Patents by Inventor Erik Holgersson
Erik Holgersson 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: 11889247Abstract: A transcutaneous bone-anchored hearing aid device for a recipient patient is described.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Erik Holgersson, Tomas Johansson
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Patent number: 11882409Abstract: A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Lars Jinton, Erik Holgersson, Peter Elmberg
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Publication number: 20230179932Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid including a vibrator configured to apply a main vibration stimulation onto a skull of a recipient of the hearing aid. The vibrator may include a first assembly which comprises a magnet configured to provide a static magnetic flux and a coil configured to provide a dynamic magnetic flux based on a first current, and the coil may be wrapped around at least a part of the magnet. Furthermore, the vibrator includes a second assembly which includes a vibrator transfer unit and a suspension spring, and wherein the first assembly may be configured to move relative to the second assembly generating a first vibration based on the static and the dynamic magnetic flux, and the first vibration may be transferred to the vibrator transfer unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Johannes KOCHER, Erik HOLGERSSON
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Publication number: 20230171554Abstract: A transcutaneous bone-anchored hearing aid device for a recipient patient is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Erik HOLGERSSON, Tomas JOHANSSON
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Patent number: 11611836Abstract: A transcutaneous bone-anchored hearing aid device for a recipient patient is described.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Erik Holgersson, Tomas Johansson
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Publication number: 20210058721Abstract: A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Lars Jinton, Erik Holgersson, Peter Elmberg
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Publication number: 20210051425Abstract: A transcutaneous bone-anchored hearing aid device for a recipient patient is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Erik HOLGERSSON, Tomas JOHANSSON
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Patent number: 10750298Abstract: A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Lars Jinton, Erik Holgersson, Peter Elmberg
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Patent number: 10750297Abstract: A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Lars Jinton, Erik Holgersson, Peter Elmberg
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Publication number: 20180220246Abstract: A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Lars Jinton, Erik Holgersson, Peter Elmberg
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Publication number: 20180220245Abstract: A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Lars Jinton, Erik Holgersson, Peter Elmberg
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Patent number: 9838807Abstract: A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Lars Jinton, Erik Holgersson, Peter Elmberg
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Patent number: 9319810Abstract: A hearing prosthesis including an implantable component including a vibrator portion configured to vibrate in response to a sound signal to evoke a hearing precept and a screw portion configured to removably attach the implantable component to a recipient, wherein the vibratory portion is rigidly adhered to the screw portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: C. Roger Leigh, Wim Bervoets, Erik Holgersson, Marcus Andersson, Bart Carpentier
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Publication number: 20160038202Abstract: A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Lars Jinton, Erik Holgersson, Peter Elmberg
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Patent number: 9173042Abstract: A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Lars Jinton, Erik Holgersson, Peter Elmberg
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Patent number: 8837760Abstract: A bone conduction device comprising a multilayer piezoelectric element. The multilayer piezoelectric element comprises two stacked piezoelectric layers, and a flexible passive layer disposed between the piezoelectric layers. The device also comprises a mass component attached to the multilayer piezoelectric element; and a coupling attached to the multilayer piezoelectric element configured to transfer mechanical forces generated by the multilayer piezoelectric element and the mass component to a recipient's skull.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Marcus Andersson, Kristian Asnes, Erik Holgersson, Patrik W. Strömsten, Wim Bervoets
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Patent number: 8620015Abstract: A vibrator for generating vibrations in a bone conducting hearing device, i.e. a hearing device of the type in which the sound information is mechanically transmitted via the skull bone directly to the inner ear of a person. The vibratory movements are provided by a piezo-electric or magneto-elastic element arranged to transfer the vibrations via the skull bone from the area behind the outer ear to the inner ear. The piezo-electric or magneto-elastic element is arranged to be at least partially implanted in a surgically drilled hole directly into the mastoid bone behind the outer ear so that the vibrations are transferred directly from the element to the bone and transferred in the skull bone to the inner ear. The element is encapsulated with a bone integrating material, such as titanium or various biocompatible ceramic materials or coatings and is disc shaped and acts with a radial expansion upon electrical stimulation so that longitudinal sound waves are induced into the skull bone.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Marcus Andersson, Erik Holgersson, Lars Jinton, Patrick Strömsten
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Publication number: 20130150657Abstract: A hearing prosthesis including an implantable component including a vibrator portion configured to vibrate in response to a sound signal to evoke a hearing precept and a screw portion configured to removably attach the implantable component to a recipient, wherein the vibratory portion is rigidly adhered to the screw portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: C. Roger Leigh, Wim Bervoets, Erik Holgersson, Marcus Andersson, Bart Carpentier
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Publication number: 20100298626Abstract: A bone conduction device comprising a multilayer piezoelectric element. The multilayer piezoelectric element comprises two stacked piezoelectric layers, and a flexible passive layer disposed between the piezoelectric layers. The device also comprises a mass component attached to the multilayer piezoelectric element; and a coupling attached to the multilayer piezoelectric element configured to transfer mechanical forces generated by the multilayer piezoelectric element and the mass component to a recipient's skull.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITEDInventors: Marcus Andersson, Kristian Asnes, Erik Holgersson, Patrik W. Strömsten, Wim Bervoets
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Patent number: RE48797Abstract: A bone conduction device comprising a multilayer piezoelectric element. The multilayer piezoelectric element comprises two stacked piezoelectric layers, and a flexible passive layer disposed between the piezoelectric layers. The device also comprises a mass component attached to the multilayer piezoelectric element; and a coupling attached to the multilayer piezoelectric element configured to transfer mechanical forces generated by the multilayer piezoelectric element and the mass component to a recipient's skull.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Marcus Andersson, Kristian Asnes, Erik Holgersson, Patrik W. Stromsten, Wim Bervoets