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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Blaise Bergner, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Sidney A. Higgins, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Susan Marie Johansson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/654 (2013.01); B08B 7/0057 (2013.01); G02B 5/008 (2013.01); H04R 25/65 (2013.01); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01); H04R 2460/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
Photoactive cleaning hearing assistance devices and methods of cleaning hearing assistance devices are described. Photoactive nanoparticles may be disposed on or in the hearing assistance devices. The photoactive nanoparticles provide a localized surface plasmon resonance effect when illuminated with light.