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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
Sonova Ag, Staefa, CH;
Paul Wagner, Meilen, CH;
Michael Au, Union City, CA (US);
Barjinder Chana, San Jose, CA (US);
Karamuk Erdal, Männedorf, CH;
Mehnaz Khan, Sunnydale, CA (US);
Daniel Baer, Zürich, CH;
Gerald van Oerle, Uster, CH;
Andi Vonlanthen, Oberrohrdorf, CH;
Sonova AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
This invention relates to a device for insertion of a deep-in-the-canal hearing aid—alternatively designatable as extended wear hearing aid—into an ear canal of an individual user, at a pre-determined insertion depth (d) thereof. The insertion device comprises a customized support comprising an outer profile conforming to the shapes of at least a portion of a conchal cavity and of an ear canal of said individual user; and a guide channel, disposed internal to said outer profile, extending between a lateral entry opening thereof, for loading said hearing aid; and a medial exit opening thereof, for releasing said hearing aid into said ear canal. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing an insertion device for inserting a hearing aid deep into an ear canal of an individual hearing aid user, at a pre-determined insertion depth (d) thereof.