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US 10,219,088 B2Granted
Photoactive self-cleaning hearing assistance device
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsThomas Blaise Bergner, Sidney A. Higgins, Susan Marie Johansson
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Abstract
Photoactive cleaning hearing assistance devices and methods of cleaning hearing assistance devices are described. Photoactive nanoparticles may be disposed on or in the hearing assistance devices. The photoactive nanoparticles provide a localized surface plasmon resonance effect when illuminated with light.
Claims16
A hearing assistance device comprising:
- a housing;
- a transducer within the housing;
- a sound port extending through the housing;
- a barrier layer covering the sound port;
- photoactive nanoparticles disposed on or in the housing or the barrier layer, wherein the photoactive nanoparticles provide a localized surface plasmon resonance effect when illuminated with light;
- and a light source within the housing in optical communication with the photoactive nanoparticles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.