EP1802172A3 - Cerumen protector with coloured membrane - Google Patents

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EP1802172A3
EP1802172A3 EP06124658A EP06124658A EP1802172A3 EP 1802172 A3 EP1802172 A3 EP 1802172A3 EP 06124658 A EP06124658 A EP 06124658A EP 06124658 A EP06124658 A EP 06124658A EP 1802172 A3 EP1802172 A3 EP 1802172A3
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membrane
opening
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cerumen
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Anton Gebert
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Sivantos GmbH
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Siemens Audioligische Technik GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • H04R25/652—Ear tips; Ear moulds
    • H04R25/654—Ear wax retarders

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Headphones And Earphones (AREA)
  • Respiratory Apparatuses And Protective Means (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analysing Materials By The Use Of Chemical Reactions (AREA)
  • Measurement Of The Respiration, Hearing Ability, Form, And Blood Characteristics Of Living Organisms (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For Music (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analyzing Non-Biological Materials By The Use Of Chemical Means (AREA)
  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)

Abstract

The device has a funnel-shaped support (1), inserted with its tapered end (2) at a sound outlet of an earpiece of a hearing aid, including a sound opening (3) on its opposite end. The opening is overstretched by a protection membrane (4), which is tensioned for protection against penetration to the cerumen (ear wax) through the opening, where the luminance contrast between the membrane and the support is larger than 0.9. The color of the membrane is spaced at an angle of 60 degree from the color of the support in a blue-yellow-red-color circle.
EP06124658A 2005-12-20 2006-11-23 Cerumen protector Active EP1802172B1 (en)

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DE102005061001A DE102005061001B3 (en) 2005-12-20 2005-12-20 Cerumen protection device for hearing aid, has funnel-shaped support including sound opening, which is overstretched by membrane, where luminance contrast between membrane and support is larger than one specific value

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EP1802172A2 EP1802172A2 (en) 2007-06-27
EP1802172A3 true EP1802172A3 (en) 2010-07-07
EP1802172B1 EP1802172B1 (en) 2011-06-15

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EP06124658A Active EP1802172B1 (en) 2005-12-20 2006-11-23 Cerumen protector

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EP (1) EP1802172B1 (en)
JP (1) JP4224507B2 (en)
CN (1) CN101009949B (en)
AT (1) ATE513425T1 (en)
AU (1) AU2006252067B1 (en)
DE (1) DE102005061001B3 (en)
DK (1) DK1802172T3 (en)

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US4972488A (en) * 1987-04-13 1990-11-20 Beltone Electronics Corporation Ear wax barrier and acoustic attenuator for a hearing aid
US6164409A (en) * 1998-12-11 2000-12-26 Berger; Ralph Wax guard membrane for hearing aids

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JPH09502315A (en) * 1993-09-01 1997-03-04 ノウルズ エレクトロニクス，インコーポレーテッド Receiver for hearing aid
DE19640796A1 (en) * 1996-10-02 1998-04-16 Siemens Audiologische Technik Protective device for the sound inlet and / or sound outlet opening on housings or earmolds of hearing aids
AU2001267653A1 (en) * 2000-06-15 2001-12-24 Canal + Technologies Method for managing classes for an object-oriented programming language with dynamic resolution and tool for generating native structures from java binaries implementing said method
US7751579B2 (en) * 2003-06-13 2010-07-06 Etymotic Research, Inc. Acoustically transparent debris barrier for audio transducers

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4972488A (en) * 1987-04-13 1990-11-20 Beltone Electronics Corporation Ear wax barrier and acoustic attenuator for a hearing aid
US6164409A (en) * 1998-12-11 2000-12-26 Berger; Ralph Wax guard membrane for hearing aids

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
SONION: "C-Barrier Rev. 01", 1 October 2005 (2005-10-01), pages 1 - 17, XP002581652, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:www.sonion.com> [retrieved on 20070412] *

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AU2006252067B1 (en) 2007-04-26
DK1802172T3 (en) 2011-09-26
EP1802172A2 (en) 2007-06-27
ATE513425T1 (en) 2011-07-15
JP2007174665A (en) 2007-07-05
JP4224507B2 (en) 2009-02-18
CN101009949A (en) 2007-08-01
CN101009949B (en) 2012-06-13
DE102005061001B3 (en) 2007-03-01
EP1802172B1 (en) 2011-06-15

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