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US 2009/0022353 A1Published application
Expandable earpiece sealing devices and methods
AssigneePersonics Holdings Inc.
InventorsSteven Wayne Goldstein, John Patrick Keady
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Abstract
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed toward an earpiece with a sealing section for acoustically sealing the meatus of a human ear, which includes an inner ear canal speaker; an inner ear canal microphone; connected to a logic circuit which can include a digital signal processor (DSP), where the sealing section touches a portion of the ear canal to substantially acoustically seal the meatus of a human ear canal.
Claims12
An orifice insertion device comprising:
- a stent;
- and
- a sealing element where the sealing element is operatively attached to the stent, wherein the sealing element includes at least a first expandable section, where the expandable section is configured to exert a pressure on an orifice wall sufficient to seal the orifice without appreciable deformation of the orifice wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.