Leigh, AU
Charles R.a. Leigh, East Ryde AU
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20150051683 | MALLEABLE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A malleable implantable medical device for implanting in a recipient comprising a flexible region of the medical device, one or more structures proximate to the flexible region, wherein the one or more structures is configured to provide a bending force to the flexible region, and one or more hermetically sealed medical components coupled to the flexible region, wherein the one or more medical components is configured to provide a therapeutic effect on the recipient. | 02-19-2015 |
Charles R. A. Leigh, East Ryde AU
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20090216324 | MALLEABLE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A malleable implantable medical device for implanting in a recipient comprising a flexible region of the medical device, one or more structures proximate to the flexible region, wherein the one or more structures is configured to provide a bending force to the flexible region, and one or more hermetically sealed medical components coupled to the flexible region, wherein the one or more medical components is configured to provide a therapeutic effect on the recipient. | 08-27-2009 |
Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, North Epping Nsw AU
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20140121743 | HOUSING CONSTRUCTIONS WITH INCREASED IMPACT RESISTANCE - Housing constructions as disclosed herein can be an implantable component of a medical device and are designed to provide an enhanced degree of protection to electrical and/or mechanical components disposed therein to impact forces onto the housing from an external object to thereby increase the effective service life of devices making use of such housing constructions. | 05-01-2014 |
Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, East Ryde AU
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20090099658 | ARRANGEMENT FOR THE FIXATION OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical implant, such as a cochlear implant, comprising a fixating point which is located remotely from the medical implant. This arrangement can reduce the risk of post operative infection in a patient in which the medical implant is implanted. | 04-16-2009 |
20090292337 | BRAZE JOIN - A method of forming a braze join between two components is disclosed, in which braze material is introduced into a gap between the two components by capillary action. This assists in reducing flooding. Also disclosed is a component for use with the method, and an assembly produced by the method. In one form, the component comprises a recess or reservoir for storing braze material, in fluid communication with an aperture to allow the braze material to be drawn into the gap by capillary forces. The method may be used in a number of applications including medical devices and more specifically, a cochlear implant. | 11-26-2009 |
20140025148 | ARRANGEMENT FOR THE FIXATION OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical implant, such as a cochlear implant, comprising a fixating point which is located remotely from the medical implant. This arrangement can reduce the risk of post operative infection in a patient in which the medical implant is implanted. | 01-23-2014 |
Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, North Epping AU
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20150343225 | Distributed Implantable Hearing Systems - Presented herein are distributed implantable hearing systems that have at least a main implant module that is physically separated from a distally positioned inner radio-frequency (RF) coil. Embodiments presented herein may include a main implant module positioned within a recipient's mastoid and an implantable coil positioned within a recipient's middle ear cavity | 12-03-2015 |
Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, New South Wales AU
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20100292760 | IMPLANTABLE HOUSING ASSEMBLY - Embodiments of the present invention relate to an implantable device housing assembly, for use in, for example, implantable prosthetic devices. In one aspect, the present invention provides a housing for an implantable device comprising a body portion and a sealing flange. The body portion includes a cavity in which electronic components are disposed on an open side thereof, and at least one feed-through which provides electrical connections between the electronic components and the exterior of the device. The feed-through includes interior and exterior connection points, which are accessible during assembly of the device from a first side of the device. The sealing flange operatively seals the cavity so as to form a sealed housing. A method of forming a sealed housing for an implantable device is also provided. | 11-18-2010 |
Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Macquarie Park AU
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20140155685 | Inductive Signal Transfer in an Implantable Medical Device - An implantable medical device having a hermetically-sealed biocompatible housing configured to be implanted in a recipient. The implantable medical device includes at least one trans-housing transformer configured to transfer electrical signals through the housing. | 06-05-2014 |
Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Epping AU
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20140371835 | Implantable Medical Device Feedthroughs and Housings - Embodiments are generally directed to a feedthrough for an implantable medical device. The feedthrough comprises an insulator having one or more conductors extending therethrough that is hermetically connected (joined) to a housing of the implantable medical device. More specifically, the housing includes an aperture and the insulator is configured be positioned in the aperture. Braze material is configured to be positioned in one or more indentations in at least one of the housing or the insulator such that the braze material is disposed in the indentations between the insulator and the housing. | 12-18-2014 |
Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Sydney AU
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20130282094 | Implantable Prosthesis Configuration to Control Heat Dissipation from Prosthesis Components - Disclosed herein are medical prostheses including a cochlear implant that includes circuitry enclosed within a housing and at least one electrode lead extending from the housing. The electrode lead comprises a conducting pathway and an electrode terminal at one end of the electrode lead. The conducting pathway connects the circuitry with the electrode terminal, and insulation (or an insulating sleeve) encloses at least a portion of the conducting pathway. In some embodiments, the electrode terminal has a lower thermal conductivity relative to the implant housing. In further embodiments, the insulation has thermal conductivity and thermal conduction properties that cause at least some thermal energy in the conducting pathway to flow into the insulation rather than to the electrode terminal. In still further embodiments, at least one of the electrode terminal or the electrode lead includes at least one thermal mass enhancing structure. | 10-24-2013 |
C. Roger Leigh, North Epping AU
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20100305676 | COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is a lead for a cochlear implant modified so as to provide increased robustness to the lead. In one aspect, the lead has a helix region having an increased length such that it extends into a mastoid cavity of a patient when in situ. Also disclosed is a cochlear implant having a lead as described herein. In another aspect, the lead has an increased lead angle between the helix region and the transition region. | 12-02-2010 |
20110106188 | IMPLANT ASSEMBLY - An implantable device is provided. The device is constructed from an open body containing electronic components, a heat-sensitive component, and a sealing component. The device is formed in a moisture controlled environment, such that the heat-sensitive component is attached to the open enclosure after the enclosure has been heated. The sealing component is subsequently affixed to the open enclosure to form a sealed enclosure. | 05-05-2011 |
C. Roger Leigh, East Ryde AU
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20110009925 | TRANSCUTANEOUS RECEIVING ANTENNA DEVICE FOR IMPLANT - An implantable antenna ( | 01-13-2011 |
20120169336 | MRI IMAGE DISTORTION REDUCTION FOR MRI IMAGES OF A RECIPIENT HAVING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A method for generating a new set of MRI images of a region of a recipient in which an implanted medical device having magnetic properties is located. The method includes scanning a plurality of scan slices of the recipient with an MRI machine set at a first fat shift direction to generate a first set of MRI images and rescanning the plurality of scan slices with a fat shift direction different than the first fat shift direction to obtain a second set of MRI images. At least one of the MRI images of the first set and the second set including an artifact resulting from the implanted medical device. The method further includes comparing respective artifacts of the MRI images of the first and second sets, and selecting one of the compared MRI images based on the distortion to the respective MRI image created by the respective artifact. | 07-05-2012 |
20120221078 | FEEDTHROUGH HAVING A NON-LINEAR CONDUCTOR - The implantable medical device including a hermetic enclosure including at least one feedthrough having at least one electrically conductive path through the feedthrough. The at least one feedthrough includes an insulator having an entry face and an exit face, and at least one non-linear conductor is configured to extend, within the insulator, from the entry face to the exit face to provide the conductive path, wherein the entry and exit faces are not substantially parallel opposite faces of the insulator. | 08-30-2012 |
20130150657 | IMPLANTABLE COMPONENT OF A HEARING PROSTHESIS - A hearing prosthesis including an implantable component including a vibrator portion configured to vibrate in response to a sound signal to evoke a hearing precept and a screw portion configured to removably attach the implantable component to a recipient, wherein the vibratory portion is rigidly adhered to the screw portion. | 06-13-2013 |
20130225912 | COMBINED FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT AND IMPLANTABLE ACTUATOR POSITIONING MECHANISM - An implantable component including an implantable body including a functional component of the implantable medical device, and implantable actuator positioning mechanism connected to and extending from the implantable body, the actuator positioning mechanism configured to removably receive an implantable actuator. | 08-29-2013 |
20140273576 | PROTECTION STRUCTURE FOR IMPLANTABLE CONNECTOR AND APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING SAME - An implantable connector includes: first and second detachable mating parts configured to be implantable in living tissue, to terminate first and second segments of a cable, and have first and second interfacing surfaces, respectively; and a protection structure configured to protect against contaminant intrusion between the first and second interfacing surfaces. And a device for decoupling and re-coupling the detachable mating parts in an environmentally controllable volume is provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140379059 | IMPLANTABLE CONNECTOR CLEANING SYSTEM - A system for cleaning mating parts of an implantable connector includes an implantable connector and a cleaning structure. The implantable connector includes first and second detachable mating parts configured: to be implantable in living tissue; to terminate at least a first segment of a cable; and to have with first and second interfacing surfaces, respectively. The clean structure includes: a cleaning structure configured to clean the first and second interfacing surfaces as the first and second mating parts are being engaged. | 12-25-2014 |
