Patents by Inventor Kirk Hansen

Kirk Hansen 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: 20220296166
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a plurality of electrode units, where each of the plurality of electrode units includes an electrode configured to provide an electrical stimulation to a user of the hearing aid and/or to measure a bio response signal of the user; a plurality of electrode channel circuits, where each of the plurality of electrode channel circuits includes: an operational amplifier comprising a first input terminal configured to receive the bio response signal and provide an amplified bio response signal, and the operational amplifier includes a first load input; a first DC offset unit configured to reduce the impact of DC offset in the electrode channel circuit of the plurality of electrode channel circuits by receiving a part of the amplified bio response signal and converting it to a feedback current signal which is transmitted to the first load input for providing balanced drain currents in the operational amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Lin ZHU, Gunnar GUDNASON, Seri JALONEN, Xiaodong LIU, Peter Søren Kirk HANSEN
  • Publication number: 20220046367
    Abstract: A hearing aid system is configured for managing the power of a wireless link. The hearing aid system includes a first hearing aid device and a mobile device, each of the devices including a transmit and receive unit for establishing a short range wireless link between the devices. At least one of the devices includes: a microphone configured to receive an acoustical audio signal; a signal processor configured to process an audio signal based on the acoustical audio signal; and first link quality estimating circuitry configured to determine rate of change of a link quality signal. The at least one of the devices is configured to transmit the link quality signal to the other device, and the other device is configured to determine a power level of transmission of an information packet based on the rate of change of the link quality signal via a power controller comprised by the other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Alberto Escolar PIEDRAS, Peter Søren Kirk HANSEN
  • Patent number: 11197108
    Abstract: A hearing aid system is configured for managing the power of a wireless link. The hearing aid system includes a first hearing aid device and a mobile device, each of the devices including a transmit and receive unit for establishing a short range wireless link between the devices. At least one of the devices includes: a microphone configured to receive an acoustical audio signal; a signal processor configured to process an audio signal based on the acoustical audio signal; and first link quality estimating circuitry configured to determine rate of change of a link quality signal. The at least one of the devices is configured to transmit the link quality signal to the other device, and the other device is configured to determine a power level of transmission of an information packet based on the rate of change of the link quality signal via a power controller comprised by the other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Alberto Escolar Piedras, Peter Søren Kirk Hansen
  • Publication number: 20210219542
    Abstract: The invention includes compositions and methods for storage of at least one blood component of blood in a blood product. In certain embodiments, the blood component is contacted with a composition comprising adenosine and sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) prior to storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: ANGELO D'ALESSANDRO, TRAVIS NEMKOV, KIRK HANSEN, YANG XIA
  • Patent number: 11051296
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a system comprising a first audio source unit and at least a second audio source unit each comprising; a connection management interface for connecting to a network topology, a protocol management interface, a management link and a communication link, and during a configuration period the first audio source unit may be configured to listen for a notification packet via the management link, and, based on a first criteria, the first audio source unit may be configured to establish, via the protocol management interface, a communication group and a respective communication frame. Furthermore, where the first audio source unit may be a coordinator of the communication group, the coordinator may then be configured to establish notification packets in the communication frame, and the notification packets may then be transmitted via the management link assigned to a first time interval in the communication frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne Klemmensen, Peter Søren Kirk Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200236476
    Abstract: A hearing aid system is configured for managing the power of a wireless link. The hearing aid system includes a first hearing aid device and a mobile device, each of the devices including a transmit and receive unit for establishing a short range wireless link between the devices. At least one of the devices includes: a microphone configured to receive an acoustical audio signal; a signal processor configured to process an audio signal based on the acoustical audio signal; and first link quality estimating circuitry configured to determine rate of change of a link quality signal. The at least one of the devices is configured to transmit the link quality signal to the other device, and the other device is configured to determine a power level of transmission of an information packet based on the rate of change of the link quality signal via a power controller comprised by the other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Alberto Escolar PIEDRAS, Peter Søren Kirk HANSEN
  • Patent number: 10652675
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hearing aid system which is configured to power managing the power of a wireless link. The hearing aid system comprising a first hearing aid device and a mobile device, wherein each of the devices comprising a transmit unit and a receive unit for establishing a short range wireless link between the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Alberto Escolar Piedras, Peter Søren Kirk Hansen
  • Publication number: 20190075408
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hearing aid system which is configured to power managing the power of a wireless link. The hearing aid system comprising a first hearing aid device and a mobile device, wherein each of the devices comprising a transmit unit and a receive unit for establishing a short range wireless link between the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Alberto Escolar PIEDRAS, Peter Søren Kirk HANSEN
  • Publication number: 20170295573
    Abstract: A wireless communication method and a system comprising a first audio source unit and at least a second audio source unit each comprising; a connection management interface for connecting to a network topology, a protocol management interface, a management link and a communication link, and during a configuration period the first audio source unit may be configured to listen for a notification packet via the management link, and, based on a first criteria, the first audio source unit may be configured to establish, via the protocol management interface, a communication group and a respective communication frame. Furthermore, where the first audio source unit may be a coordinator of the communication group, the coordinator may then be configured to establish notification packets in the communication frame, and the notification packets may then be transmitted via the management link assigned to a first time interval in the communication frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Bjarne KLEMMENSEN, Peter Søren Kirk HANSEN
  • Publication number: 20160168151
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives useful as, inter alia, inhibitors of short chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family of NAD(P)(H) dependent oxido-reductases. More specifically, the invention relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives, including derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors, methods of making derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanaka, Chao Zhang, Kevan M. Shokat, Alma L. Burlingame, Kirk Hansen, Raynard L. Bateman, Stephen G. DiMagno
