WO2012006383A1 - Cavité pour récepteur de prothèse auditive intra-auriculaire - Google Patents

Cavité pour récepteur de prothèse auditive intra-auriculaire Download PDF

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WO2012006383A1
WO2012006383A1 PCT/US2011/043117 US2011043117W WO2012006383A1 WO 2012006383 A1 WO2012006383 A1 WO 2012006383A1 US 2011043117 W US2011043117 W US 2011043117W WO 2012006383 A1 WO2012006383 A1 WO 2012006383A1
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ear canal
receiver
hearing instrument
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Salman Parsi
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Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc.
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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
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/604—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
    • 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

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  • Siemens Hearing Instruments - Features (web page), available at: hearing.siemens.com/en/04-products/24-motion/02-motion-ite/05- f e atur e s/ f e atur e s . j sp .
  • Siemens CENTRA active (brochure), June 2008, 12 pp., available at: hearing.siemens.com/_resources-re/files/04-products/13-centra- active/_resources/pdf/CentraActive_information-brochure.pdf.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 are drawings of a hearing instrument positioned in an ear canal
  • Fig. 3 is a top view of an ear canal segment perpendicular surface
  • Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional elevation view of the ear canal segment and the ear canal dome tip of the hearing instrument
  • Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the ear canal dome tip of the
  • Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional elevation view of the ear canal segment, the ear canal dome tip of the hearing instrument, and an electrical contact assembly;
  • Figs. 7 and 8 are elevation and bottom views, respectively, of the hearing instrument receiver and the ear canal dome tip;
  • Fig. 9 is a top view of an ear canal segment perpendicular surface and a receiver pocket ledge for supporting the electrical contact
  • Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional elevation view of the ear canal segment and the ear canal dome tip of the hearing instrument, where a receiver pocket ledge supports the receiver contact assembly.
  • the hearing instrument 10 comprises a hearing instrument shell 100 and a removable, wax-resistant ear canal dome tip 200 attached to the shell 100.
  • the hearing instrument 10 is inserted into the ear, with the ear canal dome tip 200 being positioned in the ear canal and facing the tympanic membrane; the shell 100 extends outwardly from the ear canal towards the pinna and the outer ear.
  • the two vertical dotted lines between the dome tip 200 and the shell 100 represent a receiver, discussed further on.
  • the hearing instrument shell 100 comprises a shell outer
  • the shell 100 further comprises an ear canal segment 110 and a faceplate segment 140 comprising a faceplate 142. Collectively, the ear canal segment 110, the faceplate segment 140, and any intermediate portions define the body of the shell 100 and enclose the interior volume 104 of the shell 100 (not indicated in Fig. 1;
  • the hearing instrument 10 illustrated in Fig. 1 is known in the hearing industry as a "full-shell" in-the-ear (“ITE") instrument, a device that sits entirely in the ear fills all or most of the concha of the ear.
  • ITE full-shell in-the-ear
  • the shell 100 of a full- shell hearing instrument would further comprise an aperture segment 120 (the aperture being the opening of ear canal) and a concha segment 130 (conforming to the concha portion of the ear).
  • the portions of the ear anatomy the instrument occupies will vary with the size and configuration of the hearing instrument 10.
  • the dashed line 160 depicts an alternative location for the faceplate 142, the position of which is dictated by whether the instrument is completely in the ear canal, half shell, or in-the-canal.
  • the portion of the shell 100 facing the tympanic membrane, on the end of the shell 100 opposite the faceplate 142, is the ear canal
  • the ear canal segment 110 comprises an ear canal segment perpendicular surface 112, generally perpendicular to the walls 20 of the ear canal and adjacent the ear canal dome tip 200.
  • the ear canal segment perpendicular surface 112 has a rounded edge where it meets the walls 20 of the ear canal to avoid injury.
  • a vent 150 runs between the ear canal segment perpendicular surface 112 and the faceplate 142.
  • the hearing instrument 10 is shown again in Fig. 2.
  • a receiver receptacle or pocket 300 for holding a hearing instrument receiver extends from the ear canal segment perpendicular surface 112 into the interior volume 104 of the shell 100, as depicted by a dotted line, while the receiver, shown here in phantom, extends above the
  • the pocket 300 may extend below the ear canal segment 110 and into adjacent segments of the hearing instrument shell 100.
  • An opening 114 for the receiver pocket 300 is shown in the top view of the ear canal segment perpendicular surface 112 in Fig. 3.
  • a vent opening 116 is provided in the ear canal segment perpendicular surface 112 for the vent 150.
  • a receiver 400 is positioned in the receiver pocket 300 and comprises a receiver sound output port 410 through which sound generated by the receiver 400 passes outward and
  • a wall 302 defining the pocket is shown schematically in Fig. 4; the actual structure is a matter of design choice.
  • a portion of the body 402 of the receiver 400 may lie above the ear canal segment perpendicular surface 112.
  • the amount, indicated as d in Fig. 4, is a matter of design choice; for example, the portion of the receiver 400 sitting above the perpendicular
  • the surface 112 could be less than one-half of the height h of the body 402 of the receiver 400.
  • the cross-section 304 of the receiver pocket 300 conforms to the outer surface of the body 402 of the receiver 400 and may be rectangular (as shown in Fig. 3), square, circular, or any other suitable shape.
  • the ear canal dome tip 200 also known as an "open-fit dome,” comprises a hollow shell 202 having a generally hemispherical, partially hemispherical, ellipsoidal, or other suitable shape.
  • the ear canal dome tip 200 is open on the bottom, and comprises an interior volume 204, vents 210 in the shell 202, and a cylindrical receptacle 220 descending from the top 206 of the dome tip 200.
  • the cylindrical receptacle 220 has a diameter conforming to and removably receiving the receiver sound output port 410.
  • the bottom 208 of the dome tip 200 may descend below the top surface 404 of the receiver body 402.
  • a bottom view of the ear canal dome tip 200 is shown in Fig. 5, where the receiver sound output port 410 is depicted in phantom by the innermost
  • the receiver 400 may be held in the receiver pocket by a detent, a latch, a pin, or a press fit (not shown), or any other suitable means.
  • a removable sealant may be provided between the opening 114 in the ear canal segment perpendicular surface 112 and the receiver 400 to keep moisture and contaminants out of the receiver pocket 300.
  • the receiver pocket 300 further comprises an electrical contact assembly 500 having receiver mating contacts 510 on the upper surface 502 that mate with the receiver contacts 420 on the bottom surface 406 of the receiver 400.
  • Elevation and bottom views of the receiver 400 and the ear canal dome tip 200 in Figs. 7 and 8 further illustrate the receiver contacts 420. (The vents 210 and other details of the dome tip 200 have been omitted from the bottom view of Fig. 8.)
  • the receiver mating contacts 510 are electrically connected to wiring contacts 520 on the lower surface 504 of the contact assembly 500, as indicated by the dotted lines between the two sets of contacts (Fig. 6).
  • Signal wires 530 from the hearing instrument's amplifier or other circuitry (not shown) are connected to the wiring contacts 520.
  • the receiver mating contacts 510 should be selected to maintain contact with the corresponding contacts on the receiver 400.
  • Spring-loaded or pliable contacts, elastomeric connectors e.g., Fujipoly Zebra®
  • Elastomeric Connectors or any other suitable technology may be used.
  • the electrical contact assembly 500 may be fabricated as
  • the receiver pocket 300 may have a ledge 310 that supports the electrical contact assembly 500, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10.
  • the electrical contact assembly 500 would then be inserted into the receiver pocket 300 from the opening in the ear canal segment perpendicular surface 112
  • the ear canal dome tip 200 is removed and the receiver 400 is removed or inserted into the receiver pocket 300.
  • the foregoing devices find industrial applicability in the field of hearing instruments.

