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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney C Perkins, Woodside, CA (US);
Jason L Carlson, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Resound Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1284206 ; 381 686 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for treating hearing impairment in a human. The external auditory canal is substantially enlarged surgically in region proximate the ear drum. An electronic hearing aid is placed in this region. The hearing aid has a external housing molded to conform with the shape of the surgically enlarged region.