公开(公告)号：US12003924B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US17549722

申请日：2021-12-13

Applicant: Earlens Corporation

Inventor： Paul Rucker

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R17/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/606 ,  H04R17/00 ,  H04R25/609 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2460/11 ,  H04R2460/13

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a contact hearing device comprising a piezoelectric actuator. The attachment of the piezoelectric actuator to a tympanic membrane can vibrate the tympanic membrane based on a transmission received by the receiver assembly and produce perception of sounds.

公开(公告)号：US11979718B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US17963682

申请日：2022-10-11

Applicant: Earlens Corporation

Inventor： Peter Dy ,  Rodney Perkins ,  James Silver ,  Jake Olsen ,  Paul Rucker ,  Kyle Imatani ,  Bryan Flaherty ,  Daniel Hallock ,  Iljong Lee ,  Ketan Muni

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R31/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R31/00 ,  H04R2231/003

Abstract: Hearing aid devices, methods of manufacture, methods of use, and kits are provided. In certain aspects, the hearing aid devices comprise an apparatus having a transducer and a retention structure comprising a shape profile corresponding to a tissue of the user, and a layer of elastomer.

公开(公告)号：US11800303B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17534189

申请日：2021-11-23

Applicant: Earlens Corporation

Inventor： Daniel J. Freed ,  Sunil Puria

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04B10/50 ,  H04B10/114

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  H04B10/114 ,  H04B10/50595 ,  H04R25/606 ,  H04R2225/33 ,  H04R2225/49 ,  H04R2460/03

Abstract: A processor comprises instructions to adjust a bias of an input signal in order to decrease a duty cycle of a pulse modulated optical signal. The bias can be increased, decreased, or maintained in response to one or more measured values of the signal. In many embodiments, a gain of the signal is adjusted with the bias in order to inhibit distortion. The bias can be adjusted slowly in order to inhibit audible noise, and the gain can be adjusted faster than the bias in order to inhibit clipping of the signal. In many embodiments, one or more of the bias or the gain is adjusted in response to a value of the signal traversing a threshold amount. The value may comprise a trough of the signal traversing the threshold.

公开(公告)号：US11743663B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17476406

申请日：2021-09-15

Applicant: Earlens Corporation

Inventor： Jake L. Olsen ,  David Chazan ,  Jonathan P. Fay ,  Micha Rosen ,  Sunil Puria

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R25/02

CPC classification number: H04R25/652 ,  H04R25/02 ,  H04R25/606 ,  H04R2225/023

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods and apparatus suitable for use with hearing devices. A vapor deposition process can be used to make a retention structure having a shape profile corresponding to a tissue surface, such as a retention structure having a shape profile corresponding to one or more of an eardrum, the eardrum annulus, or a skin of the ear canal. The retention structure can be resilient and may comprise an anatomically accurate shape profile corresponding to a portion of the ear, such that the resilient retention structure provides mechanical stability for an output transducer assembly placed in the ear for an extended time. The output transducer may couple to the eardrum with direct mechanical coupling or acoustic coupling when retained in the ear canal with the retention structure.

公开(公告)号：US11665487B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US17159490

申请日：2021-01-27

Applicant: Earlens Corporation

Inventor： Lawrence W. Arne ,  Konstadinos Hatzianestis ,  Stuart W. Wenzel

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H02M3/08 ,  H02M7/10 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04R25/02 ,  H01F27/24 ,  H01F38/14 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H02J50/12 ,  H02M7/06

CPC classification number: H04R25/456 ,  H01F27/24 ,  H01F38/14 ,  H02M3/08 ,  H02M7/10 ,  H04B5/0006 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R25/02 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/606 ,  H04R25/609 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H02J50/12 ,  H02M7/06 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/0216 ,  H04R2225/33 ,  H04R2460/11 ,  H04R2460/13

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a contact hearing system including: an ear tip including a transmit circuit having a first Q value, wherein the ear tip includes a transmit coil wound on a ferrite core; a contact hearing device including a receive circuit having a second Q value, wherein the first Q value is greater than the second Q value; a receive coil positioned on the contact hearing device, wherein the receive coil includes a core of a non-ferromagnetic material.

