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US 2015/0030196 A1Published application
Custom Earphone with Dome in the Canal
AssigneeChicago Custom Acoustics, Inc.
InventorsStavros Basseas, Russ Schreiner, Sargon Khamo, Rony Israel
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Abstract
An in-ear earphone featuring a housing, an audio output device carried in the housing, a hollow elongated stem formed integral with the housing and a toroidal-shaped ear dome. The stem having a first output end extending therefrom and being audibly coupled at a second input end to the output device. The ear dome integrally formed on the output end of the stem.
Claims25
A method comprising:
- establishing a representation of a shape of an ear concha and an ear canal cavity, including outer and inner canal cavities;
- removing an inner ear canal portion of the shape and replacing it with a custom earmold having an integrally formed stem and dome member, the stem and dome member dynamically configured to fit into at least a portion of the inner canal cavity.
A method comprising:
- providing a three-dimensional printer;
- providing electronic instructions stored on a computer readable medium, the instructions being executable by a programmable processor and control circuitry to activate the printer;
- establishing a custom cover plate based on the shape of an outer ear of an ear impression, the cover plate having an electrical housing and labeling area and being suitable for being mechanically connected to a silicone mold via locking pins.
An in-ear earphone comprising:
- a housing;
- an audio output device carried in the housing;
- a hollow elongated stem formed integral with the housing with a first output end extending therefrom, the stem audibly coupled at a second input end, to the output device, and
- a toroidal-shaped ear dome integrally formed on the output end of the stem.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.