Patents by Inventor Markus Michael Heerlein

Markus Michael Heerlein 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).

  • HEADPIECES, IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210299456
    Abstract: A cochlear implant headpiece in accordance with one of the present inventions includes a housing including a top wall, a bottom wall and a receptacle that extends from the top wall to the bottom wall, that defines an open top end, an open bottom end and a central axis, and that includes a receptacle lock member, a magnet apparatus defining a bottom and including a magnet and a magnet apparatus lock member, and a headpiece antenna on or within the housing. The respective configurations of the receptacle and the magnet apparatus are such that the magnet apparatus can be inserted into the receptacle and, when fully inserted into the receptacle, the magnet apparatus bottom is located within or downwardly beyond the open bottom end of the receptacle. The respective configurations of the receptacle lock member and the magnet apparatus lock member are such that the fully inserted magnet apparatus will be fixed in one of a plurality of rotational orientations around the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: James George Elcoate Smith, Markus Michael Heerlein
  • Antennas for use with transcutaneously powered medical implants
    Patent number: 10543369
    Abstract: An antenna having an inductor assembly including at least two conductors, which each define a conductor diameter Dc, and an electrically non-conductive carrier defining at least two lumens in which the at least two conductors are respectively located. The carrier maintains a conductor spacing S between the at least two conductors, and the inductor assembly defines at least one turn. The conductor spacing S and conductor diameter Dc together define a S/Dc ratio that ranges from about 0.5 to about 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: David André Nyberg, Markus Michael Heerlein, Jeryle L. Walter, Sung Jin Lee
  • ANTENNAS FOR USE WITH TRANSCUTANEOUSLY POWERED MEDICAL IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20180071542
    Abstract: An antenna having an inductor assembly including at least two conductors, which each define a conductor diameter Dc, and an electrically non-conductive carrier defining at least two lumens in which the at least two conductors are respectively located. The carrier maintains a conductor spacing S between the at least two conductors, and the inductor assembly defines at least one turn. The conductor spacing S and conductor diameter Dc together define a S/Dc ratio that ranges from about 0.5 to about 1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: David André Nyberg, Markus Michael Heerlein, Jeryle l. Walter, Sung Jin Lee
  • Headpieces and implantable cochlear stimulation systems including the same
    Patent number: 9717918
    Abstract: Cochlear implant headpieces with improved antenna positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Markus Michael Heerlein, Scott A. Crawford, Dave Nyberg
  • HEADPIECES AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160213936
    Abstract: Cochlear implant headpieces with improved antenna positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Markus Michael Heerlein, Scott A. Crawford, Dave Nyberg
  • Sound processor enclosure exterior
    Patent number: D693008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Mo Choog Chan, Mark Longborg, Markus Michael Heerlein, Markus Trauter