Patents by Inventor Jurgen Van Vlem
Jurgen Van Vlem 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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Publication number: 20250055319Abstract: A wireless charging system for recharging batteries in a medical environment includes a charging station. The charging station may include an opening to receive batteries and an outlet for dispensing charged batteries, wherein the outlet comprises a slot in a front cover. The charging station also includes a wireless power transmitter having a transmitting antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: COVIDIEN AGInventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
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Patent number: 12166359Abstract: A wireless charging system for recharging batteries in a medical environment includes a charging station. The charging station may include an opening to receive batteries and an outlet for dispensing charged batteries, wherein the outlet comprises a slot in a front cover. The charging station also includes a wireless power transmitter having a transmitting antenna.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: COVIDIEN AGInventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
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Publication number: 20230420990Abstract: A wireless charging system for recharging batteries in a medical environment includes a charging station. The charging station may include an opening to receive batteries and an outlet for dispensing charged batteries, wherein the outlet comprises a slot in a front cover. The charging station also includes a wireless power transmitter having a transmitting antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: COVIDIEN AGInventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
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Patent number: 11799322Abstract: A wireless charging system for recharging batteries in a medical environment includes a charging station. The charging station may include an opening to receive batteries and an outlet for dispensing charged batteries, wherein the outlet comprises a slot in a front cover. The charging station also includes a wireless power transmitter having a transmitting antenna.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
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Publication number: 20230248235Abstract: A video laryngoscope including a display portion, a handle, and a camera assembly. The display portion includes a housing having a patient-facing side and a user-facing side. A display screen is disposed on the user-facing side and configured to display images captured by the camera assembly. An infrared window is disposed at another position on the video laryngoscope, such as on the patient-facing side of the housing. Infrared signals for pairing the video laryngoscope to other devices, such as monitors or external display screens, may be transmitted through the infrared window. For instance, an infrared receiver of the video laryngoscope may receive infrared signals through the infrared window and/or an infrared transmitter of the video laryngoscope may transmit infrared signals through the infrared window.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jürgen Van Vlem
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Publication number: 20230029630Abstract: A wireless charging system for recharging batteries in a medical environment includes a charging station. The charging station may include an opening to receive batteries and an outlet for dispensing charged batteries, wherein the outlet comprises a slot in a front cover. The charging station also includes a wireless power transmitter having a transmitting antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: COVIDIEN AGInventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
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Patent number: 11502546Abstract: A wireless charging system for recharging batteries in a medical environment includes a charging station. The charging station may include an opening to receive batteries and an outlet for dispensing charged batteries, wherein the outlet comprises a slot in a front cover. The charging station also includes a wireless power transmitter having a transmitting antenna.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: COVIDIEN AGInventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
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Publication number: 20220257092Abstract: A laryngoscope system includes a light source configured to emit light, a camera configured to obtain image data, and a blade having a channel sized to fit over the light source and the camera. The channel includes a closed end surface, a lateral surface, and a texture or a coating applied to the lateral surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Michael Ng, Jürgen Van Vlem, Hoi Cheung Wong
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Patent number: 11241193Abstract: Evaluating an implanted hearing prosthesis, including operating the implanted hearing prosthesis, capturing sound generated by a transducer of the prosthesis during said operation, and comparing the captured sound to a sound model.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Kyun Thibaut, Jurgen Van Vlem, Christiane D'hondt, Florent Hubert-Brierre, Kristof Buytaert, Hans Bernhard, Grégoire Meylan, Martin Junghans, Susanne Gentner
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Publication number: 20210257856Abstract: A wireless charging system for recharging batteries in a medical environment includes a charging station. The charging station may include an opening to receive batteries and an outlet for dispensing charged batteries, wherein the outlet comprises a slot in a front cover. The charging station also includes a wireless power transmitter having a transmitting antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
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Publication number: 20210051426Abstract: An auditory prosthesis includes a fixation system manufactured in whole or in part from a deformable material, such as a viscoelastic material. The viscoelastic material responds viscously to loads applied over an extended period of time. Thus, the material is able to accommodate growth of a recipient's anatomy without becoming disconnected or misaligned from any attachment points. This allows the device to accommodate growth of a recipient over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Cochlear LimitedInventor: Jürgen Van Vlem
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Patent number: 10805744Abstract: An auditory prosthesis includes a fixation system manufactured in whole or in part from a deformable material, such as a viscoelastic material. The viscoelastic material responds viscously to loads applied over an extended period of time. Thus, the material is able to accommodate growth of a recipient's anatomy without becoming disconnected or misaligned from any attachment points. This allows the device to accommodate growth of a recipient over time.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITEDInventor: Jürgen Van Vlem
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Publication number: 20180279949Abstract: Evaluating an implanted hearing prosthesis, including operating the implanted hearing prosthesis, capturing sound generated by a transducer of the prosthesis during said operation, and comparing the captured sound to a sound model.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Kyun Thibaut, Jurgen Van Vlem, Christiane D'hondt, Florent Hubert-Brierre, Kristof Buytaert, Hans Bernhard, Grégoire Meylan, Martin Junghans, Susanne Gentner
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Patent number: 9986947Abstract: Evaluating an implanted hearing prosthesis, including operating the implanted hearing prosthesis, capturing sound generated by a transducer of the prosthesis during said operation, and comparing the captured sound to a sound model.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Kyun Thibaut, Jurgen Van Vlem, Christiane D'hondt, Florent Hubert-Brierre, Kristof Buytaert, Hans Bernhard, Grégoire Meylan, Martin Junghans, Susanne Gentner
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Publication number: 20160059013Abstract: An auditory prosthesis includes a fixation system manufactured in whole or in part from a deformable material, such as a viscoelastic material. The viscoelastic material responds viscously to loads applied over an extended period of time. Thus, the material is able to accommodate growth of a recipient's anatomy without becoming disconnected or misaligned from any attachment points. This allows the device to accommodate growth of a recipient over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventor: Jürgen Van Vlem
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Publication number: 20140288356Abstract: A computer-implemented method including energizing an actuator of an auditory prosthesis with a driving signal, de-energizing the actuator, obtaining information indicative of a momentum-indicative parameter of the actuator while the actuator is de-energized, and evaluating the obtained information, and assessing actuator performance based on the action of evaluating.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventor: Jurgen VAN VLEM
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Publication number: 20140107526Abstract: Evaluating an implanted hearing prosthesis, including operating the implanted hearing prosthesis, capturing sound generated by a transducer of the prosthesis during said operation, and comparing the captured sound to a sound model.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventors: Kyun Thibaut, Jurgen Van Vlem, Christiane D'hondt, Florent Hubert-Brierre, Kristof Buytaert
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Publication number: 20120215055Abstract: A transducer comprising a main and an auxiliary diaphragm. Each of these diaphragms are coupled to opposite sides of a central shaft located internal to the transducer. Further, the diaphragms may have similar thicknesses and areas. A difference in the pressure internal to the transducer and external to the transducer may result in a force being exerted onto the diaphragm on each side. These forces are transferred from the diaphragms to the central shaft where they may cancel out each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Jürgen VAN VLEM, Bruno Onkelinx