公开(公告)号：US20070022549A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-01

申请号：US11427769

申请日：2006-06-29

申请人： Gregory Siegle ,  Roger Juneau ,  Edward Desporte ,  Michael Major ,  Gene Adoue ,  Sherriel Johnson ,  James Moser ,  Brian Tanner

发明人： Gregory Siegle ,  Roger Juneau ,  Edward Desporte ,  Michael Major ,  Gene Adoue ,  Sherriel Johnson ,  James Moser ,  Brian Tanner

IPC分类号： B08B7/00 ,  A47L11/00

CPC分类号： B08B11/02 ,  A61L2/186 ,  A61L2202/122 ,  B08B7/00 ,  B08B9/00 ,  H04R25/654 ,  H04R2460/17

摘要： A method and apparatus for cleaning a hearing aid provides a housing having a motor drive and speed control. A rotary chamber is mounted to the housing and driven by the motor drive. A drive shaft can be provided connecting the motor drive and the rotary chamber. The rotary chamber has a wall with at least one receptacle for holding a hearing aid. The rotary chamber can have two openings, one for a hearing aid and a second opening for another hearing aid or a counterweight. The rotary chamber can be counterweighted to compensate for the weight of a single hearing aid or any other arrangements of multiple hearing aids. Each receptacle is configured to hold a hearing aid. The motor drive is powered sufficiently to rotate the hearing aid at the speed of between about 2800 and 3200 rpm in order to generate a G-force on the hearing aid of about 270 G's. Preferably, the motor drive rotates at a rotational speed sufficient to remove earwax, rotation lasting for a period of time of between about 5 and 45 (preferably 18-22) seconds.

摘要翻译： 用于清洁助听器的方法和设备提供具有马达驱动和速度控制的壳体。 旋转室安装到壳体并由电动机驱动驱动。 可以提供连接电动机驱动器和旋转室的驱动轴。 旋转室具有至少一个用于容纳助听器的容器的壁。 旋转室可以具有两个开口，一个用于助听器，另一个用于另一助听器或配重。 旋转室可以配重以补偿单个助听器的重量或多个助听器的任何其它布置。 每个插座被配置为容纳助听器。 马达驱动器被充分供电以以约2800至3200rpm的速度旋转助听器，以便在助听器上产生约270G的G力。 优选地，马达驱动器以足以移除耳垢的旋转速度旋转，旋转持续约5至45（优选18-22秒）的时间。

公开(公告)号：US20070183613A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-09

申请号：US11627714

申请日：2007-01-26

申请人： Roger Juneau ,  Edward Desporte ,  Michael Major ,  Gregory Siegle ,  Brian Tanner

发明人： Roger Juneau ,  Edward Desporte ,  Michael Major ,  Gregory Siegle ,  Brian Tanner

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/658 ,  A61F11/10 ,  A61F2011/085 ,  H04R25/456 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R25/656 ,  H04R2460/15

摘要： A hearing aid body is provided that contains electronic hearing aid components and that is attachable to the user's body outside the ear canal. A conduit connects the hearing aid body to the flexible plug. The conduit enables sound emitted by the hearing aid to travel via the conduit to the flexible plug so that the user's able to hear a sound that is amplified by the hearing aid and received by the plug via the conduit. The conduit can be a flexible hollow tube or an electronic conduit that transmit electrical signals between the hearing aid and the plug. A stent embedded in the plug is provided, the stent having a first smaller diameter at a temperature below body temperature and being expandable to a second greater diameter when subjected to the user's body temperature, such as the temperature in the ear canal of a user.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种助听器体，其包含电子助听器部件并且可附接到耳道外部的使用者身体。 导管将助听器主体连接到柔性插头。 导管使得助听器发出的声音经由导管传播到柔性插头，使得用户能够听到由助听器放大并被插头经由导管接收的声音。 导管可以是在助听器和插头之间传输电信号的柔性中空管或电子管道。 提供了嵌入在插塞中的支架，所述支架在低于体温的温度下具有第一较小直径，并且当受到使用者的体温（例如使用者的耳道中的温度）时可扩张至第二较大直径。

公开(公告)号：US20060098833A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-11

申请号：US11138540

申请日：2005-05-26

申请人： Roger Juneau ,  Brian Tanner ,  Edward Desporte ,  Michael Major ,  Gregory Siegle

发明人： Roger Juneau ,  Brian Tanner ,  Edward Desporte ,  Michael Major ,  Gregory Siegle

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/656 ,  A61F11/10 ,  H04R25/658

摘要： A soft-solid ear piece is formed to fit the typical human ear canal and will self form to fill the ear cavity by having an internal structure, endoskeleton, or bladder to expand to precisely fit the ear piece securely and comfortably in the ear canal. This self forming ear piece will enable ready-ware and custom molded hearing aids, hearing protectors, audio ear pieces, cell phone ear pieces and assistive listening devices to fit comfortably, securely, and free of acoustic feedback in the external ear canal. It creates an acoustic seal to optimally reduce peripheral leakage and intermodulation distortion delivering excellent acoustic performance while keeping environmental sounds blocked out.

