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US 8,433,082 B2Granted
Intraoral appliance for sound transmission via bone conduction
AssigneeSonitus Medical, Inc.
InventorAmir Abolfathi
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Abstract
An intra-oral appliance for transmitting sound via bone conduction and optimized for comfort, safety, speech intelligibility, eating and drinking and extended wear by the user including an actuator to provide bone conduction sound transmission; a transceiver coupled to the actuator to cause the actuator to generate sound; and a first chamber containing the actuator and the transceiver, said first chamber adapted to be coupled to one or more teeth of the user.
Claims40
An intraoral appliance for sound transmission, comprising:
- a. an intra-oral bone conduction sound transmission device capable of being affixed in the mouth of a user without requiring any modification or alteration of any portion of a tooth or other part of the dental anatomy of the user;
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- b. a housing for containing the intraoral bone conduction sound transmission device, the housing having a form factor optimized for extended intra-oral wear to improve user comfort, the housing including first and second chambers connected by a bridge and secured to one or more teeth.
An appliance, comprising:
- a. an intra-oral bone conduction sound transmission device capable of being affixed in the mouth of a user without requiring any modification or alteration of any portion of a tooth or other part of the dental anatomy of the user;
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- b. a housing, to receive the intra-oral bone conduction sound transmission device, the housing having a form factor optimized for extended intra-oral wear and to improve safety for the users, the housing including first and second chambers secured to one or more teeth and connected by a bridge.
An appliance, comprising:
- a. an intra-oral bone conduction sound transmission device capable of being affixed in the mouth of a user without requiring any modification or alteration of any portion of a tooth or other part of the dental anatomy of the user;
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- b. a housing to receive the intra-oral bone conduction sound transmission device, the housing having as form factor optimized for extended intra-oral wear and to improve speech for the users, the housing including first and second chambers secured to one or more teeth and connected by a bridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.