公开(公告)号：US11660007B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US17341189

申请日：2021-06-07

Applicant: Earlens Corporation

Inventor： Rodney Perkins ,  Brent Edwards ,  Paul Rucker ,  Kulbir Sandhu ,  Cem Shaquer ,  Lakshman Rathnam ,  William Facteau

IPC: A61B5/25 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61N1/30 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61M31/00 ,  A61B5/291 ,  A61B5/296 ,  A61B5/349 ,  A61B5/369 ,  A61B5/389 ,  A61N1/05 ,  A61N1/36 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  H04R25/02 ,  A61M37/00 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/08

CPC classification number: A61B5/02055 ,  A61B5/0059 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/112 ,  A61B5/1118 ,  A61B5/14517 ,  A61B5/14532 ,  A61B5/14552 ,  A61B5/25 ,  A61B5/291 ,  A61B5/296 ,  A61B5/349 ,  A61B5/369 ,  A61B5/389 ,  A61B5/4094 ,  A61B5/4815 ,  A61B5/4839 ,  A61B5/4866 ,  A61B5/4875 ,  A61B5/6815 ,  A61B5/6816 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  A61M31/00 ,  A61M31/002 ,  A61N1/0541 ,  A61N1/306 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/36038 ,  H04R1/028 ,  H04R25/00 ,  H04R25/02 ,  H04R25/70 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/0816 ,  A61B5/1112 ,  A61B5/1451 ,  A61B5/14539 ,  A61B5/14542 ,  A61B5/4266 ,  A61B5/4818 ,  A61M2037/0023 ,  A61M2210/0662 ,  H04R2225/023 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/55 ,  H04R2460/07

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a wearable system wherein elements of the system, including various sensors adapted to detect biometric and other data and/or to deliver drugs, are positioned proximal to, on the ear or in the ear canal of a person. In embodiments of the invention, elements of the system are positioned on the ear or in the ear canal for extended periods of time. For example, an element of the system may be positioned on the tympanic membrane of a user and left there overnight, for multiple days, months, or years. Because of the position and longevity of the system elements in the ear canal, the present invention has many advantages over prior wearable biometric and drug delivery devices.

公开(公告)号：US20230029042A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17894889

申请日：2022-08-24

Applicant: Earlens Corporation

Inventor： William FACTEAU ,  Lawrence W. ARNE ,  Suzanne LEVY ,  Drew DUNDAS ,  Greg KOSKOWICH ,  Pragati Rao MANDIKAL VASUKI ,  Srinivasamurthy Ravi PRAKASH ,  Rodney C. PERKINS ,  Stuart W. WENZEL

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  H04R1/10 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/318 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/0205

Abstract: Methods of measuring biometric characteristics using a sensor positioned in an ear canal of a user are provided. The sensor is positioned on or connected to an ear tip, a contact hearing device, or one or more components thereof. One or more biometric signals may be sensed from the sensor. The biometric characteristic of the user is measured or derived from these sensed signals, and include but are not limited to the temperature of the user, acoustic signal(s) from the user, movement(s) of the user, a ballistocardiogram, an electrocardiogram, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure.

公开(公告)号：US11564044B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-24

申请号：US17506468

申请日：2021-10-20

Applicant: Earlens Corporation

Inventor： Brendan Larkin ,  Xavier Chabot

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: The current invention is intended to render artifacts, which are introduced by changes in coefficients in an FIR filter, inaudible by applying a window to the filtered signal that results in the output of the filter (e.g. FIR filter), in which the coefficients are being changed, supplying little or none of the total output while the output of the filter, in which the coefficients are stable, supplies most or all of the total output.

公开(公告)号：US11540065B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16953085

申请日：2020-11-19

Applicant: Earlens Corporation

Inventor： Cem Shaquer ,  Louis Wong ,  Kulbir Sandhu ,  Mudhafar Hassan Ali ,  Thanh Tran

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04B5/00

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hearing aid which includes a lateral ear canal assembly and a medial ear canal assembly. In embodiments of the invention the medial ear canal assembly may include smart circuitry adapted to control parameters and outputs of the medial ear canal assembly. In embodiments of the invention various methods and circuitry are described, wherein the methods and circuitry are adapted to improve the performance and efficiency of the hearing aid.

公开(公告)号：US11350226B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16379346

申请日：2019-04-09

Applicant: Earlens Corporation

Inventor： Kulbir Sandhu ,  Cem Shaquer ,  Kyu-Hwa Jeong

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H02J7/02 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method of charging a rechargeable battery, the method comprising the steps of: detecting the presence of a rechargeable hearing aid in a hearing aid recharger; generating a unique random ID in the charger; transmitting the unique random ID to the hearing aid using an extremely low power protocol; demodulating the unique ID in the hearing aid; using the demodulated unique ID in a low power protocol to advertise the hearing aid on a network which includes the charger; associating the hearing aid to the charger when the charger which broadcast the unique ID receives that unique ID from a hearing aid using a wireless protocol; using the wireless protocol to communicate between the associated charging station and hearing aid; radiating power from the charger to the hearing aid; and ending the association when the hearing aid is removed from the charger.