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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. 22, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Gary M. Saxton, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ross S. Tsugita, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jobert P. Balceta, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gary M. Saxton, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ross S. Tsugita, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jobert P. Balceta, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sonic Innovations, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-expanding hearing device is disclosed. The device includes a body, a membrane coupled to the body, and a frame coupled to the body, so that a user can compress the frame for insertion into the user's ear canal, and when the user releases compression the frame expands so that the device is lodged in the ear canal.