Patents by Inventor Dominik Kaltenbacher

Dominik Kaltenbacher 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).

  • Publication number: 20220023632
    Abstract: In order to use the residual hearing in patients indicated for a cochlear implant (CI), it is advantageous to supplement the electrical stimulation of the cochlear implant with an acoustic stimulation. Such residual hearing is usually present in a frequency range below one kilohertz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias Fritzsche, Dominik Kaltenbacher, Jonathan Schächtele, Florian Strobl
  • Publication number: 20210211815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for charging an electrical device worn in the ear canal, wherein the electrical device is arranged in the ear of a person and a charging module for transmitting electrical energy is connected to the electrical device arranged in the ear. The invention also relates to an electrical device with which such a method may be carried out, a charging module with which such a method may be carried out, and a hearing system with which such a method may be carried out. The electrical device may advantageously be a hearing device or also a hearable or a Smart headphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Tobias Fritzsche, Dominik Kaltenbacher, Jonathan Schächtele, Florian Strobl, Martin Theuring
  • Publication number: 20210211811
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hearing aid comprising a an eardrum module and an ear canal module, the eardrum module being able to be arranged to be in contact with the eardrum of a person and the ear canal module being able to be arranged in the ear canal of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Tobias Fritzsche, Dominik Kaltenbacher, Jonathan Schachtele, Florian Strobl, Martin Theuring
  • Patent number: 10661075
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic implant comprising an elongate electrode carrier having a plurality of stimulation electrodes that can be introduced into a cochlea and comprising a flat sound transducer that is excitable to vibrate at least regionally by applying a voltage, with the sound transducer being configured such that it is arrangeable in, on and/or in front of a round window or an oval window or a surgically created third window of an ear and/or in a round window niche of an ear, covering the corresponding window at least partially or completely, such that vibrations of the sound transducer effect sound vibrations through the corresponding window, with the elongate electrode carrier extending through a surface of the flat sound transducer that extends, when the sound transducer is arranged in front of the corresponding window, at least partially over the corresponding window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Vibrosonic GmbH
    Inventors: Jonathan Schächtele, Dominik Kaltenbacher
  • Patent number: 10206045
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sound transducer for producing sound vibrations, which can be inserted in an ear and can be used in particular for an implantable hearing aid. The sound transducer has at least one carrier layer and at least one piezoelectric layer, as a result of which a deflection via a bimorph principle is achieved, or a deflection can be detected by picking up a voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Vibrosonic GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Kaltenbacher, Armin Schäfer, Jonathan Schächtele, Hans Zenner, Erich Goll, Ernst Dahlhoff, Paul Muralt, Janine Conde
  • Publication number: 20180021568
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic implant comprising an elongate electrode carrier having a plurality of stimulation electrodes that can be introduced into a cochlea and comprising a flat sound transducer that is excitable to vibrate at least regionally by applying a voltage, with the sound transducer being configured such that it is arrangeable in, on and/or in front of a round window or an oval window or a surgically created third window of an ear and/or in a round window niche of an ear, covering the corresponding window at least partially or completely, such that vibrations of the sound transducer effect sound vibrations through the corresponding window, with the elongate electrode carrier extending through a surface of the flat sound transducer that extends, when the sound transducer is arranged in front of the corresponding window, at least partially over the corresponding window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Schächtele, Dominik Kaltenbacher
  • Publication number: 20170094417
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sound transducer for producing sound vibrations, which can be inserted in an ear and can be used in particular for an implantable hearing aid. The sound transducer has at least one carrier layer and at least one piezoelectric layer, as a result of which a deflection via a bimorph principle is achieved, or a deflection can be detected by picking up a voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Dominik Kaltenbacher, Armin Schäfer, Jonathan Schächtele, Hans Zenner, Erich Goll, Ernst Dahlhoff, Paul Muralt, Janine Conde
  • Patent number: 9497556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sound transducer for producing sound vibrations, which can be inserted in an ear and can be used in particular for an implantable hearing aid. The sound transducer has at least one carrier layer and at least one piezoelectric layer, as a result of which a deflection via a bimorph principle is achieved, or a deflection can be detected by picking up a voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Dominik Kaltenbacher, Armin Schäfer, Jonathan Schächtele, Hans Zenner, Erich Goll, Ernst Dalhoff, Paul Muralt, Janine Conde
  • Publication number: 20120053393
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sound transducer for producing sound vibrations, which can be inserted in an ear and can be used in particular for an implantable hearing aid. The sound transducer has at least one carrier layer and at least one piezoelectric layer, as a result of which a deflection via a bimorph principle is achieved, or a deflection can be detected by picking up a voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Dominik Kaltenbacher, Armin Schäfer, Jonathan Schächtele, Hans Zenner, Erich Goll, Ernst Dalhoff, Paul Muralt, Janine Conde