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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Applicant:
Earlens Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul Rucker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Earlens Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/606 (2013.01); H04R 17/00 (2013.01); H04R 25/609 (2019.05); H04R 25/652 (2013.01); H04R 2225/025 (2013.01); H04R 2460/11 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a contact hearing device comprising a piezoelectric actuator. The attachment of the piezoelectric actuator to a tympanic membrane can vibrate the tympanic membrane based on a transmission received by the receiver assembly and produce perception of sounds.