Patents by Inventor Jochen Nicolai

Jochen Nicolai 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: 8571674
    Abstract: The present invention provides for fitting a multimodal hearing system to a recipient. Such fitting may include determining a desired perception for an input signal, receiving a measurement of a perception evoked by applying to the recipient one or more stimulation signals that correspond to the input signal, wherein the one or more stimulation signals applied using two or more stimulation modes, and each stimulation signal is determined using stimulus mode weighting, and adjusting one or more of the stimulus mode weightings based on the difference between the measured evoked perception and the desired perception. A multimodal hearing system is able to stimulate using an acoustic, electrical, mechanical mode and/or photo effect mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Jochen Nicolai, Ernst von Wallenberg
  • Patent number: 8412341
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a Cochlear implant prosthesis to optimize the effect of stimulation for a given patient. The optimal operation mode is determined in accordance with predetermined parameters measured from the neural response of the patient's auditory system in response to a neural stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Chris Van Den Honert, Ernst Ludwig Von Wallenberg, Norbert Dillier, Wai Kong Lai, Jochen Nicolai, Mathias Stecker, Joachim Mueller-Delle, Denise Cafarelli Dees, Roland Laszig
  • Publication number: 20120290045
    Abstract: The present invention provides for fitting a multimodal hearing system to a recipient. Such fitting may include determining a desired perception for an input signal, receiving a measurement of a perception evoked by applying to the recipient one or more stimulation signals that correspond to the input signal, wherein the one or more stimulation signals applied using two or more stimulation modes, and each stimulation signal is determined using stimulus mode weighting, and adjusting one or more of the stimulus mode weightings based on the difference between the measured evoked perception and the desired perception. A multimodal hearing system is able to stimulate using an acoustic, electrical, mechanical mode and/or photo effect mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Jochen Nicolai, Ernst von Wallenberg
  • Patent number: 8265765
    Abstract: The present invention provides for fitting a multimodal hearing system to a recipient. Such fitting may include determining a desired perception for an input signal, receiving a measurement of a perception evoked by applying to the recipient one or more stimulation signals that correspond to the input signal, wherein the one or more stimulation signals applied using two or more stimulation modes, and each stimulation signal is determined using stimulus mode weighting, and adjusting one or more of the stimulus mode weightings based on the difference between the measured evoked perception and the desired perception. A multimodal hearing system is able to stimulate using an acoustic, electrical, mechanical mode and/or photo effect mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Jochen Nicolai, Ernst von Wallenberg
  • Publication number: 20070135862
    Abstract: The present invention provides for fitting a multimodal hearing system to a recipient. Such fitting may include determining a desired perception for an input signal, receiving a measurement of a perception evoked by applying to the recipient one or more stimulation signals that correspond to the input signal, wherein the one or more stimulation signals applied using two or more stimulation modes, and each stimulation signal is determined using stimulus mode weighting, and adjusting one or more of the stimulus mode weightings based on the difference between the measured evoked perception and the desired perception. A multimodal hearing system is able to stimulate using an acoustic, electrical, mechanical mode and/or photo effect mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Jochen Nicolai, Ernest Wallenberg
  • Publication number: 20060153395
    Abstract: A system for performing one or more tests on a hearing prosthesis is provided. The system is usable by the recipient of the prosthesis, to reduce a testing load on a clinician. The system has a computer that processes software instructions and outputs signals in response to said instructions; a prosthesis interface that provides transfer of signals from the computer to the prosthesis and/or from the prosthesis to the computer; and an interface that allows the recipient of the prosthesis to at least partially control at least some aspect of the tests performed on the prosthesis that is interfaced with the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Koen van Den Heuvel, Jan Janssen, Jochen Nicolai, Geert Smits
  • Patent number: 6915166
    Abstract: A method is described to allow for better selection of electrodes for neural stimulation, for example in a cochlear implant. A series of stimuli, at different stimulation levels, are provided at each electrode to be tested, and the neural response to each stimulus is measured, using an implanted electrode. A value is then calculated relating stimulus level to response, to allow the relative responsiveness of electrodes to be determined. This can then be used as the basis for a stimulation map used to select which electrodes are stimulated and at what level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Mathias Stecker, Ernst Ludwig Von Wallenberg, Norbert Dillier, Wai Kong Lai, Jochen Nicolai, Roland Laszig, Joachim Mueller-Delle, Denise Cafarelli-Dees
  • Publication number: 20050107844
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a Cochlear implant prosthesis to optimise the effect of stimulation for a given patient. The optimal operation mode is determined in accordance with predetermined parameters measured from the neural response of the patient's auditory system in response to a neural stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Chris Van Den Honert, Ernst Von Wallenberg, Norbert Dillier, Wai Kong Lai, Jochen Nicolai, Mathias Stecker, Joachim Mueller-Delle, Denise Cafarelli Dees, Roland Laszig
  • Patent number: 6751505
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a Cochlear implant prosthesis to optimise the effect of stimulation for a given patient. The optimal operation mode is determined in accordance with predetermined parameters measured from the neural response of the patient's auditory system in response to a neural stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Chris Van Den Honert, Ernst Ludwig Von Wallenberg, Norbert Diller, Wai Kong Lal, Jochen Nicolai, Mathias Stecker, Roland Laszig, Joachim Mueller-Delle, Denise Cafarelli-Dees