Sonova Ag

Theravent, Inc.

Frank Wang

Michael Y Au

Grace Gardner

Xiuming Zhu

Yashvant Venkatakrishnan

Lu Zhang

Rajiv Doshi

Paul Anthony Wagner

Erdal Karamuk

Ronald G French

Ryan Kendall Pierce

Stephan Gehring

Daniel Baer

Barjinder Chana

Marius Ruefenacht

Simone Kneipp

Roland Kern

Santi Chrisanti

Seyedeh Fatemeh Khatami Firoozabadi

Benjamin K Cline

A hearing device including a housing, a receiver within the housing, and a contaminant guard having a guard sound port and one or both of an outer contaminant receptacle, which is located outward of the guard sound port and that extends around the guard sound port, and an inner contaminant receptacle, which that is located on the central axis of the guard sound port and operably connected to a location outward of the guard sound port.

Canal hearing devices with sound port contaminant guards

An ITE hearing instrumentality, for use in an ear canal, that includes a housing, a receiver located within the housing, an earpiece on the housing that is configured to mount the housing within the ear canal, and at least one biometric sensor on the earpiece.

Hearing devices including biometric sensors and associated methods

A hearing device seal module for use with a hearing device core including a tubular seal carrier defining a lumen configured for passage of the hearing device core and including a resilient seal support region formed from resilient material and configured to receive the hearing device core, a seal carrier support configured to hold at least a portion of the resilient seal support region open during an insertion of the hearing device core, and a first seal secured to a first portion of the seal support region and extending outwardly therefrom.

Hearing device seal modules, modular hearing devices including the same and associated methods

An in-ear optical sensor device sits deep within the ear canal of a subject such that is in the cartilaginous region and/or the bony region of the ear canal where effects from temporomandibular joint activity or other movement, and external light, are limited. The device has a lateral housing and a medial articulating head joined at an articulation joint so that the medial articulating head may be angled relative to the lateral housing to help the device fit within tortuous ear canals. The device also includes a seal configured to conform to the shape of the ear canal to physically support the device to further limit movement and block environmental light. An audio receiver is also included in the device.

Deep ear sensor for reducing noise from movement and environment

An exemplary hearing device configured to facilitate hearing by a user may comprise an in-the-ear ('ITE') component comprising a shell having a contoured outer surface configured to fit at least partially within an ear canal of the user. The contoured outer surface of the shell may include a first region having a first modulus of elasticity and a second region having a second modulus of elasticity that is different than the first modulus of elasticity. The first region and the second region may be formed of a same material.

Hearing device having a shell including regions with different moduli of elasticity and methods of manufacturing the same

Described herein are passive nasal respiratory devices, in particular, passive nasal respiratory devices configured to achieve positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in a subject wearing the device. PEEP devices may have a threshold pressure for opening during expiration. These devices may include a flap valve that opens on inhalation nested with a spring valve that opens when exhalation pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold. The device may be configured to be comfortably worn by a sleeping subject.

Passive nasal peep devices

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San Bruno, CA, United States of America

Frank Wang