Abstract: Embodiments of the invention is directed to a manufacturing process to mold and cast custom softening polymers into complex shaped devices, said process comprising the steps of: creating a 3D mold or shell; injecting the shell with a polymer or pre-polymer; cooling or curing the polymer in a short period of time; and forming a device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 24, 2014
Publication date:
October 30, 2014
Applicants:
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Syzygy Memory Plastics Corporation
Inventors:
Walter Voit, Taylor Ware, James Amato, Michael Moussa, Phillip Brent Duncan, Bryan Bell, Cary Baur, Benjamin R. Lund, Duck J. Yang
Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to devices, systems, and methods for modifying received and/or perceived sound. For example, a device for altering sound received at a subject's ear may comprise an elongated earpiece having a proximal portion and a distal portion and defining a longitudinal axis (e.g., together defining a longitudinal axis). A proximal portion may comprise an insert configured for at least partial insertion in the canal of the subject's ear. A distal end may comprise a handle configured to guide insertion of the insert in the subject's ear canal.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 2013
Date of Patent:
July 8, 2014
Assignee:
Syzygy Memory Plastics
Inventors:
Phillip Brent Duncan, Michael Robert Moussa, James C. Amato