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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2006
André Lucien Ochsenbein, Wolfhausen, CH;
Daniel Müller, Zürich, CH;
André Lucien Ochsenbein, Wolfhausen, CH;
Daniel Müller, Zürich, CH;
Phonak AG, Stafa, CH;
Abstract
The present invention provides a hearing device comprising a first component () with a housing () comprising at least one electronic module, said housing () being adapted to be carried outside of or at the human body and a second component () to be inserted either partially or fully into an ear canal of a human body, said second component () comprising a shell (). The hearing device further comprises connecting means connecting both mechanically and electrically said first and said second component (), comprising a tube () with electric wire arranged within the tube () and two fasteners () being arranged at each end of said tube (). Said first fastener (), being adapted to detachably connect said second component () with said connecting means, comprises a receiving housing or compartment, adapted to contain at least a part of a receiver () to be placed within said second component (). By providing a detachable fastener () at least at one end of the tube () acting as connecting means between the first and second component () of the hearing device, the connecting means may be easily detached from either the first or the second component () of the hearing device.