公开(公告)号：US12063478B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US17442659

申请日：2019-12-18

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Leuthold ,  Markus Müller ,  Christian Frei-Krumme

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/024

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  A61B5/02427 ,  A61B5/02438 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R25/658 ,  H04R2225/025

Abstract: A customized in-ear hearing device includes a light source, photodetector, light emission window, and light transmission window. The light source and the photodetector together function as a physiological sensor by emitting light from the light source through the light emission to the skin of a user's ear canal, and detecting at the photodetector light reflected by the skin that passes through the light detection window. The light emission window and light detection window are located at a customized portion of the sidewall of the device that contacts the skin in the ear canal.

公开(公告)号：US20220174432A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17442659

申请日：2019-12-18

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Leuthold ,  Markus Müller ,  Christian Frei-Krumme

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: A customized in-ear hearing device includes a light source, photodetector, light emission window, and light transmission window. The light source and the photodetector together function as a physiological sensor by emitting light from the light source through the light emission to the skin of a user's ear canal, and detecting at the photodetector light reflected by the skin that passes through the light detection window. The light emission window and light detection window are located at a customized portion of the sidewall of the device that contacts the skin in the ear canal.

公开(公告)号：US09654884B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-16

申请号：US14892531

申请日：2013-05-21

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Roland Hug ,  Alfred Stirnemann ,  Christian Frei-Krumme ,  Daniel Probst ,  Hilmar Meier ,  Martin Roth ,  Markus Leuthold

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R25/02

CPC classification number: H04R25/30 ,  H04R25/02 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R25/658 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2460/15

Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a method of fitting a hearing instrument to a user's ear is provided. The method comprises taking an impression of the user's ear canal and manufacturing, based on geometrical data of the impression, an earmold. In accordance with the aspect of the invention, the method comprises the further step of performing an acoustical measurement while the impression is being taken.

公开(公告)号：US20220256280A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17588192

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Erwin Kuipers ,  Manuel Weibel ,  Christian Frei-Krumme ,  Maxi Susanne Moritz

IPC: H04R1/28 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing device comprising an earpiece provided with a vent configured to provide for a venting of sound waves between an inner region of the ear canal and an ambient environment outside the ear canal; the earpiece further comprising an acoustic valve including a valve member moveable relative to the vent between different positions and an actuator configured to provide an actuation force for a movement of the valve member such that an effective open cross-sectional area of the vent can be modified by the movement of the valve member; the hearing device further comprising an output transducer configured to be acoustically coupled to the inner region of the ear canal.

公开(公告)号：US20210298670A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US16834252

申请日：2020-03-30

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Hans-Ueli Roeck ,  Christian Frei-Krumme ,  Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Muller ,  Markus Leuthold

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/0295 ,  H04R25/00

Abstract: An in-ear hearing device includes a light source configured to emit light, a photodetector configured to detect the emitted light after the emitted light passes through tissue of a subject, a spout; an audio receiver configured to deliver a sound to the subject through the spout, and a dome configured to conform to a shape of a subject's ear canal when the hearing device is in the ear canal. An output of the light source and an input of the photodetector are separated by the dome, and the dome absorbs and/or reflects at least part of the emitted light. The photodetector may be a forward biased photodiode. The sensor device can be realized with power levels, circuitry components, and in package sizes, of hearing devices.

公开(公告)号：US11792564B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US17588192

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Erwin Kuipers ,  Manuel Weibel ,  Christian Frei-Krumme ,  Maxi Susanne Moritz

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R1/28 ,  H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R1/2846 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R25/70 ,  H04R2460/11

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing device comprising an earpiece provided with a vent configured to provide for a venting of sound waves between an inner region of the ear canal and an ambient environment outside the ear canal; the earpiece further comprising an acoustic valve including a valve member moveable relative to the vent between different positions and an actuator configured to provide an actuation force for a movement of the valve member such that an effective open cross-sectional area of the vent can be modified by the movement of the valve member; the hearing device further comprising an output transducer configured to be acoustically coupled to the inner region of the ear canal.

公开(公告)号：US11647950B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US16834252

申请日：2020-03-30

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Hans-Ueli Roeck ,  Christian Frei-Krumme ,  Konstantin Silberzahn ,  Markus Muller ,  Markus Leuthold

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/0295 ,  H04R25/00

CPC classification number: A61B5/6803 ,  A61B5/0261 ,  A61B5/0295 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  H04R25/40 ,  A61B2562/0238 ,  A61B2562/185

Abstract: An in-ear hearing device includes a light source configured to emit light, a photodetector configured to detect the emitted light after the emitted light passes through tissue of a subject, a spout; an audio receiver configured to deliver a sound to the subject through the spout, and a dome configured to conform to a shape of a subject's ear canal when the hearing device is in the ear canal. An output of the light source and an input of the photodetector are separated by the dome, and the dome absorbs and/or reflects at least part of the emitted light. The photodetector may be a forward biased photodiode. The sensor device can be realized with power levels, circuitry components, and in package sizes, of hearing devices.