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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:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Owen D Brimhall, South Jordan, UT (US);
Gregory N Koskowich, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Robert P Wyckoff, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
James M Nee, West Jordan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Sonic Innovations, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
181135 ; 381325 ;
Abstract
A movable cover that pivots over a receiver port in the hearing aid shell forms a cerumen barrier. Alternatively, the cerumen barrier includes both a movable cover that pivots over a receiver port in the hearing aid shell and a deformable grommet and membrane assembly that is disposed over the receiver port.