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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2007
Applicant:
Zezheng Hou, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Zezheng Hou, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apherma, LLC, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hearing aid (or other assistive listening device) that is suitable for limited use is disclosed. The hearing aid can be configured to be usable for a predetermined period of time. After the expiration of the predetermined period of time, the hearing aid can cease to operate or operate in a degraded manner. Once the hearing aid has become significantly degraded, it can be either disposed of or reconfigured (or reprogrammed) so as to be usable for an additional period of time.
Hou, Zezheng. (2012). Limited use hearing aid (U.S. Patent No. 8189830). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8189830
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