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US 10,455,315 B2Granted
Inverted balloon system and inflation management system
AssigneeStaton Techiya LLC
InventorJohn Patrick Keady
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Abstract
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an earpiece having a balloon and a stent where the balloon is mounted on the stent and the stent incorporates two or more channels including at least an inflation channel and an acoustic channel. In some embodiments the stent is configured to pass audio signals through the acoustic channel where the acoustic channel is independent of the inflation channel of the balloon. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
An earpiece, comprising:
- a balloon;
- and
- a stent, wherein the balloon is mounted on the stent and the stent incorporates two or more channels including at least an inflation channel and an acoustic channel and wherein the balloon is configured to form an inverted bond to the stent when inflated.
A closed pressure management system, comprising:
- a balloon;
- a restoring membrane;
- and
- a stent having an inflation channel of the balloon and an acoustic channel, where the stent is configured to pass audio signals through the acoustic channel that is independent of the inflation channel of the balloon and where the balloon and restoring membrane are pneumatically coupled so that when the balloon is inflated and depressed the restoring membrane will expand supplying a restoring force to counter a depression of the balloon, and wherein the balloon is configured to form an inverted bond to the stent when inflated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.