Patents by Inventor Mark Balke

Mark Balke 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).

  • Self-adjustment of a hearing aid and hearing aid
    Patent number: 8848954
    Abstract: The adjustment of the signal processing carried out by a hearing aid to the individual hearing loss of a user is intended to be simplified. For this purpose, a number of predefined adjustment programs, from which the user selects a suitable program by operating an operating element, are provided in the hearing aid. Neither a visit to a hearing aid acoustician nor special adjustment devices is/are required for adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Balke, Ulrich Giese
  • Hearing aid with connecting element serving for retention in concha
    Patent number: 8416974
    Abstract: A hearing aid device has a shell that fits into the upper part of the concha of the outer ear of a hearing-impaired person, and connecting element that is held in the concha of the outer ear and terminates in an ear piece in the ear canal. The combination of the shell and the connecting element in the concha retain the hearing aid in the outer ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Knud Ammitzboll, Mark Balke, Uwe Rass
  • SELF-ADJUSTMENT OF A HEARING AID AND HEARING AID
    Publication number: 20110051964
    Abstract: The adjustment of the signal processing carried out by a hearing aid to the individual hearing loss of a user is intended to be simplified. For this purpose, a number of predefined adjustment programs, from which the user selects a suitable program by operating an operating element, are provided in the hearing aid. Neither a visit to a hearing aid acoustician nor special adjustment devices is/are required for adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Mark Balke, Ulrich Giese
  • Hearing aid with sound tube serving for retention in concha
    Patent number: 7856111
    Abstract: A hearing aid device has a custom-fit shell that fits into the helix lock area of the outer ear of a hearing-impaired person, and an RIC tube that is held in the concha of the outer ear and terminates in the ear canal. The combination of the custom-fit shell and the RIC tube in the concha retain the hearing aid in the outer ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Balke, Uwe Rass, Knud Ammitzboll
  • Hearing Aid with Connecting Element Serving for Retention in Concha
    Publication number: 20090202094
    Abstract: A hearing aid device has a shell that fits into the upper part of the concha of the outer ear of a hearing-impaired person, and connecting element that is held in the concha of the outer ear and terminates in an ear piece in the ear canal. The combination of the shell and the connecting element in the concha retain the hearing aid in the outer ear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Knud Ammitzboll, Mark Balke, Uwe Rass
  • Hearing aid with sound tube serving for retention in concha
    Publication number: 20080095392
    Abstract: A hearing aid device has a custom-fit shell that fits into the helix lock area of the outer ear of a hearing-impaired person, and an RIC tube that is held in the concha of the outer ear and terminates in the ear canal. The combination of the custom-fit shell and the RIC tube in the concha retain the hearing aid in the outer ear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Balke, Uwe Rass, Kund Ammitzboll