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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2004
Rodney C. Perkins, Woodside, CA (US);
Sunil Puria, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Fay, San Mateo, CA (US);
John Winstead, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rodney C. Perkins, Woodside, CA (US);
Sunil Puria, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Fay, San Mateo, CA (US);
John Winstead, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
EarLens Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A hearing system for producing audio signals perceptible to an individual. The hearing system includes a transducer having a surface adapted to attach to a middle-ear acoustic member of the individual, wherein the transducer is responsive to variations in a magnetic field emitted by a transmitter to directly vibrate the acoustic member. The transmitter is supported within an ear canal of the individual. The transmitter has a coil and a core positioned so that the distal end of the core is located at a predetermined distance and orientation relative to the transducer.