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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2018
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eleanor V. Goodall, Seattle, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, San Jose, CA (US);
Melanie K. Kitzan, North Bend, WA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen L. Malaska, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Brittany Scheid, St. Louis, MO (US);
Katherine E. Sharadin, Redmond, WA (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
eQuility LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and related methods for controlling an ear stimulation device with a personal computing device, in response to determination of electrical contact of an electrode in a stimulator earpiece with an ear of a user of the personal computing device, are described. If the electrode is not in good electrical contact with the ear of the user, delivery of the stimulus is prevented and the user is notified of the status of the electrode. In various aspects, the user is instructed to reposition the earpiece or replace, clean, moisten, or apply gel to at least a portion of the electrode.