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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Christopher R. Paetsch, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrew D. Dominijanni, Newton, MA (US);
John Gerard Grenier, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Brian Fligor, Mansfield, MA (US);
Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Berlin, MA (US);
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving one or more electronic files comprising information on structural features of a portion of an ear of a user, generating an electronic representation of the eartip or a cast based on a portion of the information on the structural features of the portion of the ear, and producing the eartip based on the electronic representation. The eartip includes an outlet, and a sealing structure disposed around an exterior of the outlet, wherein a first end of the sealing structure is attached to the outlet, and a second, opposite end of the sealing structure is physically separated from the exterior of the outlet. Generating the electronic representation includes configuring one or more structural parameters of the outlet or the sealing structure in accordance with the structural features of the portion of the ear.