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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2023
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Paul Anders Shriner, Hopkins, MN (US);
Ezdeen Elghannai, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Carter Christensen, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
An antenna for a hearing instrument comprises: a first antenna portion comprising a first body and at least one of a first set of anterior arms extending in an anterior direction from the first body, or a first set of posterior arms extending in a posterior direction from the first body; a second antenna portion comprising a second body and at least one of a second set of anterior arms extending in the anterior direction from the second body, or a second set of posterior arms extending in a posterior direction from the second body, each arm of the first and second sets of anterior arms and each arm of the first and second sets of posterior arms having a physical length at least 10% of a total physical length of the first and second antenna portions, respectively.