Phonak Ag

Advanced Bionics Ag

Coramaze Technologies Gmbh

Stefan Daniel Menzl

Ivo Hasler

Abhijit Kulkarni

Logan P Palmer

Hilmar Meier

Volkmar Hamacher

Manish Vaishya

Hans-Uelii Roeck

Hans-Ueli Roeck

Michael Boretzki

Stefan Launer

Christoph Widmer

Herbert Bächler

Volker Kühnel

Raz Bar-On

Silvia Allegro

Niklas Maximilian Nathe

Silvia Allegro Baumann

Alexander Reich

Daniel Eisenegger

Chuladatta Thenuwara

Mark B Downing

Kurt J Koester

Bernd Waldmann

Thomas Gerhardt

Patrick Baechler

Hubert Lechner

Jack Lin

Leah Kidney

Christian Brunner

Gérard Loquet

Achim Kitschmann

The invention relates to a heart implant comprising an attachment element (), particularly a tubular attachment element for attaching a sheath (), preferably having a sheath () being coaxially positioned around at least a part of the attachment element () and fixed to it, the attachment element () having a lower end () and an upper end () and several strips () at least at one of the ends, preferably being split into several strips at least at one of the ends (), preferably only at the upper end (), the strips () forming an expandable anchoring cage, particularly for fixing the heart implant to a lumen of the heart, preferably the atrium, by surface contact between an exterior surface of the expandable cage and an interior lumen surface, the strips () of the anchoring cage ending in respective strip tips () at the end of their extension in the compressed state, particularly during delivery through a catheter (), the strip tips () forming the distal or proximal end of the implant, particularly a distal end being released first out of the catheter, wherein the implant furthermore comprises a fixation means () to which each respective strip tip () is releasable fixed, preferably furthermore comprising a releasing means () for releasing the connection between fixation means () and strip tips ().

Heart implant

The invention relates to a heart implant comprising a tubular attachment element () for attaching a sheath, particularly having a sheath being coaxially positioned around at least a part of the tubular attachment element () and fixed to it, the tubular attachment element () having a lower end () and an upper end () and being split into several strips () at the upper end (), the strips () forming an expandable cage (C), particularly for fixing the heart implant to the atrium of the heart by surface contact between an exterior surface of the expandable cage (C) and an interior atrium surface, wherein in an expanded state the strips () extend from the upper end () towards the lower end () of the tubular attachment element () and form an expanded cage (C) being positioned around at least an upper part of the tubular attachment element ().

A thin profile impact resistant cochlear implant includes a single piece machined case having a bottom surface, wherein at least a portion of the bottom surface is concave and a single piece machined cover configured to be joined to the case, the cover comprising a convex upper surface. A method for forming thin profile cochlear implant is also provided.

Thin profile cochlear implants

A system includes a sound processor included in an electro-acoustic stimulation ('EAS') device and that directs a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation to a patient and a receiver to apply acoustic stimulation to the patient. The system further includes a volume control facility and a selection facility that selectively associates the volume control facility with the electrical stimulation in response to a first user input, selectively associates the volume control facility with the acoustic stimulation in response to a second user input, and selectively associates the volume control facility with both the electrical stimulation and the acoustic stimulation in response to a third user input.

Independent volume control in electro-acoustic stimulation systems

A hearing aid including a permanent magnet to be fixed at a patient's incus (), an audio signal source (), an audio signal processing unit () for processing audio signals from the audio signal source, a driver unit () including a coil () for generating a magnetic field () that vibrates the permanent magnet according to the processed audio signals in order to stimulate the patient's hearing, and a measurement arrangement () for measuring the magnetic coupling between the coil and the permanent magnet in order to adjust the position of the coil or the input signals to the coil provided by the driver unit.

Hearing aid and method of implanting a hearing aid

An exemplary system includes 1) a first sound processor included in a first auditory prosthesis system associated with a first ear of a patient, the first sound processor including a first volume control facility, and 2) a second sound processor included in a second auditory prosthesis system associated with a second ear of the patient, the second sound processor including a second volume control facility. The first volume control facility adjusts, in response to actuation of the first volume control facility, a first volume level perceived by the patient when electrical stimulation is applied by either the first auditory prosthesis system or the second auditory prosthesis system. The second volume control facility adjusts, in response to actuation of the second volume control facility, a second volume level perceived by the patient when acoustic stimulation is applied by either the first auditory prosthesis system or the second auditory prosthesis system.

