WO2010001305A3 - Self-fitting device for location in an ear canal - Google Patents

Self-fitting device for location in an ear canal Download PDF

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WO2010001305A3
WO2010001305A3 PCT/IB2009/052711 IB2009052711W WO2010001305A3 WO 2010001305 A3 WO2010001305 A3 WO 2010001305A3 IB 2009052711 W IB2009052711 W IB 2009052711W WO 2010001305 A3 WO2010001305 A3 WO 2010001305A3
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ear
bladder
self
location
fitting device
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Ricky Wayne Purcell
Kenneth Michael Ross
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Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
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Priority to EP09772965.1A priority Critical patent/EP2304970B1/en
Priority to KR1020107029486A priority patent/KR101530746B1/en
Publication of WO2010001305A2 publication Critical patent/WO2010001305A2/en
Publication of WO2010001305A3 publication Critical patent/WO2010001305A3/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F11/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F11/06—Protective devices for the ears
    • A61F11/08—Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs
    • A61F11/10—Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs inflatable or expandable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1083—Reduction of ambient noise
    • 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

Abstract

A self-fitting device for location in an ear canal. The device includes a body having a body ear end, an opposite body user end, and a shaft extending from the ear end to the user end. A resilient bladder is joined with the body ear end and a chamber is defined inside the resilient bladder. An elongate plunger is located in the shaft. The resilient bladder is deformable between an at-rest position and an in-ear position. The elongate plunger actuates between the at-rest position and an insertion position to assist the resilient bladder to be deformed into the in-ear position. The plunger actuates in the insertion position without extending a front end portion of the bladder forward of a position of the front end portion when the bladder is in the at-rest position.
PCT/IB2009/052711 2008-06-30 2009-06-24 Self-fitting device for location in an ear canal WO2010001305A2 (en)

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EP09772965.1A EP2304970B1 (en) 2008-06-30 2009-06-24 Self-fitting device for placing in an ear canal
KR1020107029486A KR101530746B1 (en) 2008-06-30 2009-06-24 Self-fitting device for location in an ear canal

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US12/217,083 US7913696B2 (en) 2008-06-30 2008-06-30 Self-fitting device for location in an ear canal
US12/217,083 2008-06-30

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WO2010001305A3 true WO2010001305A3 (en) 2010-04-15

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EP (1) EP2304970B1 (en)
KR (1) KR101530746B1 (en)
WO (1) WO2010001305A2 (en)

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WO2010001305A2 (en) 2010-01-07
EP2304970A4 (en) 2011-09-07
EP2304970B1 (en) 2016-03-23
KR101530746B1 (en) 2015-06-22

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