Patents by Inventor Claude F. F. Ricard

Claude F. F. Ricard 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).

  • Patent number: 4207441
    Abstract: An equipment is described using n electrode sets implanted in the cochlea at n different locations for allowing the brain to identify n different frequencies. A receiver implant is coupled to the electrode sets through a selector and an external emitter is coupled to a single receiver coil of the implant by means of a single emitter coil. In the emitter the sound information signal is processed for forming n analysis signals of which the frequencies correspond to said n different frequencies and raster signals which are transmitted by modulating a high frequency a.c. signal. Each raster signal comprises at least n pulses of which the durations correspond to the energies to be transmitted to the n electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Bertin & Cie
    Inventors: Claude F. F. Ricard, Claude-Henri Chouard, Patrick MacLeod