Patents by Inventor Marcus Andersson

Marcus Andersson 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).

  • ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER WITH EXPANDED MAGNETIC FLUX FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20150373461
    Abstract: An apparatus, including an external component of a medical device including an electromagnetic actuator configured such that static magnetic flux of the electromagnetic actuator removably retains the external component to a recipient thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Marcus ANDERSSON, Johan GUSTAFSSON, Kristian ASNES
  • Data transmission through a recipient's skull bone
    Patent number: 9191759
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data transmission through a recipient's skull bone. In one aspect of the present technology there is provided a bilateral system, comprising a first mechanical stimulator configured to transmit first data through vibrations of a skull of a recipient, and a sensor device configured to receive the first transmitted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Martin E. Hillbratt, Marcus Andersson
  • SIGNAL CONDUCTING COUPLING
    Publication number: 20150312686
    Abstract: A device including a prosthesis including an external component configured to output a signal in response to an external stimulus and a skin penetrating component configured to communicatively transfer the signal at least partially beneath skin of the recipient, wherein the device is configured such that the skin penetrating component can move in a plurality of degrees of freedom relative to the external component while retained to the external component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Johan GUSTAFSSON, Marcus ANDERSSON
  • PERCUTANEOUS VIBRATION CONDUCTOR
    Publication number: 20150312687
    Abstract: A device, comprising a prosthesis including an external component configured to output a signal in response to an external stimulus and a skin penetrating component configured to communicatively transfer the signal at least partially beneath skin of the recipient, wherein the skin penetrating component is configured to extend into skin of the recipient and substantially lay above a surface of bone of a recipient in abutting contact thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Marcus ANDERSSON
  • REMOVABLE ATTACHMENT OF A PASSIVE TRANSCUTANEOUS BONE CONDUCTION DEVICE WITH LIMITED SKIN DEFORMATION
    Publication number: 20150249894
    Abstract: An external component including a vibratory portion configured to vibrate in response to a sound signal to evoke a hearing percept via bone conduction and including a coupling portion configured to removably attach the external component to an outer surface of skin of a recipient of the hearing prosthesis while imparting deformation to the skin of the recipient at a location of the attachment, in a one-gravity environment, of an amount that is about equal to or equal to that which results from the external component having mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Marcus ANDERSSON, Kristian ASNES, Erik Martin HOLGERSSON
  • Hearing prosthesis with a piezoelectric actuator
    Patent number: 9107013
    Abstract: A hearing prosthesis including an actuator. The actuator includes a material that deforms in response to an electrical signal and that is adapted to, upon implantation in a recipient, transmit vibrations representative of a sound signal to an organ of the recipient, wherein the material is at least partially exposed to at least one of body tissue and fluid of the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Marcus Andersson, Bart Valckaerts
  • IMPLANT ABUTMENT
    Publication number: 20150215711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a percutaneous implant abutment for bone anchored implant devices adapted to be anchored in the craniofacial region of a person, such as bone anchored hearing aids. The abutment comprises a skin penetration body having a skin contacting surface. The skin contacting surface has been modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Marcus ANDERSSON
  • BONE CONDUCTION IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20150215696
    Abstract: An apparatus for a bone conduction implant, comprising a bone fixture including a screw thread configured to screw into a skull, wherein at least a section of the screw thread is non-uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Goran BJORN, Marcus ANDERSSON, Stefan MAGNANDER, Stellan JOHANSSON
  • Removable attachment of a passive transcutaneous bone conduction device with limited skin deformation
    Patent number: 9049527
    Abstract: An external component including a vibratory portion configured to vibrate in response to a sound signal to evoke a hearing percept via bone conduction and including a coupling portion configured to removably attach the external component to an outer surface of skin of a recipient of the hearing prosthesis while imparting deformation to the skin of the recipient at a location of the attachment, in a one-gravity environment, of an amount that is about equal to or equal to that which results from the external component having mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Marcus Andersson, Kristian Asnes, Erik Martin Holgersson
  • ALTERNATE STIMULATION STRATEGIES FOR PERCEPTION OF SPEECH
    Publication number: 20150119635
    Abstract: A system, including a first prosthetic device configured to evoke a hearing percept based on a first ambient sound and a second non-invasive device configured to stimulate skin based on a second ambient sound generated by a voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Johan Gustafsson, Martin Hillbratt, Kristian Asnes, Marcus Andersson
  • CONTRALATERAL SOUND CAPTURE WITH RESPECT TO STIMULATION ENERGY SOURCE
    Publication number: 20150110322
