Patents by Inventor Gregory Prutnikov
Gregory Prutnikov has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7130437Abstract: A compressible hearing aid includes an exterior deformable skin which bounds an internal region which is filled, at least in part, with an open-cell foam, the foam can be wrapped around or molded to contain an audio output transducer. The skin is not self-supporting and in response to applied forces from user's ear canal, the skin and the foam both deform and readily compress exhibiting a reduced volume. Though compressed, the foam exerts an outward force against the skin thereby continuing to form an elongated seal between the skin and the external periphery of the user's dynamically changing ear canal. As the volume of the ear canal increases, the skin and open-cell foam expand, exhibiting an increased internal volume, while maintaining a comfortable seal with the ear canal. A plurality of external ribs carried on the skin not only reduces feedback but promotes drying of the ear canal and promotes retention of the hearing aid in the ear canal.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Beltone Electronics CorporationInventors: Paul R. Stonikas, Steven C. Hannibal, Gregory Prutnikov, Roman Klyachman, Manolo J. Blancaflor
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Patent number: 6728384Abstract: A cable incorporates at least one flexible conductor and a non-conductive, elongated, strain relieving member bound mechanically to the conductor. The strain relieving member is mechanically attached between two relatively movable components. The electrical conductor is in turn electrically attached to contacts on the components. Movement of the components relative to one another will be limited by the strain relieving member thereby protecting a somewhat longer electrical conductor extending therebetween. Alternately, a plurality of conductors can be integrally combined with the elongated strain relieving member, by braiding or twisting, to form a unitary cable which incorporates the strain relieving member. In this configuration, all of the conductors in the cable are mechanically protected by the strain relieving element.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2001Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Beltone Electronics CorporationInventors: Paul R. Stonikas, Robert S. Yoest, Gregory Prutnikov, Roman Klyachman
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Publication number: 20030123687Abstract: A method of fabricating a modular hearing aid as well as the resultant hearing aid is provided. The provided hearing aid is comprised of a shell and a faceplate assembly. The shell may be formed of a soft, flexible material or a rigid or semi-rigid material. The faceplate assembly is comprised of at least a pair of pieces, preferably an upper faceplate piece and a lower faceplate piece, and can be fabricated from a variety of different materials. During assembly, a portion of the shell is captured within the faceplate assembly, for example between the upper and lower faceplate pieces. The individual faceplate pieces can be attached to one another using any of a variety of techniques, including miniature screws, interlocking and complementary members, fastening clips or other means. The faceplate assembly can also be coupled together using a permanent or semi-permanent means, although the use of a permanent means limits the ease with which the device can be disassembled.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Applicant: GN ReSound A/SInventors: Hardy L. Petrick, Paul R. Stonikas, Gregory Prutnikov, Manolo J. Blancaflor
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Patent number: 6584207Abstract: A method of processing an impression of a portion of a user's ear canal that produces a flexible hearing aid housing which duplicates the shape of at least a portion of that impression. A female mold is created using the previously obtained ear impression. A compliant molding material is used to form the female mold. The same material is used to form a male mold in the cavity left in the female mold when the ear impression has been removed. Subsequent to curing of the male mold, it is removed from the female mold and covered with a curable, hardenable plastic such as a UV curable acrylic. Once cured, the compliant male mold is removed leaving a rigid plastic shell whose internal volume conforms in shape to the exterior shape of the ear impression. Mandrels can be inserted into the volume to provide post molding compartments for electronic components. A matrix can be inserted into the internal region or wrapped around the mandrels or respective components.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1999Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Beltone Electronics CorporationInventors: Robert S. Yoest, Paul R. Stonikas, Roman Klyachman, Gregory Prutnikov, Ankur M. Chhadia
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Publication number: 20030066676Abstract: A cable incorporates at least one flexible conductor and a non-conductive, elongated, strain relieving member bound mechanically to the conductor. The strain relieving member is mechanically attached between two relatively movable components. The electrical conductor is in turn electrically attached to contacts on the components. Movement of the components relative to one another will be limited by the strain relieving member thereby protecting a somewhat longer electrical conductor extending therebetween. Alternately, a plurality of conductors can be integrally combined with the elongated strain relieving member, by braiding or twisting, to form a unitary cable which incorporates the strain relieving member. In this configuration, all of the conductors in the cable are mechanically protected by the strain relieving element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Paul R. Stonikas, Robert S. Yoest, Gregory Prutnikov, Roman Klyachman
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Publication number: 20020025055Abstract: A compressible hearing aid includes an exterior deformable skin which bounds an internal region which is filled, at least in part, with an open-cell foam, the foam can be wrapped around or molded to contain an audio output transducer. The skin is not self-supporting and in response to applied forces from user's ear canal, the skin and the foam both deform and readily compress exhibiting a reduced volume. Though compressed, the foam exerts an outward force against the skin thereby continuing to form an elongated seal between the skin and the external periphery of the user's dynamically changing ear canal. As the volume of the ear canal increases, the skin and open-cell foam expand, exhibiting an increased internal volume, while maintaining a comfortable seal with the ear canal. A plurality of external ribs carried on the skin not only reduces feedback but promotes drying of the ear canal and promotes retention of the hearing aid in the ear canal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Inventors: Paul R. Stonikas, Steven C. Hannibal, Gregory Prutnikov, Roman Klyachman, Manolo J. Blancaflor
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Patent number: D359121Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1994Date of Patent: June 6, 1995Assignee: Beltone Electronics CorporationInventors: Gregory Prutnikov, William C. Cesaroni, Shawn Barrett
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Patent number: D677388Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: GN ReSound A/SInventors: William Campbell, Gregory Prutnikov, Miguel Cano
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Patent number: D682429Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: GN ReSound A/SInventors: William Campbell, Gregory Prutnikov, Miguel Cano