Miniature apparatus and method for optical stimulation of nerves and other animal tissue

JS Webb, CI Miyake, MP Bendett… - US Patent 7,988,688, 2011 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A hand-held self-contained nerve-stimulation device and method using
light to provide a source of precise stimulation on one or more nerve fibers. In some …

Sensors to determine neuronal activity of an organism to facilitate a human-machine interface

TA Donaldson - US Patent 10,772,561, 2020 - Google Patents
Various embodiments relate generally to electrical and elec tronic hardware, computer
software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to provide an inter …

Nerve stimulator and method using simultaneous electrical and optical signals

MP Bendett, JD Wells, JS Webb, CA Lemaire - US Patent 8,160,696, 2012 - Google Patents
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Apparatus for optical stimulation of nerves and other animal tissue

JS Webb, CE Hamilton, HA Ralph, MP Bendett… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
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Laser-based nerve stimulators for, eg, hearing restoration in cochlear prostheses and method

JD Wells, A **ng, MP Bendett, MD Keller… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Apparatus and method for optical-or optical-and-electrical stimulation of eg, auditory nerve
pathways, for example spiral ganglion in the cochlea or neurons in the cochlear nerve …

Eye-tracking visual prosthetic and method

ME Friend, Y Hu, CA Lemaire - US Patent 8,956,396, 2015 - Google Patents
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Hybrid optical-electrical probes

MP Bendett, JS Webb - US Patent 7,883,536, 2011 - Google Patents
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Modular speech processor headpiece

SA Crawford, DP Lynch, CM Woods - US Patent 8,270,647, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A cochlear implant system includes: an electrode array implanted within a
cochlea, an internal processor in commu nication with the electrode array; an implanted …

Dam** in contact hearing systems

P Rucker, S Puria, S Wenzel, JL Olsen… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Embodiments of the present invent include a method of controlling unwanted vibration in a
tympanic lens, wherein the tympanic lens comprises a perimeter platform connected to a …

Optically coupled cochlear implant systems and methods

RC Perkins, S Puria, PC Rucker - US Patent 10,286,215, 2019 - Google Patents
H04R25/606—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, eg inside tips, housings or
to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers acting directly on the eardrum, the ossicles …