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Patent number: 11665489Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hearing aid and detachable speaker unit assembly. The detachable speaker unit assembly comprises a fastening structure to provide an enhanced removal force and stable insertion into the ear canal of the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Bjarne Laursen, Bozhidar Kuzhuharov
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Patent number: 9706318Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hearing instrument including a housing to be worn at an ear of a person. The hearing instrument including an antenna unit having a slot. Further, the antenna unit comprises a loading wing arranged so as to focus the nearfield of the inside the hearing instrument.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Rune Sø, Jens Troelsen
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Patent number: 11399246Abstract: An object of the present disclosed is to provide a protective cover for a hearing aid device which comprises a cover formed from a substantially flexible material, and where the cover may have a first area with a first hardness and a second area with a second hardness.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: David Ginty, Per Petersen
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Patent number: 6658125Abstract: A hearing aid includes a housing and a battery drawer at an end of the housing which is pivotable relative to the housing and includes a protruding portion which, when abutted against a surface, will cause the battery drawer to pivot to an open position so that electric power to the amplifier in the housing is disconnected.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Oticon A/SInventor: Jes Anker Batting
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Patent number: 10334356Abstract: A hearing aid includes a microphone unit arranged in a hearing aid housing. The microphone unit is oriented in the housing relative to a microphone inlet element to cause a pressure equalization that allows acoustic cancellation of vibrations in the microphone unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Martin Larsen, Jesper Pedersen, Rasmus Andersson, Morten Fuglsang-Philip, Gorm Dannesboe, Mario Stoll
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Patent number: 10129638Abstract: A hearing aid includes a microphone unit arranged in a hearing aid housing. The microphone unit is oriented in the housing relative to a microphone inlet element to cause a pressure equalization that allows acoustic cancellation of vibrations in the microphone unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Martin Larsen, Jesper Pedersen, Rasmus Andersson, Morten Fuglsang-Philip, Gorm Dannesboe, Mario Stoll
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Patent number: 10284976Abstract: A hearing device configured to be worn in an ear canal, wherein the hearing device comprises a housing, a receiver, one or more microphones and a battery. The receiver is arranged in the housing in a manner in which the receiver at least partly extends outside of the housing, and a sealing element is configured to be arranged in the bony region of the ear canal.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Dennis Presutti, Troels Holm Pedersen, Lars Steen Christensen, Kenneth Rueskov Møller
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Patent number: 9706313Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising means for being at least partly inserted into the ear canal of a hearing aid user is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises at least one electro-active member comprising a top electrode layer and a bottom electrode layer and a dielectric elastomer member sandwiched between the top electrode layer and the bottom electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: OTICON A/SInventor: Christian C. Bürger
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Patent number: 7561710Abstract: The invention concerns a communication device with a casing enclosing a microphone and signal processor, whereby the casing comprises at least a first and a second part and a packing material provided between the first and the second part, and whereby further the microphone orifice is provided between the first and the second part and interrupting the packing material.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2004Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Oticon A/SInventor: Peter Frederiksen
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Patent number: 8953828Abstract: A hearing aid retainer accessory for use with a hearing aid that comprises a battery compartment to be fitted with a battery drawer, wherein the hearing aid retainer accessory comprises a retainer portion with a connection section that is adapted to be engaged with a hearing aid via a battery drawer.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Oticon A/SInventor: Morten Friis Karlsen
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Patent number: 7260233Abstract: Hearing aid or similar device, where the device comprises at least one structural part whereto two or more spaced apart electronic components are fastened and where electric leads interconnects the electronic components and where the electric leads are provided on the surface of the structural part of the hearing aid.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Klaus L. Svendsen, Per Lundberg
