Patents by Inventor Mark Brumback

Mark Brumback 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).

  • Acoustic enhancement for behind the ear communication devices
    Patent number: 7720243
    Abstract: A device and method for tailoring the audio frequency response of a hearing instrument, such as a hearing aid, by altering the physical characteristics of the device to more accurately compensate for a user's specific hearing loss attributes. The device has a bore formed within its housing which provides a passage for the transmission of sound from the receiver of the hearing instrument toward the user's eardrum. The bore has a custom-designed geometric shape to emphasize desired sound frequencies and therefore produce a predetermined frequency response of sound in combination with any frequency response changes directed by the hearing instrument's circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Synygis, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Brumback, Dustin L. Potter, John S. Freeman
  • Acoustic enhancement for behind the ear communication devices
    Publication number: 20080089542
    Abstract: A device and method for tailoring the audio frequency response of a hearing instrument, such as a hearing aid, by altering the physical characteristics of the device to more accurately compensate for a user's specific hearing loss attributes. The device has a bore formed within its housing which provides a passage for the transmission of sound from the receiver of the hearing instrument toward the user's eardrum. The bore has a custom-designed geometric shape to emphasize desired sound frequencies and therefore produce a predetermined frequency response of sound in combination with any frequency response changes directed by the hearing instrument's circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Mark A. Brumback, Dustin L. Potter, John S. Freeman
  • Decentralized method for manufacturing hearing aid devices
    Patent number: 7162323
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing custom fit ear pieces, such as hearing aid devices, by using rapid prototyping machinery in a decentralized location to provide custom fit ear pieces to patients within a few hours rather than a few days or weeks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Hearing Aid Express, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Brumback, Dustin L. Potter
  • Acoustically tailored hearing aid and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20060115105
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for tailoring the audio frequency response of a hearing aid or other ear piece by altering the physical characteristics of the device to more accurately compensate for a user's specific hearing loss attributes. The device has a bore formed within its ear piece shell which provides a passage for the transmission of sound from the speaker or receiver of the device toward the user's eardrum. The bore has a custom-designed shape to emphasize desired sound frequencies and therefore produce a predetermined frequency response of sound in combination with any frequency response changes of the device's circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Brumback, Dustin Potter
  • Decentralized method for manufacturing hearing aid devices
    Publication number: 20050222823
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing custom fit ear pieces, such as hearing aid devices, by using rapid prototyping machinery in a decentralized location to provide custom fit ear pieces to patients within a few hours rather than a few days or weeks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Mark Brumback, Dustin Potter