Patents by Inventor Markus Hornig

Markus Hornig 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).

  • Patent number: 8116496
    Abstract: An earpiece for a hearing device is provided with a high retaining force in an ear shell in a repeatedly detachable manner. The earpiece comprising a receiver including a receiver connecting piece at the sound outlet and an ear shell in which the receiver is fixed and which holds the receiver in the ear canal and possesses, when worn in the ear canal, an inner side facing the eardrum and an opposite outer side on which the receiver is detachably fixed. The receiver is attached to the ear shell via a bayonet fitting. A first part of the bayonet fitting is fixedly connected to the receiver connecting piece. A second part of the bayonet fitting is rotated from the inner side of the ear shell to the first part of the bayonet fitting. The bayonet fitting ensures sufficient retention and wear-free releasing and closing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Anton Gebert, Markus Hörnig, Hartmut Ritter
  • Publication number: 20080285783
    Abstract: An earpiece for a hearing device is provided with a high retaining force in an ear shell in a repeatedly detachable manner. The earpiece comprising a receiver including a receiver connecting piece at the sound outlet and an ear shell in which the receiver is fixed and which holds the receiver in the ear canal and possesses, when worn in the ear canal, an inner side facing the eardrum and an opposite outer side on which the receiver is detachably fixed. The receiver is attached to the ear shell via a bayonet fitting. A first part of the bayonet fitting is fixedly connected to the receiver connecting piece. A second part of the bayonet fitting is rotated from the inner side of the ear shell to the first part of the bayonet fitting. The bayonet fitting ensures sufficient retention and wear-free releasing and closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Anton Gebert, Markus Hornig, Hartmut Ritter
  • Publication number: 20080075310
    Abstract: There is described a hearing aid device, in particular a hearing aid such as, for example, an ITE device, comprising a section which can be provided in or on an ear and from which a multi-channel tube projects, the free end section of which can be inserted into an outer auditory canal of the ear, wherein an earpiece channel of the multi-channel tube is acoustically connected to an earpiece and an auditory canal microphone channel of the multi-channel tube is acoustically connected to an auditory canal microphone, in each case inside the hearing aid device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Georg-Erwin Arndt, Markus Hornig, Frank Koch, Marco Lederer, Christian Weistenhofer
  • Publication number: 20080066246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning tool for a hearing device, with which a cerumen protector can be replaced in an opening of a hearing device and cerumen residues can be cleaned from the opening. To this end the cleaning tool has means for inserting a cerumen protector into an opening of the hearing device provided for this purpose, means for removing the cerumen protector from the opening and means for removing cerumen from the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Markus Hornig, Harald Klemenz
  • Patent number: D676561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Markus Hörnig