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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Janav Parag Udani, Redmond, WA (US);

Morteza Khaleghimeybodi, Bothell, WA (US);

Drew Stone Briggs, Seattle, WA (US);

Peter Gottlieb, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4514 (2013.01); B29C 64/386 (2017.08); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); H04R 1/1058 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); H04R 2201/105 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cartilage conduction system may include (1) a transducer that generates mechanical energy and (2) a functionally graded material (FGM) interface dimensioned to be coupled between the transducer and cartilage located on an outer ear of a user, wherein the FGM interface (1) exhibits a gradation of at least one characteristic from one side of the FGM interface to another side of the FGM interface and (2) facilitates transferring the mechanical energy across the gradation of the characteristic from the transducer to the cartilage. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.


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