公开(公告)号：US11190888B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16767082

申请日：2017-11-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Martyn Beedham ,  Erich Dittli ,  Andre Ochsenbein ,  George Meier ,  Christoph Bosshard ,  Josef Müller ,  Marius Ruefenacht ,  Erdal Karamuk ,  Markus Muller

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A tool for replacing a cerumen filter in a sound conduit of a hearing aid. The tool is designed to position a cerumen filter along the sound conduit and to couple with and remove a cerumen filter that has been positioned along the sound conduit. The tool comprises an insertion tip and an removal tip, both configured to fit inside the sound conduit and to couple or engage with an engagement body extending centrally from the cerumen filter. The tool may be in the form of a stylus with the insertion tip on one and the removing tip on the other end. The tool may also be in the form of a disc dispenser with a plurality of insertion and removal tips attached to the dispenser and accessible for use by rotating plates making up the disc dispenser.

公开(公告)号：US20210227336A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US17055094

申请日：2018-05-15

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erdal Karamuk ,  Paul Wagner ,  Daniel Baer

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/08 ,  H04R1/28

Abstract: Systems and methods for two-way communication with a hearing device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an accessory for communication with a hearing device includes an acoustic filter, and a microphone configured as an acoustic receiver (RX) for acoustic signals from a speaker of the hearing device via the acoustic filter. The acoustic filter is configured to operate at at least one resonance frequency. The accessory is in acoustic and magnetic communication with the hearing device.

公开(公告)号：US20200382882A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16767088

申请日：2017-11-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Erich Dittli ,  Christoph Bosshard ,  Marius Ruefenacht ,  Joseph Muller ,  Andre Ochsenbein ,  George Meier ,  Andreas Muller ,  Erdal Karamuk ,  Markus Muller

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A cerumen protection plug for a hearing device. The cerumen protection plug prevents cerumen from passing along a sound conduit in the hearing device and blocking sound output from a receiver in the hearing device. The cerumen protection plug includes a circular plug containing a cerumen barrier. A positioning handle allows the cerumen barrier to be positioned along the sound conduit, where it prevents cerumen that has entered the sound conduit from traveling along the sound conduit to the receiver or an output port of the receiver.

公开(公告)号：US20200186905A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16641269

申请日：2017-08-24

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erdal Karamuk ,  Jana-Kosima Schwarzlos-Sooprayen ,  Natasha Thumm ,  Andi Vonlanthen

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61F11/08

Abstract: A custom fit hearing device that includes an in-ear housing designed to fit at least partially in a hearing device user's ear canal. The in-ear housing includes one or more areas on its outer-surface that are designed to provide retention of the in-ear housing in the ear canal. The one of more area may be rougher than the rest of the outer-surface of the in-ear housing, may have greater a friction coefficient than the rest of the outer-surface of the in-ear housing, may be made of a different material than the rest of the outer-surface of the in-ear housing, may contain granular material and/or may include surface features such as shapes extending outward from the outer-surface or undulations/ripples in the outer-surface. The in-ear housing may be produced using virtual designs and a 3D scan of the ear canal and may be manufactured using additive manufacturing or 3D printing.

公开(公告)号：US20200100037A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-26

申请号：US16140322

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Barjinder Chana ,  Michael Au ,  Erdal Karamuk

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device seal module having a tubular seal carrier formed from resilient material, defining a medial-lateral axis and a lumen configured for passage of the hearing device core, and including a seal support region with a first portion defining a first portion perimeter in a plane perpendicular to the medial-lateral axis and a second portion, lateral of the first portion, defining a second portion perimeter in a plane perpendicular to the medial-lateral axis that is less than the first portion perimeter when the seal support region is in an unstressed state, and a first seal secured to the first portion of the seal support region and extending outwardly therefrom.

公开(公告)号：US10582320B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US16078206

申请日：2016-03-10

Applicant: Sonova AG ,  Paul Wagner ,  Michael Au ,  Barjinder Chana ,  Shilpi Banerjee ,  Erdal Karamuk

Inventor： Paul Wagner ,  Michael Au ,  Barjinder Chana ,  Shilpi Banerjee ,  Erdal Karamuk

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device sizer apparatus including a medial sizer, with a medial core portion and a medial seal secured to the medial core portion, and a lateral sizer, with a lateral core portion and a lateral seal secured to the lateral core portion, that are configured to be releasably engaged with one another.

公开(公告)号：US10524068B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US16068443

申请日：2016-01-07

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erdal Karamuk ,  Markus Mueller

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R11/02 ,  H04R11/04

Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer including a housing having an interior volume with first and second interior volume portions and a sound aperture that extends to the first interior volume, a diaphragm located between the first and second interior volumes, and an environmental sensor associated with the housing and having an inlet in fluid communication with the first interior volume.

公开(公告)号：US10368176B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-30

申请号：US15769077

申请日：2015-11-10

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erdal Karamuk ,  Hans Georg Meier ,  Markus Mueller

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: This invention relates to an earpiece (1) for coupling a hearing aid (10) to the ear (20) of a hearing aid user, comprising a seal (2) conforming to the shape of the user's ear canal (30) and therein retained; wherein the seal (2) comprises a sound output bore (3) connected to a receiver (11) of the hearing aid (10); and a multiplicity of through openings (4) spaced around the sound output bore (3). The number of the openings (4) is comprised in a range of 50 to 2000; and the openings (4) have diameters in the range of 50 to 250 micrometers. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such an earpiece (1).

公开(公告)号：US20190090070A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US16082282

申请日：2016-03-09

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Jan Angst ,  Erdal Karamuk ,  Hilmar Meier

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hearing device (10) comprising an electronic module (12) having at least one processor (14), a housing (18) for accommodating the electronic module (12), and at least one user control assembly (20) comprising at least one user control unit (22′-22′″), accessible by a user of the hearing device (10). Said hearing device (10) further comprises at least one connector interface (24) operationally coupled to the electronic module (12), wherein said user control assembly (20) is detachably mounted to the housing (18), and said connector interface (24) is adapted to receive inputs from a plurality of different user control assemblies (20) and transfer said inputs to the electronic module (12) via at least one coupling means (28).

公开(公告)号：US10237665B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-19

申请号：US15554656

申请日：2015-03-09

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erdal Karamuk ,  Petra Gunde ,  Simone Keller ,  Chuangang Lin ,  Paul Wagner ,  Michael Au

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: Hearing devices, configured to fit within the ear canal, that include a hearing device core, a seal, including a shell wall and a cavity that has an opening located at the end of the shell wall, and a volume of viscous medium located within the cavity between the hearing device core exterior surface and the shell wall interior surface.