C. Roger Leigh, New South Wales AU
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20110137391 | FOLDABLE COIL FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - An implantable component of a medical device including an implantable coil including a conductor disposed in a carrier including first and second fold lines, wherein the carrier has at least one structural variation along each of the fold lines such that a substantially straight edge is formed along each of the fold lines when the coil is biased into a folded configuration, and an electronics module electrically connected to the coil and configured to inductively communicate, via the coil, with an external component of the device. | 06-09-2011 |
20120022647 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING SURFACE GEOMETRY HAVING REDUCED BIOFILM FORMATION CHARACTERISTICS - An implantable medical device configured to be implanted in a recipient. The implantable medical device includes an implantable assembly, wherein the exterior geometry of the implantable assembly is adapted to inhibit formation of a biofilm thereon after implantation in the recipient. | 01-26-2012 |
Jim Leigh, Kilsyth AU
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20120232750 | TRANSPORT OF FLUIDS - This invention concerns the transport of fluids. In particular in a first aspect it concerns a truck fitted with a tank and a fill line to the tank, comprising: An inlet in the fill line configured for connection to a hose that is, in use, connected to a fluid source to change the amount of fluid in the tank. A sensor to make measurements from which the amount of fluid in the tank can be determined. A valve to allow fluid flow through the inlet, both to increase and decrease the amount of fluid in the tank. And a data acquisition device to periodically record sensor measurements and to associate a time and place with each record. In a second aspect the invention concerns a control system for the truck. In a third aspect the invention concerns a control system for a fleet of trucks. | 09-13-2012 |
Roger Leigh, North Epping AU
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20130046360 | IMPLANT MAGNET SYSTEM - A magnetic alignment system that can form part of a cochlear implant system. The magnetic alignment system prevents substantial movement of a magnet of an implanted component during an MRI procedure or allows for easy removal of the magnet to facilitate the MRI procedure. | 02-21-2013 |
Roger Leigh, Macquarie University AU
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20130041428 | Upgradeable Cochlear Implant - The present application discloses an upgradeable cochlear implant. In one example, the implant may include a stimulator configured to generate a stimulation current comprising at least one stimulus, a first lead configured to conduct the stimulation current from the stimulator to at least one electrode, and a second lead configured to allow connection of a separate module to the stimulator. The second lead may include a lead conductor, a reference electrode configured to collect the stimulation current, an electrode conductor configured to conduct the stimulation current between the reference electrode and the stimulator, and an insulating material surrounding at least the lead conductor and the electrode conductor. The reference electrode may be formed at an exterior surface of the second lead, or may be formed on a portion of a connector for connecting to the separate module. The implant may additionally include a protective element. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041448 | Flexible Protected Lead - Designs for an implantable lead are disclosed. In one embodiment, the lead includes at least one conductive pathway and a protective element surrounding at least a portion of the at least one conductive pathway. A stiffness of the protective element varies along a length of the protective element. The stiffness may be varied by varying a material composition of the protective element. Alternately, the protective element may be one or two helically-wound wires, and the stiffness may be varied by varying a pitch of one or both helically-wound wires. Alternately, the protective element may be a perforated tube and the stiffness may be varied by varying a ratio of openings to tube in the perforated tube. Alternately, the protective element may be a patterned mesh and the stiffness may be varied by varying a pattern of the patterned mesh. The implantable lead may be used in a cochlear implant. | 02-14-2013 |
Roger Leigh, East Ryde AU
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20090292338 | WEARABLE ALARM SYSTEM FOR A PROSTHETIC HEARING IMPLANT - A prosthetic hearing implant kit is disclosed. The prosthetic hearing implant kit comprises internal components configured to be implanted in a recipient and comprises an internal coil; external components configured to be worn by the recipient and comprises an external coil adapted to be inductively coupled with said internal coil; and an alert system having a second external coil and adapted to receive an external alarm and to transmit signals to said implanted components via said external coil for providing the recipient with a corresponding alarm indication. | 11-26-2009 |
20140094646 | ADJUSTABLE FIXATION DEVICE HAVING REDUCED INFECTION - Components and portions of components of a hearing prosthesis encapsulated in a microorganism-barrier membrane. Methods and apparatus are described for implanting hearing prosthesis components in precise locations, and maintaining the locations, with at least some components or portions of components encapsulated in a microorganism-barrier membrane. | 04-03-2014 |