Patents by Inventor Charles Roger

Charles Roger 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).

  • PWM SCREENING IN A CAMERA
    Publication number: 20190250366
    Abstract: A miniature camera having an image sensor; an actuator which includes conductive components capable of conducting a pulse width modulation drive signal for driving the actuator; and a screening component located between the conductive components of the actuator and the image sensor, the screening component being electrically isolated from the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: James Howarth, Andrew Benjamin David Brown, Igor Gotlibovych, Robin Eddington, Ian Edward Charles Rogers, Nicholas Henry Reddall
  • RETENTION MAGNET SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190239007
    Abstract: An external portion of an auditory prosthesis includes an external magnet that interacts with an implantable magnet to hold the external portion against the skin. Magnetic force generated by the stray field of these magnets can disturb the operation of a vibrating element of the auditory prosthesis. The technologies described herein utilize additional magnets disposed within portions of the auditory prosthesis to redirect the magnetic flux, which allows the vibrating element to be disposed more closely to the magnets, reducing the overall height profile of the prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Patrik KENNES, Charles Roger Aaron LEIGH, Kenneth OPLINGER, Paul Michael CARTER, Jonathan DIOLASO, Scott IBBOTSON, Irene Tsimos DIOLASO
  • MAGNET MANAGEMENT MRI COMPATIBILITY
    Publication number: 20190151653
    Abstract: An implantable medical device, including a magnet and a body encompassing the magnet, wherein the implantable medical device includes structural components in the body configured to move away from one another upon initial rotation of the magnet relative to the body when the magnet is subjected to an externally generated magnetic field, thereby limiting rotation of the magnet beyond the initial rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Charles Roger Aaron LEIGH, Grahame Michael David WALLING, Mark Alan VON HUBEN, James VANDYKE, Nam Long TUONG
  • IMPLANT MAGNET SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190022380
    Abstract: A magnetic alignment system that can form part of a cochlear implant system. The magnetic alignment system prevents substantial movement of a magnet of an implanted component during an MRI procedure or allows for easy removal of the magnet to facilitate the MRI procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Gibson, Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Frank Risi, David Walker
  • MONOLITHIC COMPONENT FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190015662
    Abstract: A monolithic implantable medical device component includes multiple portions on a single substrate. The portions can be electrically connected to an electronics module, which may include output connectors and input connectors to and from the various portions of the substrate. A portion of the monolithic component to be disposed within, attached to, embedded in, or otherwise combined with a magnet retention feature, such as a plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Milind Chandrakant RAJE, Martin Joseph SVEHLA, Charles Roger LEIGH
  • Magnet management MRI compatibility
    Patent number: 10130807
    Abstract: An implantable medical device, including a magnet and a body encompassing the magnet, wherein the implantable medical device includes structural components in the body configured to move away from one another upon initial rotation of the magnet relative to the body when the magnet is subjected to an externally generated magnetic field, thereby limiting rotation of the magnet beyond the initial rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Grahame Michael David Walling, Mark Alan Von Huben, James Vandyke, Nam Long Tuong
  • MAGNET SUPPORT OF AN IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20180303602
    Abstract: An implantable prosthesis, including an implantable component including an implantable magnet assembly, wherein the magnet assembly includes a magnet plated with a metallic substance, the magnet assembly includes a housing made at least in part of a polymer, wherein at least a portion of the housing made out of the polymer is in direct contact with the metallic substance, and the implantable component is configured to be implanted in a human such that the housing is exposed to body fluids thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Roger Aaron LEIGH
  • SHOCK AND IMPACT MANAGEMENT OF AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE DURING NON USE
    Publication number: 20180279061
    Abstract: An implantable component, such as by way of example, an implantable component of a transcutaneous bone conduction device, the implantable component comprising a piezoelectric transducer, wherein the implantable component is configured to temporarily prevent the piezoelectric transducer from moving inside the housing while the housing is implanted in the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Joris WALRAEVENS, Charles Roger Aaron LEIGH, Rishubh VERMA, Katrien GEERAERTS, Kristof I. BUYTAERT, Kenneth OPLINGER
  • TESTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING RUNOUT
    Publication number: 20180252608
    Abstract: A testing apparatus for minimizing runout of a rotating assembly includes a measurement device and a runout evaluator. The measurement device measures a distance to a surface. The runout evaluator obtains a first runout of a surface of a first member of the rotating assembly from the measurement device. The first runout has a magnitude and a phase. The runout evaluator obtains a second runout of a surface of a second member of the rotating assembly from the measurement device. The second runout has a magnitude and a phase. The runout evaluator determines a rotational position of the first member relative to the second member which results in a reduced runout of the rotating assembly. The determination of the rotational position is based on the magnitude and the phase of the first runout and the magnitude and the phase of the second runout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Yaskawa America, Inc.