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Patent number: 10506354Abstract: A replaceable filter member for a hearing aid device is disclosed. The filter member comprising an unit with a housing configured to be inserted into the ear canal of a user of the hearing aid device. The filter member is configured to prevent ear wax from entering an opening in the housing. The filter member is a one-piece body that is configured to cover several openings in the unit while being attached to the unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Svend Oscar Petersen, Morten Friis Karlsen, Martin Lindebjerg
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Patent number: 7616773Abstract: A communication device including a casing to be worn at the ear of a user, the casing including a microphone, a signal processing device, a receiver for delivering an audio signal to the user's ear canal, and a receiver enclosure, the receiver enclosure including wall parts forming part of the casing which in cooperation with detachable wall parts form the enclosure in an air tight manner for sound isolation of the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Claus Tipsmark, Jens Lundby
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Patent number: 8848958Abstract: A hearing aid retainer accessory is provided for use with a hearing aid having a housing with a longitudinal end face portion comprising a mechanical connection terminal and an electrical connection point. The hearing aid retainer accessory comprises a retainer element with a first end face portion having a first mechanical connection means configured to be engageable to a mechanical connection terminal of a longitudinal end face portion of a housing of a hearing aid.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Oticon A/SInventor: Morten Friis Karlsen
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Patent number: 8873784Abstract: The hearing aid comprises a casing element enclosing electronic components and a battery drawer hingedly connected to the casing element for pivotal movement with respect to the casing element. Bushings in the casing element corresponding to seats in the battery drawer are provided coaxially with the desired pivotal axle and a metal hinge pin is provided coaxially with the desired pivotal axle and extends centrally through holes in the bushings, the battery drawer and the casing parts.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Sune Pelle Borregaard, Jens Lundby, Carsten Rømer
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Patent number: 7454027Abstract: A hearing aid or headset for delivering a sound signal to the vicinity of the tympanic membrane includes at least a signal capture device, a signal processing unit, a receiver and an energy storage unit for storage and supply of electric energy, the energy storage unit including two or more sections which are interconnected in a manner which allows angulation of one section with respect to the neighboring section/sections.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Oticon A/SInventor: Per Kokholm Sorensen
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Patent number: 10735875Abstract: An earpiece configured to be worn in an ear canal of a user is disclosed. The earpiece includes an adaptor having an interface configured to receive at least a part of a speaker unit and hereby be attached to the speaker unit. The earpiece includes an adaptable part, preferably a part made of a foam material or a gel material shapeable to fit the ear canal of the user. The adaptable part at least partly surrounds the adaptor. The adaptor has a sound outlet channel and at least one vent.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Kenneth Rueskov Møller, Svend Oscar Petersen, Anders Thule, Troels Holm Pedersen
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Patent number: 10721573Abstract: The disclosure relates to a plate structure of a non-surgical bone conductive device, configured to be attached to a part of the skin of the skull of a hearing impaired person. The non-surgical bone conductive device is designed such that an optimized vibration transfer is achieved, while at the same time allowing a sufficient leverage of the weight of the sound processor when the sound processor is connected to the plate structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: OTICON MEDICAL A/SInventors: Hanna Peters, Magdalena Eriksson, Hanna Stenhamre, Marianne Philipsson, Christina Wassard, Bengt Bern
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Patent number: 10306384Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detachable speaker units for hearing aid devices, and the hearing aid devices having detachable speaker units. The detachable speaker unit have at least an output transducer for providing a signal perceivable as sound to a user. The detachable speaker unit includes a memory unit storing information relating to characteristics of the output capabilities of the detachable speaker unit, such as transfer function of output transducer and/or transfer function of the entire, or parts of, assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Jan Thor Lunddahl Larsen, Franz Treue, Bent Severin
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Patent number: 10327079Abstract: A hearing aid device configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises a housing with a microphone, an amplifier, where the hearing aid device comprises an antenna and either: a) a tube configured to deliver sound acoustically from a receiver in the housing to an ear mould or a dome or electrically to a receiver in an ear mould or a dome or b) a hook configured to deliver sound acoustically from a receiver in the housing to an ear mould or a dome. The antenna extends along at least a portion of the tube or the hook.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Oliver Sundberg, Jens Troelsen, Bjarne Kielsholm-Ribalaygua