摘要翻译： 形成软固体耳片以适合典型的人耳道，并且通过具有内部结构，内骨骼或膀胱以自动形式填充耳腔，以便将耳片牢固地和舒适地精确地配合在耳道中。 这种自动形成的耳机将使得便于制造和定制模制的助听器，听力保护器，音频耳塞，手机耳塞和辅助听音装置能够舒适地，可靠地安装并且在外耳道中没有声反馈。 它创建一个声学密封，以最佳地减少外围泄漏和互调失真，提供出色的声学性能，同时保持环境声音被阻止。

公开(公告)号：US20050141739A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-30

申请号：US10790623

申请日：2004-03-01

申请人： Roger Juneau ,  Edward Desporte ,  Michael Major ,  Gregory Siegle

发明人： Roger Juneau ,  Edward Desporte ,  Michael Major ,  Gregory Siegle

IPC分类号： A61B7/02 ,  A61F20060101 ,  B29D17/00 ,  H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/658 ,  H04R25/456 ,  H04R25/60 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R2225/77 ,  H04R2460/11

摘要： A hearing aid instrument of the in-the-ear type (and preferably CIC) provides a plate member with electronic hearing aid components mounted thereto. The plate member is preferably of a harder material such as hard plastic. A soft polymeric body is bonded to the plate member and encapsulates preferably a plurality of the electronic hearing aid components. The body is soft and is shaped to conform to the ear canal of the user. The soft polymeric body and encapsulated electronic hearing aid components define a soft structure compliant to the ear canal during use and that is substantially solid and free of void spaces between at least some of the components and the ear canal. This combination of soft compliant structure and encapsulated electronic hearing aid components addresses problems of peripheral leakage, poor fit, pivotal displacement that occurs with jaw motion and internal cross talk of components housed in prior art hollow type hearing aids.

摘要翻译： 耳内型（优选CIC）的助听器器件为板构件提供安装在其上的电子助听器部件。 板构件优选地是较硬的材料，例如硬塑料。 柔性聚合物主体结合到板构件并且优选地封装多个电子助听器部件。 身体柔软，形状符合使用者的耳道。 柔性聚合物体和包封的电子助听器组件限定了在使用期间与耳道顺应性的软结构，并且其基本上是固体的，并且在至少一些部件和耳道之间没有空隙。 软柔性结构和封装的电子助听器组件的这种组合解决了外围泄漏，配合不良，在颚运动中发生的枢转位移和现有技术中空型助听器中容纳的部件的内部串扰的问题。

公开(公告)号：US20080063231A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-13

申请号：US11745695

申请日：2007-05-08

申请人： Roger Juneau ,  Lynn Creel ,  Edward Desporte ,  Michael Major ,  Gregory Siegle ,  Kelly Kinler

发明人： Roger Juneau ,  Lynn Creel ,  Edward Desporte ,  Michael Major ,  Gregory Siegle ,  Kelly Kinler

IPC分类号： H04R25/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/658 ,  H04R25/456 ,  H04R25/652

摘要： A hearing aid instrument of the in-the-ear type (and preferably CIC) provides a plate member with electronic hearing aid components mounted thereto. The plate member is preferably of a harder material such as hard plastic. A soft polymeric body is bonded to the plate member and encapsulates preferably a plurality of the electronic hearing aid components. The body is soft and is shaped to conform to the ear canal of the user. The soft polymeric body and encapsulated electronic hearing aid components define a soft structure compliant to the ear canal during use and that is substantially solid and free of void spaces between at least some of the components and the ear canal. This combination of soft compliant structure and encapsulated electronic hearing aid components addresses problems of peripheral leakage, poor fit, pivotal displacement that occurs with jaw motion and internal cross talk of components housed in prior art hollow type hearing aids.

摘要翻译： 耳内型（优选CIC）的助听器器件为板构件提供安装在其上的电子助听器部件。 板构件优选地是较硬的材料，例如硬塑料。 柔性聚合物主体结合到板构件并且优选地封装多个电子助听器部件。 身体柔软，形状符合使用者的耳道。 柔性聚合物体和包封的电子助听器组件限定了在使用期间与耳道顺应性的软结构，并且其基本上是固体的，并且在至少一些部件和耳道之间没有空隙。 软柔性结构和封装的电子助听器组件的这种组合解决了外围泄漏，配合不良，在颚运动中发生的枢转位移和现有技术中空型助听器中容纳的部件的内部串扰的问题。