Patents by Inventor Julia Mitchell

Julia Mitchell 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: 20210330964
    Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for a stimulator unit in a medical device, such as an implantable component of a cochlear implant. In embodiments, the stimulator unit comprises a bottom wall configured to be substantially contacting a temporal bone of a recipient, and a top wall positioned opposite the bottom wall, wherein a cross section of the stimulator unit has an outer profile substantially parallel to the bottom wall and the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Grahame Walling, James G.E. Smith, Julia Mitchell, Krishna Sivaraman, Graeme Vincent
  • Patent number: 11090484
    Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for a stimulator unit in a medical device, such as an implantable component of a cochlear implant. In embodiments, the stimulator unit comprises a bottom wall configured to be substantially contacting a temporal bone of a recipient, and a top wall positioned opposite the bottom wall, wherein a cross section of the stimulator unit has an outer profile substantially parallel to the bottom wall and the top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Grahame Walling, James G. E. Smith, Julia Mitchell, Krishna Sivaraman, Graeme Vincent
  • Publication number: 20150165192
    Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for a stimulator unit in a medical device, such as an implantable component of a cochlear implant. In embodiments, the stimulator unit comprises a bottom wall configured to be substantially contacting a temporal bone of a recipient, and a top wall positioned opposite the bottom wall, wherein a cross section of the stimulator unit has an outer profile substantially parallel to the bottom wall and the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Grahame Walling, James G.E. Smith, Julia Mitchell, Krisnha Sivaraman, Graeme Vincent
  • Publication number: 20140163626
    Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for a stimulator unit in a medical device, such as an implantable component of a cochlear implant. In embodiments, the stimulator unit comprises a bottom wall configured to be substantially contacting a temporal bone of a recipient, and a top wall positioned opposite the bottom wall, wherein a cross section of the stimulator unit has an outer profile substantially parallel to the bottom wall and the top wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Grahame Walling, James G.E. Smith, Julia Mitchell, Krishna Sivaraman, Graeme Vincent
  • Patent number: 6039629
    Abstract: A nursing pad for absorbing milk leaking from a lactating user's nipple. The nursing pad includes a water impermeable exterior layer has a center region, an outer perimeter, a concave inner face, and a convex outer face. The inner face of the exterior layer defines an inner space in which a plurality of coextensive generally hemispherical inner layers are disposed. The plurality of inner layers comprises first, second, third and fourth inner layers: the first inner layer is positioned adjacent the inner face of the exterior layer; the second and third inner layers is interposed between the first and fourth inner layers; and the third inner layer is interposed between the second and fourth inner layers. The first and third inner layer each comprise a woven fabric material. The second inner layer comprises a water absorbing material. The fourth inner layer comprises a water permeable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventor: Julia Mitchell