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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Max Lagally, Madison, WI (US);
Abhishek Bhat, Madison, WI (US);
Frank Flack, Madison, WI (US);
Shelley Scott, Madison, WI (US);
Robert H. Blick, Hamburg, DE;
Assignees:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); H04R 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/606 (2013.01); B06B 1/0662 (2013.01); H04R 25/02 (2013.01); H04R 25/65 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transducer supported by the eardrum provides a piezoelectric material exchanging energy with the eardrum through a nanoscale membrane, the latter serving to boost the coupling between the piezoelectric material and the eardrum.