Sivantos Pte. Ltd.

Constantine Farmakidis

Oliver Nipp

Johannes Kuhn

Daniela Beck

A hearing aid includes a housing and a frame inserted in the housing and serving to receive electrical or electronic assemblies which include a transmitting and/or receiving unit for electromagnetic waves. The frame includes an associated antenna configured as an integral part of the frame, as a stamped/bent part or as an inlay part made of metal. The antenna includes a first part with two ends. The first part in particular has a winding profile or is configured as an open loop, and a segment along the profile of the first part forms a first auxiliary structure having the shape of a closed loop.

Hearing aid with electronics frame and antenna integrated therein

A hearing aid contains a housing and, inserted in the housing, is a frame for receiving electrical or electronic assemblies. The assemblies received in the frame contains a transmitting and/or receiving unit for electro-magnetic waves. The hearing aid moreover has an antenna assigned to the transmitting and/or receiving unit, which antenna is configured as an integral part of the frame, as a stamped/bent part or as inlay part made of metal. The antenna contains two parts which are each configured as open loops with two ends, wherein the two loop-shaped parts of the antenna are electrically shorted to each other by a respective end.

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Lancashire, United Kingdom

Constantine Farmakidis