    Abstract: A hearing prosthesis system, including a sound capture device configured to capture a sound and generate a signal based on the captured sound, and a vibratory portion configured to vibrate in response to the signal to evoke a hearing percept via bone conduction, wherein the system is configured to capture the sound on a first side of a recipient where the sound capture device is located and transfer the signal to a second side of the recipient where the vibratory portion is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Marcus ANDERSSON
  • Implant abutment
    Patent number: 9005202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a percutaneous implant abutment for bone anchored implant devices adapted to be anchored in the craniofacial region of a person, such as bone anchored hearing aids. The abutment comprises a skin penetration body having a skin contacting surface. The skin contacting surface has been modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Marcus Andersson
  • DEVICES FOR ENHANCING TRANSMISSIONS OF STIMULI IN AUDITORY PROSTHESES
    Publication number: 20150063611
    Abstract: A resilient element is used to bias a vibration element of an auditory prosthesis towards the skin of a recipient. This helps improve transmission of vibration stimuli to the recipient. Additionally, the resilient element helps reduce feedback caused by the vibration element vibrating in close proximity to sound processing components contained within the auditory prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Evert Gustaf Hillbratt, Henrik Fyrlund, Marcus Andersson
  • VIBRATION ISOLATION IN A BONE CONDUCTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150016649
    Abstract: A bone conduction device, including a bone fixture adapted to be fixed to bone, a vibratory element adapted to be attached to the bone fixture and configured to vibrate in response to sound signals, and a vibration isolator adapted to be disposed between the vibratory element and the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Carl VAN HIMBEECK, Marcus ANDERSSON, David N. MORRIS, Gunnar Kristian Åsnes
  • Transcutaneous bone conduction system
    Patent number: 8913770
    Abstract: A transcutaneous bone conduction system comprising a bone conduction device configured to vibrate in response to received sound. The system also comprises a totally implantable support apparatus positionable under a recipient's skin, comprising: a fixture configured to be implanted in the skull, and a substantially rigid cradle. The cradle has opposing, spaced plates connected by a bridge member, wherein a first of the plates is configured to be secured to the fixture and wherein the space between the plates is sufficient to receive the bone conduction device, and wherein the plates are configured to retain the bone conduction device against the skin proximate to the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Marcus Andersson, Patrick Wilhelm Strömsten
  • Transcutaneous bone conduction device vibrator having movable magnetic mass
    Patent number: 8891795
    Abstract: A passive transcutaneous bone conduction device configured to deliver externally-generated mechanical vibrations to a bone of a recipient's head, the device comprising: an implantable magnetic coupler configured to be rigidly attached to the bone; and an external vibrator including an actuator having a movable magnetic mass; wherein the movable magnetic mass and the magnetic coupler form a transcutaneous magnetic coupling sufficient to retain the vibrator against soft tissue covering the bone with sufficient force to facilitate delivery of mechanical vibrations from the vibrator to the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Marcus Andersson
  • DETERMINING IMPEDANCE-RELATED PHENOMENA IN VIBRATING ACTUATOR AND IDENTIFYING DEVICE SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS BASED THEREON
    Publication number: 20140286513
    Abstract: A method, including determining a change in an actuator impedance based on a change in an electrical property of a system of which the actuator is apart, and determining one or more system characteristics based on the change in the actuator impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Martin E. HILLBRATT, Kristian ASNES, Marcus Andersson, Johan Gustafsson, Mats Hojlund
  • FILTERING WELL-DEFINED FEEDBACK FROM A HARD-COUPLED VIBRATING TRANSDUCER
    Publication number: 20140288357
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a hearing prosthesis, and more particularly to a hearing prosthesis with a rigidly coupled vibrating transducer. In embodiments, the mechanical stimulating hearing prosthesis comprises, for example, at least one sound input device configured to sense a sound signal, and a transducer configured to generate a vibration based on the sound, wherein the sound input device is rigidly coupled to the transducer. Systems and methods are also described for reducing a well-defined mechanical feedback generated by a transducer in a hearing prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Martin HILLBRATT, Marcus ANDERSSON, Kristian ASNES
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER WITH SPECIFIC INTERNAL GEOMETRY
    Publication number: 20140275731
    Abstract: A device, including an electromagnetic transducer including a bobbin having a space therein, a connection apparatus in fixed relationship to the bobbin configured to transfer vibrational energy directly or indirectly at least one of to or from the electromagnetic transducer, and a passage from the space to the connection apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Marcus ANDERSSON, Tommy BERGS, Johan GUSTAFSSON, Anders KALLSVIK
  • DATA TRANSMISSION THROUGH A RECIPIENT'S SKULL BONE
    Publication number: 20140275729
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data transmission through a recipient's skull bone. In one aspect of the present technology there is provided a bilateral system, comprising a first mechanical stimulator configured to transmit first data through vibrations of a skull of a recipient, and a sensor device configured to receive the first transmitted data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Martin E. Hillbratt, Marcus Andersson