unit operationally coupled to a transmitter coil that is configured transmit power and/or data signal over a wireless transcutaneous link, a coil unit comprising a loop structure with the transmitter coil being wound around and along at least a part of length of the loop structure, and a fixation unit configured to attach the loop structure to a user's body i) proximal to an implantable receiver coil that is configured to be implanted within a body part, and ii) around a body part of a user such that a part of the body part is positioned in a hollow section of the loop structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: OTICON MEDICAL A/SInventor: Bengt Bern
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Patent number: 10750300Abstract: A mounting assembly for arranging a bone conducting hearing device to a skin surface over the skull of a user is disclosed. The mounting assembly comprises an attachment element configured to be attached to a corresponding vibrator attachment element of a vibrator assembly, the attachment element and the vibrator attachment element being adapted to operationally couple with each other; a plate member configured to be arranged over the skin surface; one or more removably arranged mounting structures arranged outside the skull for attaching the mounting assembly to the skin surface over the skull.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: OTICON MEDICAL A/SInventors: Bengt Bern, Hanna Simonsson, Martin Johansson, Troels Böwadt Arnved, Martin Thomsen, Rasmus Funk, Mads Madsen, Line Topholm Janum
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Patent number: 10743120Abstract: An electromagnetic vibrator for a bone conduction hearing aid is disclosed. The electromagnetic vibrator comprises a magnet arrangement comprising a central portion, a coil wound around the central portion and being configured to generate a dynamic magnetic field and at least one permanent magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field. The electromagnetic vibrator further comprises a vibrator plate arranged in position and in such a manner that a gap, extending across a longitudinal axis of the electromagnetic vibrator is provided between the vibrator plate and at least one of said central portion or at least one permanent magnet. The electromagnetic vibrator further comprises an encasing surrounding at least a portion of the magnet arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Oticon Medical A/SInventor: Bengt Bern
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Patent number: 10721573Abstract: The disclosure relates to a plate structure of a non-surgical bone conductive device, configured to be attached to a part of the skin of the skull of a hearing impaired person. The non-surgical bone conductive device is designed such that an optimized vibration transfer is achieved, while at the same time allowing a sufficient leverage of the weight of the sound processor when the sound processor is connected to the plate structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: OTICON MEDICAL A/SInventors: Hanna Peters, Magdalena Eriksson, Hanna Stenhamre, Marianne Philipsson, Christina Wassard, Bengt Bern
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Publication number: 20190349695Abstract: An implantable unit of a transcutaneous hearing device and a transcutaneous hearing device comprising the same are disclosed. The implantable unit comprises a receiver element configured to wirelessly receive an electromagnetic wave, a rectifier element configured to generate upper and lower half waveforms of the electromagnetic wave, and a vibrator element configured to electromechanically produce vibration using the half waveforms of the electromagnetic wave. The vibrator element comprises a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The first vibrator is configured to be driven by the upper half waveform of the electromagnetic wave, and the second vibrator is configured to be driven by the lower half waveform of the electromagnetic wave.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventor: Bengt BERN
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Publication number: 20190273995Abstract: The disclosure relates to a plate structure of a non-surgical bone conductive device, configured to be attached to a part of the skin of the skull of a hearing impaired person. The non-surgical bone conductive device is designed such that an optimized vibration transfer is achieved, while at the same time allowing a sufficient leverage of the weight of the sound processor when the sound processor is connected to the plate structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Hanna PETERS, Magdalena ERIKSSON, Hanna STENHAMRE, Marianne PHILIPSSON, Christina WASSARD, Bengt BERN
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Publication number: 20190261104Abstract: A mounting assembly for arranging a bone conducting hearing device to a skin surface over the skull of a user is disclosed. The mounting assembly comprises an attachment element configured to be attached to a corresponding vibrator attachment element of a vibrator assembly, the attachment element and the vibrator attachment element being adapted to operationally couple with each other; a plate member configured to be arranged over the skin surface; one or more removably arranged mounting structures arranged outside the skull for attaching the mounting assembly to the skin surface over the skull.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: OTICON MEDICAL A/SInventors: Bengt BERN, Hanna SIMONSSON, Martin JOHANSSON, Troels Böwadt ARNVED, Martin THOMSEN, Rasmus FUNK, Mads MADSEN, Line Topholm JANUM
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Patent number: 10362418Abstract: A mounting assembly for arranging a bone conducting hearing device to a skin surface over the skull of a user is disclosed. The mounting assembly comprises an attachment element configured to be attached to a corresponding vibrator attachment element of a vibrator assembly, the attachment element and the vibrator attachment element being adapted to operationally couple with each other; a plate member configured to be arranged over the skin surface; one or more removably arranged mounting structures arranged outside the skull for attaching the mounting assembly to the skin surface over the skull.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Bengt Bern, Hanna Simonsson, Martin Johansson, Troels Böwadt Arnved, Martin Thomsen, Rasmus Funk, Mads Madsen, Line Topholm Janum
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Publication number: 20190149930Abstract: An electromagnetic vibrator for a bone conduction hearing aid is disclosed. The electromagnetic vibrator comprises a magnet arrangement comprising a central portion, a coil wound around the central portion and being configured to generate a dynamic magnetic field and at least one permanent magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field. The electromagnetic vibrator further comprises a vibrator plate arranged in position and in such a manner that a gap, extending across a longitudinal axis of the electromagnetic vibrator is provided between the vibrator plate and at least one of said central portion or at least one permanent magnet. The electromagnetic vibrator further comprises an encasing surrounding at least a portion of the magnet arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventor: Bengt BERN
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Publication number: 20190051988Abstract: According to an embodiment, a medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an external unit and an implantable unit. The external unit includes an electronic unit operationally coupled to a transmitter coil that is configured transmit power and/or data signal over a wireless transcutaneous link, a coil unit comprising a loop structure with the transmitter coil being wound around and along at least a part of length of the loop structure, and a fixation unit configured to attach the loop structure to a user's body i) proximal to an implantable receiver coil that is configured to be implanted within a body part, and ii) around a body part of a user such that a part of the body part is positioned in a hollow section of the loop structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventor: Bengt BERN