Patents by Inventor Stefan Nielsen

Stefan Nielsen 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).

  • Implantable Electrode with Variable Mechanical Modulation Wiring
    Publication number: 20120101559
    Abstract: A cochlear implant electrode is described. A basal electrode lead carries electrical stimulation signals from an implant housing to a cochleostomy opening, and a portion of the electrode lead has a periodically recurring lead shape. An apical electrode array at the cochleostomy end of the electrode lead passes into a cochlea scala and includes electrode contacts for applying the electrical stimulation signals to target neural tissue. A portion of the electrode array has a periodically recurring array shape different from the lead shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Claude Jolly, Stefan Nielsen, Fabrice Béal
  • Implantable electrode with variable mechanical modulation wiring
    Patent number: 8112161
    Abstract: A cochlear implant electrode is described. A basal electrode lead carries electrical stimulation signals from an implant housing to a cochleostomy opening, and a portion of the electrode lead has a periodically recurring lead shape. An apical electrode array at the cochleostomy end of the electrode lead passes into a cochlea scala and includes electrode contacts for applying the electrical stimulation signals to target neural tissue. A portion of the electrode array has a periodically recurring array shape different from the lead shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventors: Claude Jolly, Stefan Nielsen, Fabrice Béal
  • Implantable Electrode with Variable Mechanical Modulation Wiring
    Publication number: 20100204768
    Abstract: A cochlear implant electrode is described. A basal electrode lead carries electrical stimulation signals from an implant housing to a cochleostomy opening, and a portion of the electrode lead has a periodically recurring lead shape. An apical electrode array at the cochleostomy end of the electrode lead passes into a cochlea scala and includes electrode contacts for applying the electrical stimulation signals to target neural tissue. A portion of the electrode array has a periodically recurring array shape different from the lead shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Claude Jolly, Stefan Nielsen, Fabrice Béal
  • Implantable Housing With Stabilizer
    Publication number: 20100049318
    Abstract: Components of an implant system are described. An implant housing contains system components for performing system operating functions. An implant stabilizer extends out from the implant housing and implant data lead for interacting with an underlying curved bone surface to immobilize the implant housing in a fixed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: Claude Jolly, Stefan Nielsen, Dominik Hammerer, Martin Zimmerling, Gerhard Mark
  • Middle Ear Fixation Structure
    Publication number: 20080086184
    Abstract: An implantable fixation structure includes at least one implantable holding element. The holding element is connected to an implantable cochlear implant element and maintains the cochlear implant element in a desired position relative to the middle ear of a patient user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Marcus Schmidt, Claude Jolly, Stefan Nielsen, Joachim Muller, Daniel Schaudel