  • Publication number: 20150031881
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives useful as, inter alia, inhibitors of short chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family of NAD(P)(H) dependent oxido-reductases. More specifically, the invention relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives, including derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors, methods of making derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanaka, Chao Zhang, Kevan M. Shokat, Alma L. Burlingame, Kirk Hansen, Raynard L. Bateman, Stephen G. DiMagno
  • Patent number: 8831508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a master device and at least one slave device, e.g. two slave devices, the master device comprising a transmitter including a Tx-inductive coil, and the slave device comprising a receiver including an Rx-inductive coil. The invention further relates to a method and use. The object of the present invention is to solve one or more problems of the prior art, e.g. economize on power consumption for a wireless communications link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Crilles Bak Rasmussen, Martin Bergmann, Peter Søren Kirk Hansen
  • Publication number: 20140013492
    Abstract: Embodiments provide protective helmets configured to protect the head from linear and rotational acceleration in an impact. In various embodiments, the helmets may include an outer layer, an inner layer, and at least one intermediate layer coupled to the outer and inner layers by alternate fixation sites, thereby providing a suspension between the outer and inner layers. In various embodiments, the intermediate layer may be made from a honeycomb material, such as an aluminum honeycomb. In use, in-plane deformation of the honeycomb may allow for translation of the outer layer in a substantially tangential direction relative to the inner layer, thereby mitigating rotational acceleration imparted by the tangential impact component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Apex Biomedical Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bottlang, Steven Madey, Nathan Dau, Kirk Hansen, Ashton Wackym
  • Publication number: 20120065154
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives useful as, inter alia, inhibitors of short chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family of NAD(P)(H) dependent oxido-reductases. More specifically, the invention relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives, including derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors, methods of making derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanaka, Chao Zhang, Kevan M. Shokat, Alma L. Burlingame, Kirk Hansen, Raynard L. Bateman, Stephen G. DiMagno
  • Publication number: 20110059696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a master device and at least one slave device, e.g. two slave devices, the master device comprising a transmitter including a Tx-inductive coil, and the slave device comprising a receiver including an Rx-inductive coil. The invention further relates to a method and use. The object of the present invention is to solve one or more problems of the prior art, e.g. economize on power consumption for a wireless communications link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Crilles Bak Rasmussen, Martin Bergmann, Peter Søren Kirk Hansen
  • Patent number: 7738913
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to wirelessly communicate with a wireless communication protocol. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method performed by a hearing instrument for a user. According to various embodiments, local sound is converted into a processed acoustic signal for the user of the hearing instrument, and wireless communications within a wireless network that includes the hearing instrument is controlled using a wireless communications protocol. The wireless communications protocol includes a transmission protocol module, a link protocol module, an extended protocol module, a data protocol module, and an audio protocol module. The transmission protocol module is adapted to control transceiver operations to provide half duplex communication over a single wireless communication channel, and the link protocol module is adapted to implement a packet transmission process to account for frame collisions on the channel. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Hilpisch, Rob Duchscher, Mark Seel, Peter Soren Kirk Hansen
  • Publication number: 20090181988
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives useful as, inter alia, inhibitors of short chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family of NAD(P)(H) dependent oxido-reductases. More specifically, the invention relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives, including derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors, methods of making derivatives and analogs of SDR inhibitors and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanaka, Chao Zhang, Kevan M. Shokat, Alma L. Burlingame, Kirk Hansen, Raynard L. Bateman, Stephen G. DiMagno
  • Publication number: 20090180651
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to wirelessly communicate with a wireless communication protocol. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method performed by a hearing instrument for a user. According to various embodiments, local sound is converted into a processed acoustic signal for the user of the hearing instrument, and wireless communications within a wireless network that includes the hearing instrument is controlled using a wireless communications protocol. The wireless communications protocol includes a transmission protocol module, a link protocol module, an extended protocol module, a data protocol module, and an audio protocol module. The transmission protocol module is adapted to control transceiver operations to provide half duplex communication over a single wireless communication channel, and the link protocol module is adapted to implement a packet transmission process to account for frame collisions on the channel. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Robert E. Hilpisch, Rob Duchscher, Mark Seel, Peter Soren Kirk Hansen
  • Patent number: 7529565
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to wirelessly communicate with a wireless communication protocol. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method performed by a hearing instrument for a user. According to various embodiments, local sound is converted into a processed acoustic signal for the user of the hearing instrument, and wireless communications within a wireless network that includes the hearing instrument is controlled using a wireless communications protocol. The wireless communications protocol includes a transmission protocol module, a link protocol module, an extended protocol module, a data protocol module, and an audio protocol module. The transmission protocol module is adapted to control transceiver operations to provide half duplex communication over a single wireless communication channel, and the link protocol module is adapted to implement a packet transmission process to account for frame collisions on the channel. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignees: Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Robert E. Hilpisch, Rob Duchscher, Mark Seel, Peter Soren Kirk Hansen
  • Patent number: 7429596
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives useful as inhibitors of short chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family of NAD(P)(H) dependent oxido-reductases. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of preventing or treating disease with 1H-Pyrrolo[2.3-d]pyrimidine derivatives. More specifically, the invention relates to a 1H-Pyrrolo[2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanaka, Chao Zhang, Kevan M. Shokat, Alma L. Burlingame, Kirk Hansen, Raynard L. Bateman, Stephen G. DiMagno