Patents by Inventor Guido F. Smoorenburg

Guido F. Smoorenburg 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: 8694113
    Abstract: A method of fitting an auditory stimulation system to a recipient the system having a plurality of channels, and the method including the steps of establishing an initial current level profile representative of a current level setting spanning across at least some of the plurality of channels and adjusting parameters of the initial current level profile in the presence of a stimulation signal. There is further included a programming apparatus adapted to be interfaced with the auditory stimulation system to allow manipulation of threshold (T) and comfort (C) levels of the system. The apparatus includes a graphical display means adapted to display a graphical representation of the current profile of the channel array and means for adjusting a current level setting of the current profile of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Guido F. Smoorenburg
  • Publication number: 20130274827
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of adjusting an established initial operational settings profile, the profile having two or more operational setting values for a speech processor of a recipient's cochlear implant, comprising: setting one or more profile adjustment functions with one or more function parameters; and modifying concurrently said two or more operational setting values in said operational settings profile using each of said set profile adjustment functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Guido F. Smoorenburg
  • Patent number: 8401656
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of adjusting an established initial operational settings profile, the profile having two or more operational setting values for a speech processor of a recipient's cochlear implant, comprising: setting one or more profile adjustment functions with one or more function parameters; and modifying concurrently said two or more operational setting values in said operational settings profile using each of said set profile adjustment functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Guido F. Smoorenburg
  • Publication number: 20090043359
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of adjusting an established initial operational settings profile, the profile having two or more operational setting values for a speech processor of a recipient's cochlear implant, comprising: setting one or more profile adjustment functions with one or more function parameters; and modifying concurrently said two or more operational setting values in said operational settings profile using each of said set profile adjustment functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Guido F. Smoorenburg
  • Publication number: 20080177354
    Abstract: A method for stimulating nerve or tissue fibers and a prosthetic hearing device implanting same. The method comprises: generating a stimulation signal comprising a plurality of pulse bursts each comprising a plurality of pulses; and distributing said plurality of pulse bursts across one or more electrodes each operatively coupled to nerve or tissue fibers such that each of said plurality of pulse bursts delivers a charge to said nerve or tissue fibers to cause dispersed firing in said nerve or tissue fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: COCHLEAR LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthijs Killian, Ernst von Wallenberg, Guido F. Smoorenburg