Patents by Inventor Geert CARRON

Geert CARRON 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).

  • Inter-chip communications for implantable stimulating devices
    Patent number: 9141576
    Abstract: A device including a first integrated circuit (IC), a second IC configured to provide instructions to the first IC based on received data, wherein the first IC is a high-voltage IC and the second IC is a low-voltage IC, and a communication interface between the first and second ICs including a data bus of parallel data lines. The second IC is configured to select, based on the received data, one of a plurality of different communication modes for providing the instructions to the first IC via the communication interface, wherein each mode is defined by a quantity of address data and a quantity of configuration data used to provide the instructions to the first IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Tom Van Assche, Mark Janssens, Geert Carron
  • INTER-CHIP COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMPLANTABLE STIMULATING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140047154
    Abstract: A device including a first integrated circuit (IC), a second IC configured to provide instructions to the first IC based on received data, wherein the first IC is a high-voltage IC and the second IC is a low-voltage IC, and a communication interface between the first and second ICs including a data bus of parallel data lines. The second IC is configured to select, based on the received data, one of a plurality of different communication modes for providing the instructions to the first IC via the communication interface, wherein each mode is defined by a quantity of address data and a quantity of configuration data used to provide the instructions to the first IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Tom Van Assche, Mark Janssens, Geert Carron
  • Inter-chip communications for implantable stimulating devices
    Patent number: 8509908
    Abstract: A device including a first integrated circuit (IC), a second IC configured to provide instructions to the first IC based on received data, wherein the first IC is a high-voltage IC and the second IC is a low-voltage IC, and a communication interface between the first and second ICs including a data bus of parallel data lines. The second IC is configured to select, based on the received data, one of a plurality of different communication modes for providing the instructions to the first IC via the communication interface, wherein each mode is defined by a quantity of address data and a quantity of configuration data used to provide the instructions to the first IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Tom Van Assche, Mark Janssens, Geert Carron
  • INTER-CHIP COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMPLANTABLE STIMULATING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120271379
    Abstract: A device including a first integrated circuit (IC), a second IC configured to provide instructions to the first IC based on received data, wherein the first IC is a high-voltage IC and the second IC is a low-voltage IC, and a communication interface between the first and second ICs including a data bus of parallel data lines. The second IC is configured to select, based on the received data, one of a plurality of different communication modes for providing the instructions to the first IC via the communication interface, wherein each mode is defined by a quantity of address data and a quantity of configuration data used to provide the instructions to the first IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Tom VAN ASSCHE, Mark JANSSENS, Geert CARRON