Ergonomic insertion tool for an open ear hearing aid
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1. A hand held insertion tool for holding an open ear hearing aid dome having an attached receiving unit and flexible tube/wire, said insertion tool comprising:
- a cylindrically shaped body having a length configured to be held with the fingers of a relaxed free floating hand for properly inserting and seating said dome into an ear canal, said body having an upper flange with a concave conical top surface and a centered bore extending downward, a lead-in channel starting at said upper flange periphery continuing longitudinally below said flange bottom surface, inwardly converging and conjoining with said bore.
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An ergonomically designed tool for detachably mounting an earpiece dome having a receiver and an acoustic air tube/wire to a variety of open ear hearing aids includes using a cylindrically shaped body having a length configured to be held with the fingers of a relaxed free floating hand for inserting and properly seating the dome into an ear canal.
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1. A hand held insertion tool for holding an open ear hearing aid dome having an attached receiving unit and flexible tube/wire, said insertion tool comprising:
- a cylindrically shaped body having a length configured to be held with the fingers of a relaxed free floating hand for properly inserting and seating said dome into an ear canal, said body having an upper flange with a concave conical top surface and a centered bore extending downward, a lead-in channel starting at said upper flange periphery continuing longitudinally below said flange bottom surface, inwardly converging and conjoining with said bore.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for inserting an open ear hearing aid dome into an ear canal, comprising the steps of:
providing a hand held insertion means, said insertion means comprising a cylindrically shaped body having a length configured to be held with the fingers of a relaxed free floating hand for properly inserting and seating said dome into an ear canal, said body having an upper flange with a concave conical top surface and a centered bore extending downward, a lead-in channel starting at said upper flange periphery continuing longitudinally below said flange bottom surface, inwardly converging and conjoining with said bore. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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