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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Sophono, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Inventor:
Peter Ruppersberg, Blonay, CH;
Assignee:
SOPHONO, INC., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 24/06 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 24/06 (2013.01); A61L 24/0031 (2013.01); H04R 25/606 (2013.01); H04R 3/002 (2013.01); H04R 2225/67 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments of systems, devices, components and methods for improving acoustic coupling between a bone conduction hearing device (BCHD) and a patient's head or skull. Such systems, devices, components and methods include disposing a gel or paste between the BCHD and the patient's skin, hair and/or skull. The gel or paste improves the transmission of acoustic signals generated by a transducer in the BCHD to the patients head or skull by providing a more efficient and improved intermediary acoustic medium for the transmission of acoustic signals to the patient's head or skull.