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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Scion Neurostim, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Robert D. Black, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Duncan Bathe, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Assignee:
SCION NEUROSTIM, INC., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36039 (2017.08); A61F 2007/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An in-ear stimulation device for administering caloric stimulation to the ear canal of a subject includes a frame defining a perimeter and having a center region, at least one tensioning member in the center region of the frame and being held by the frame, and an earpiece connected to the tensioning member in the center region of the frame. The frame is configured to generally rest on a head and around an ear of the subject such that the earpiece is positioned in the ear canal of the subject and the tensioning member exerts a force on the earpiece toward the ear canal of the subject.