Abstract

L'invention porte sur un logement ou une cavité pour un récepteur d'une prothèse auditive ayant un embout intra-auriculaire amovible en forme de dôme, formé(e) dans la coque à proximité immédiate de l'embout intra-auriculaire en forme de dôme. Ce logement ou cette cavité s'étend à l'intérieur du corps de la coque à partir d'une surface perpendiculaire située sur la partie intra-auriculaire de la coque.
PCT/US2011/043117 2010-07-08 2011-07-07 Cavité pour récepteur de prothèse auditive intra-auriculaire WO2012006383A1 (fr)

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US20090304216A1 (en) * 2007-02-08 2009-12-10 Widex A/S Receiver in the ear (rite) component for a hearing aid
US20080285783A1 (en) * 2007-05-16 2008-11-20 Anton Gebert Earpiece for a hearing device with bayonet fitting
US20090116672A1 (en) * 2007-11-01 2009-05-07 Dave Prahl Instant custom ear mold with removable receiver insert for auditory devices

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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EP2750413A1 (fr) * 2012-12-28 2014-07-02 Sonion Nederland B.V. Dispositif d'aide auditive
US9226085B2 (en) 2012-12-28 2015-12-29 Sonion Nederland Bv Hearing aid device
US9699575B2 (en) 2012-12-28 2017-07-04 Sonion Nederland Bv Hearing aid device
DK201470199A1 (en) * 2014-04-10 2015-10-26 Gn Resound As A hearing aid with replacable receiver
US9386383B2 (en) 2014-04-10 2016-07-05 Gn Resound A/S Hearing aid receiver and a hearing aid comprising such a receiver
US9392385B2 (en) 2014-04-10 2016-07-12 Gn Resound A/S Hearing aid
US9578430B2 (en) 2014-04-10 2017-02-21 Gn Hearing A/S Hearing aid
WO2017017517A1 (fr) * 2015-07-24 2017-02-02 Logitech Europe - S.A. Écouteur boutons vestimentaires ayant une dimension réduite d'embout
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