Patents by Inventor Ian McIntoch

Ian McIntoch 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).

  • Publication number: 20020114479
    Abstract: An expandable in-ear device for being custom fitted in-situ into the ear canal and cavum concha of an individual. The device includes a core-form with a platform section and a nipple section being integral to and extending from a proximal end of the same for engaging the canal, a sound bore extending from a proximal end of the nipple section to a distal end of the platform section for conducting sound from the environment to inside the ear canal. A stretchable sheath is integral to and freely extends away from the proximal end of the nipple section in an unfolded configuration of the device. The sheath is essentially a replication of the shape of the core-form and has an opening adapted for assuming the distal end of the platform section. The sheath is adapted to be folded inside-out over the core-form, substantially assume the same and define an in-between region therebetween in a folded configuration of said device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Ian McIntoch, Roger Saulce