    Inventors: John Charles ROGERS, Clark Thomas TELLA
  • Implant magnet system
    Patent number: 10058702
    Abstract: A magnetic alignment system that can form part of a cochlear implant system. The magnetic alignment system prevents substantial movement of a magnet of an implanted component during an MRI procedure or allows for easy removal of the magnet to facilitate the MRI procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Peter Gibson, Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Frank Risi, David Walker
  • FEEDTHROUGH PLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20180169410
    Abstract: A device, including a housing of a medical device configured to be implanted in a human recipient, the housing having at least one opening on one side of the housing, and a linear feedthrough assembly, wherein the linear feedthrough assembly closes the opening, the housing has a length, a width, and a height, wherein the height is the smallest dimension, and the opening is located in at least about the center of at least one of the length or the width, and the opening faces a direction normal to a plane established by the length and the width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Charles Roger Aaron LEIGH, Wilson FUNG
  • MAGNET PLACEMENT AND ANTENNA PLACEMENT OF AN IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20180146308
    Abstract: An implantable medical device, such as a cochlear implant, a bone conduction device or a middle ear implant, including a magnet, and an electromagnetic communication wire forming, with respect to two dimensions, an enclosed boundary, wherein the magnet is located outside of the enclosed boundary. In an exemplary embodiment, the magnet is located in a container, and can revolve within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Charles Roger Aaron LEIGH, Grahame Michael David WALLING
  • Analyte mass spectrometry quantitation using a universal reporter
    Patent number: 9945867
    Abstract: Quantitation of analytes, including but not limited to peptides, polypeptides, and proteins, in mass spectrometry using a labeled peptide coupled to a reporter, and a universal reporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific GmbH
    Inventors: Joel Louette, John Charles Rogers, Scott M. Peterman, Bruno Domon, Elodie Duriez
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC ARTICLE HANDLING
    Publication number: 20180086489
    Abstract: A robotic handling apparatus includes a vertical motion mechanism and a first arm member connected to the vertical motion mechanism. The first arm member is movable in a vertical direction by the vertical motion mechanism. The robotic handling apparatus includes a second arm member connected to the vertical motion mechanism via the first arm member, and a first drive unit configured to drive the second arm member to pivot about a first axis. An end effector is connected to the second arm to transfer an article from a first position to a second position by the motion of the vertical motion mechanism, first arm member, and second arm member, the first arm member being mounted to a side of the vertical motion mechanism relative to the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: YASKAWA AMERICA INC.
    Inventors: John Charles ROGERS, Carl Michael TRAYNOR
  • IMPLANTABLE STIMULATING ASSEMBLY WITH LIMITED COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20180056067
    Abstract: An electric hearing prosthesis, wherein the electric hearing prosthesis includes an implantable portion configured to electrically stimulate a cochlea to evoke a hearing percept, and an external portion configured to be in wired communication with the implantable portion, wherein the electronic components of the implantable portion are all passive electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Roger Aaron LEIGH
  • DISTRIBUTED IMPLANTABLE HEARING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180028825
    Abstract: Presented herein are distributed implantable hearing systems that have at least a main implant module that is physically separated from a distally positioned inner radio-frequency (RF) coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Roger Aaron Leigh
  • Implantable Magnet Arrangements
    Publication number: 20180028818
    Abstract: Presented herein are magnet arrangements for use with encapsulated implantable components. An implantable component comprises an implant body and a plurality of wire loops forming an internal coil that are encapsulated in a biocompatible overmolding. The implantable component also comprises a bone fixture positioned proximate to the plurality of wire loops and an implantable magnet attached to the bone fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Marcus Andersson, Daniel Smyth, Fysh Dadd, Kristien Johanna Maria Verhoeven, Claudiu G. Treaba, Jonathon Kirk, Charles Roger Aaron Leigh
  • ROBOTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORT OF A WORKPIECE
    Publication number: 20180012789
    Abstract: A robotic apparatus for transporting a workpiece includes a first arm that pivots about a first axis and a second arm that is pivotably connected to the first arm. The second arm has a surface upon which the workpiece can be received. A first drive unit of the robotic apparatus drives the first arm member to pivot about the first axis. The robotic apparatus includes a controller that controls the first drive unit to move the surface of the second arm member to transport the workpiece. The control unit also controls the first drive unit such that the surface is not moved at an acceleration value that exceeds a predetermined acceleration limit during the transport of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HANDA, John D. PAYNE, John Charles ROGERS, Carl Michael TRAYNOR
  • Methods and reagents for biomolecule labeling, enrichment and gentle elution
    Patent number: 9835629
    Abstract: Methods and sets of non-biological reagents (elution reagents, tag isomers, tag reactive groups, crosslinkers) for single or multiplexed capture and gentle elution of biomolecules. Examples are provided using amine- and cysteine-reactive reagents for enrichment of proteins, peptides, and rare peptide modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: John Charles Rogers, Ryan Daniel Bomgarden, Christopher Laurence Etienne, Eric Leigh Hommema
  • Inductive signal transfer in an implantable medical device
    Patent number: 9821155
    Abstract: An implantable medical device having a hermetically-sealed biocompatible housing configured to be implanted in a recipient. The implantable medical device includes at least one trans-housing transformer configured to transfer electrical signals through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Tony Burch