Hearing Aid System with Positioning Tool

• US 20170208404A1
• Filed: 04/05/2017
• Published: 07/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Gerate GmbH (MED-EL Corporation)
• Original Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Gerate GmbH (MED-EL Corporation)
• Inventors: Westerkull, Patrik
• Granted Patent: US 9,936,313 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/021 Behind the ear [BTE] hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/17 Hearing device specific tools used for storing or handling hearing devices or parts thereof, e.g. placement in the ear, replacement of cerumen barriers, repair, cleaning hearing devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/60 Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles ear wax retarders, e.g. mounting thereof H04R25/654
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/65 Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture

Abstract

A hearing aid attachment system includes a positioning tool and an interconnection unit. An upper surface of the interconnection unit has a second shape that matches a corresponding first shape of a cavity in the lower surface of the positioning tool so that the upper surface fits into the cavity with a second front surface of the positioning tool against and radially outside the front side of the interconnection unit, with the connection portion of the positioning tool connected to the connecting portion of the interconnection unit. The positioning tool is further configured to be removable from the interconnection unit without removing the interconnection unit from the skin.

Claims

1. A hearing aid attachment system, comprising:

a positioning tool made of flexible rubber material and having a central axis with;

a. an upper end having a grip portion,

b. a lower end having a cavity with a first shape, the cavity containing a connecting portion,

c. a first front surface radially outward from the central axis, and

d. a second front surface radially outward from the first front surface; and

an interconnection unit having;

a. a lower surface configured for adhesive attachment to skin behind an ear of a user, and

b. an opposing upper surface with a front side and an upwardly extending connection portion,

wherein the upper surface of the interconnection unit has a second shape matching the first shape of the cavity so that the upper surface fits into the cavity with the second front surface of the positioning tool against and radially outside the front side of the interconnection unit, with the connection portion of the positioning tool connected to the connecting portion of the interconnection unit; and

wherein the positioning tool is configured to be removable from the interconnection unit without removing the interconnection unit from the skin.