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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Rodney Perkins, Woodside, CA (US);
Sunil Puria, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan Fay, San Mateo, CA (US);
John H. Winstead, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rodney Perkins, Woodside, CA (US);
Sunil Puria, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan Fay, San Mateo, CA (US);
John H. Winstead, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
EarLens Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus for directly stimulating a tympanic membrane or other acoustic member comprising a support with a plurality of activatable elements. The support can be mounted on the tympanic membrane and the activatable elements are distributed on the support to provide a distributed vibration to the tympanic membrane.