System and method for designing an ear insert device
AssigneeAdaptive Technologies, Inc.
InventorsEan H. Schiller, William R. Saunders
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Abstract
A method for designing an ear insert device using anatomical information relating to the ear. A user record is that includes anatomical information relating to an ear of a user is received. The anatomical information comprises at least one sub-dermal feature of an ear canal. The user record is processed to obtain an ear insert device design record. The ear insert device design record comprises a three dimensional representation of a bounding surface shape having surface boundaries that substantially conform to surface boundaries of the ear canal and the at least one sub-dermal feature of the ear canal. An ear insert device may be produced using the ear insert design record.
Claims41
A method for designing an ear insert device comprising:
- receiving by a processor a user record, wherein the user record comprises anatomical information relating to an ear of a user and wherein the anatomical information comprises three dimensional measurement data of at least one sub-dermal feature of an ear canal;
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- processing by the processor the user record to obtain an ear insert device design record, wherein the ear insert device design record comprises a three dimensional representation of a bounding surface shape having surface boundaries that substantially conform to surface boundaries of the ear canal and the at least one sub-dermal feature of the ear canal.
A system for designing an ear insert device comprising:
- a user record, wherein the user record comprises anatomical information relating to an ear of a user and wherein the anatomical information comprises three dimensional measurement data of at least one sub-dermal feature of an ear canal;
- a design processor, wherein the design processor is configured with software executable instructions to cause the design processor to perform operations comprising processing the user record to obtain a ear insert device design record, wherein the ear insert device design record comprises a three dimensional representation of a bounding surface shape having surface boundaries that substantially conform to surface boundaries of the ear canal and the at least one sub-dermal features of the ear canal.
A method for designing an ear insert device comprising:
- receiving by a processor a user record, wherein the user record comprises anatomical information relating to an ear of a user and wherein the anatomical information comprises at least one sub-dermal feature of an ear canal;
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- processing by the processor the user record to obtain an ear insert device design record, wherein the ear insert device design record comprises a three dimensional representation of a bounding surface shape having surface boundaries that substantially conform to surface boundaries of the ear canal and the at least one sub-dermal feature of the ear canal;
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- using by the processor the ear insert device design record to:
- select a first fabrication material;
- select a second fabrication material;
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- produce an ear insert device that substantially conforms to the surface boundaries of the ear canal using the first fabrication material and conforms to the at least one sub-dermal feature of the ear canal using the second fabrication material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.