Device for cleaning a hearing aid
AssigneeMg Development
InventorJosé Antonio Gil
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Abstract
The device for cleaning at least one medical hearing unit includes an earpiece, and a space for receiving the earpiece, the space having at least one seat receiving the earpiece and an orifice with a cavity underneath. There is a circulator for a liquid within the space to contact the earpiece. The cavity includes an outlet for flow or aspiration of liquid, an opening opposite, and, below each orifice, a directing device to guide the liquid towards and under each orifice, as far as the outlet, in such a way that liquid flows across the earpiece.
Claims12
A device for cleaning at least one medical hearing aid, said hearing aid being comprised of an earpiece formed by an ear mold and shaped to be inserted into a person's auditory meatus, said device for cleaning comprising:
- a box;
- a housing defining a space within said box, said space for receiving said earpiece;
- a closing plate removably contained in said housing, said closing plate having an upper plate portion and a lower plate portion;
- a recess being shaped so as to receive said ear mold, said recess having an upper recess portion and a lower recess portion, said upper plate portion housing said upper recess portion, said recess comprising an orifice in said lower recess portion, said orifice being shaped so as to receive a distal end of said ear mold;
- a cavity plate removably contained in said housing, said cavity plate defining a cavity within said space and below said lower plate portion, said lower recess portion of said recess protruding into said cavity, said orifice being positioned in said cavity,
- said cavity plate being comprised of an outlet aligned with said orifice, and means for directing liquid towards said outlet so as to lap liquid against said distal end of said ear mold when said ear mold is placed in said recess;
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- means for putting a liquid into circulation, being in fluid connection with said orifice and having a nozzle tip in said cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.