Independent volume control in a bilateral auditory prosthesis system

An exemplary system includes 1) an electro-acoustic stimulation ('EAS') subsystem that directs a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation to a patient, and directs a receiver to apply acoustic stimulation to the patient; and 2) a volume control subsystem communicatively coupled to the EAS subsystem and that facilitates independent control of a first volume level perceived by the patient when the electrical stimulation is applied and a second volume level perceived by the patient when the acoustic stimulation is applied.

An exemplary system includes an electro-acoustic stimulation (EAS) subsystem and a volume control subsystem communicatively coupled to the EAS subsystem. The EAS subsystem is configured to direct a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation representative of audio content included in a first frequency band to a patient and to direct a receiver to apply acoustic stimulation representative of audio content included in a second frequency band to the patient. The volume control subsystem is configured to facilitate independent control of a volume associated with the electrical stimulation and a volume associated with the acoustic stimulation. Corresponding systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

A method for deploying hearing instrument fitting software wherein the fitting software comprises executable fitting program code () configured to process fitting program data () on a programmable data processor (), comprises the steps of The hearing instrument itself comprises the information defining the fitting software&#x2014;be it the complete fitting software or an update or change to a fitting software residing in an external device.

Method for deploying hearing instrument fitting software, and hearing instrument adapted therefor

A method for wirelessly adjusting one or more hearing devices () with a central unit () is presented, the method comprising the steps of: Therewith, an audiologist is able to unambiguously assign one or two hearing devices () in a fitting session, even if multiple hearing devices are within the range of the wireless network () or wireless transmitter, respectively.

Method and system for adjusting a hearing device

The present invention relates to a method for recording information in a hearing device and/or in a recording unit at least temporally operationally connected to the hearing device. The method consists in that a point in time of the recording and/or a recording frequency as well as the information to be recorded, as data and/or parameters and/or adjustments of the hearing device are adjusted freely or are programmable, respectively. Furthermore, a hearing device is described that is suitable to use the method. By the present invention, a multitude of the parameters being adjustable in a hearing device can be checked or surveyed all together or selectively in real, i.e. actually existing acoustic environments in order to optimally adjust or adapt the hearing device afterwards, that means after the analysis by the fitter, for example.

Method to log data in a hearing device as well as a hearing device

In order to switch between different hearing programs to adjust to a momentary acoustic scene, a method for adjusting a hearing device, in which one of several possible hearing programs can be selected in order to adjust to a momentary acoustic scene, the method comprising the steps of detecting a desired hearing program change, changing parameters (b, . . . , b) of a transfer function provided between a microphone (M) and a receiver of the hearing device in order to adapt it to the detected hearing program change, adjusting the parameters (b, . . . , b) to be changed from a momentary value to a desired value in such a manner that a smooth transition is perceived by the hearing device user while changing from a momentary hearing program to the desired hearing program, whereas each of the smooth transition is individually adjustable.

Method for operating a hearing device as well as a hearing device

A method for deploying hearing instrument fitting software wherein the fitting software comprises executable fitting program code () configured to process fitting program data () on a programmable data processor (), comprises the steps of The hearing instrument itself comprises the information defining the fitting software &#x2014;be it the complete fitting software or an update or change to a fitting software residing in an external device.

A hearing device () and a method to operate a hearing device (), the method comprising the steps of selecting a hearing program from a set of hearing programs, the set comprising at least two hearing programs, one of which is a mute hearing program being defined by applying no or only a reduced signal to a receiver of the hearing device (), operating the hearing device () in the mute hearing program after it has been activated, monitoring an input signal to the hearing device (), selecting another hearing program than the mute hearing program after a predefined activity has been detected in the input signal, and operating the hearing device () according to the selected hearing program.

Hearing device and method with a mute function program

The hearing device comprises an insertable part, which is to be inserted into an ear canal of a user of the hearing device. The insertable part may be identical with the hearing device itself, and the insertable part comprises a casing, which casing comprises a deformable part. The hearing device can include at least one deformable volume containing a fixed amount of a filler for changing a cross-sectional area of the deformable part. The cross-sectional area of the deformable part can be changed through changing the axial extension of the deformable part. The hearing device can include a variable volume arranged within the hearing device, the deformable part being arranged on the outside of the variable volume.

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