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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2009
Robert Howard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Evelyne Chaubert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gretchen Anderson, Oakland, CA (US);
Jonathan Paul Downing, Belmont, CA (US);
Nicholas Hausman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Janet Karen Hwu, San Diego, CA (US);
Ricardo Penate, Pacifica, CA (US);
Robert Howard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Evelyne Chaubert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gretchen Anderson, Oakland, CA (US);
Jonathan Paul Downing, Belmont, CA (US);
Nicholas Hausman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Janet Karen Hwu, San Diego, CA (US);
Ricardo Penate, Pacifica, CA (US);
InSound Medical, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, tools, and methods of manufacturing said tools are provided for inserting a hearing device deeply into the ear canal of a user and adjusting its medial-lateral position therein. The provided tools comprise a shaft. A distal end of the shaft can be coupled to the hearing device. The shaft is flexible to facilitate its insertion into the tortuous ear canal and minimize injurious contact with the ear canal. The length of the shaft can be adjusted to adjust the depth of insertion of the shaft into the ear canal, customizing the tool for an individual user. Medial advancement of the shaft into the ear canal is limited by a base, side extension, or mold coupled to a proximal portion of the shaft or other proximal part of the tool.