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).

  • Publication number: 20230420990
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: COVIDIEN AG
    Inventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
  • Patent number: 11799322
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
  • Publication number: 20230248235
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jürgen Van Vlem
  • Publication number: 20230029630
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: COVIDIEN AG
    Inventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
  • Patent number: 11502546
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: COVIDIEN AG
    Inventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
  • Publication number: 20220257092
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Michael Ng, Jürgen Van Vlem, Hoi Cheung Wong
  • Patent number: 11241193
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Kyun Thibaut, Jurgen Van Vlem, Christiane D'hondt, Florent Hubert-Brierre, Kristof Buytaert, Hans Bernhard, Grégoire Meylan, Martin Junghans, Susanne Gentner
  • Publication number: 20210257856
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Ng, Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Jurgen Van Vlem, Jakob Struik
  • Publication number: 20210051426
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Jürgen Van Vlem
  • Patent number: 10805744
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
    Inventor: Jürgen Van Vlem
  • Publication number: 20180279949
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kyun Thibaut, Jurgen Van Vlem, Christiane D'hondt, Florent Hubert-Brierre, Kristof Buytaert, Hans Bernhard, Grégoire Meylan, Martin Junghans, Susanne Gentner
  • Patent number: 9986947
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Kyun Thibaut, Jurgen Van Vlem, Christiane D'hondt, Florent Hubert-Brierre, Kristof Buytaert, Hans Bernhard, Grégoire Meylan, Martin Junghans, Susanne Gentner
  • Publication number: 20160059013
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Jürgen Van Vlem
  • Publication number: 20140288356
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Jurgen VAN VLEM
  • Publication number: 20140107526
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Kyun Thibaut, Jurgen Van Vlem, Christiane D'hondt, Florent Hubert-Brierre, Kristof Buytaert
  • Publication number: 20120215055
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Jürgen VAN VLEM, Bruno Onkelinx