Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoactive self-cleaning hearing assistance device
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Application No.: US15332936Application Date: 2016-10-24
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Publication No.: US10219088B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Thomas Blaise Bergner , Sidney A. Higgins , