Patents by Inventor Maurizio RANIERI

Maurizio RANIERI 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).

  • Device and method for electrical stimulation of neural or muscular tissue
    Patent number: 9511226
    Abstract: A device for electrical stimulation of neural and/or muscular tissue. The device includes a cochlear implant being equipped with a power source, a speech processor, a microphone adapted to deliver sound signals to said speech processor, a current stimulator, at least an array of electrodes attached to the stimulator, and at least a signal sensor other than the microphone. The device further includes a signal transformation unit, said signal sensors being adapted to capture relevant input information and to deliver a corresponding input signal to the transformation unit, the latter allowing to transform said input signal received from the signal sensors into a modulated electrical output signal adapted to be treated by the speech processor of the cochlear implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: LES HOPITAUX UNIVERSITAIRES DE GENÈVE, Université de Genéve
    Inventors: Marco Pelizzone, Angélica Perez Fornos, Maurizio Ranieri, Samuel Cavuscens
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF NEURAL OR MUSCULAR TISSUE
    Publication number: 20160001075
    Abstract: A device for electrical stimulation of neural and/or muscular tissue. The device includes a cochlear implant being equipped with a power source, a speech processor, a microphone adapted to deliver sound signals to said speech processor, a current stimulator, at least an array of electrodes attached to the stimulator, and at least a signal sensor other than the microphone. The device further includes a signal transformation unit, said signal sensors being adapted to capture relevant input information and to deliver a corresponding input signal to the transformation unit, the latter allowing to transform said input signal received from the signal sensors into a modulated electrical output signal adapted to be treated by the speech processor of the cochlear implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicants: LES HÔPITAUX UNIVERSITAIRES DE GENÉVE, Université de Genéve
    Inventors: Marco PELIZZONE, Angélica Perez FORNOS, Maurizio RANIERI, Samuel CAVUSCENS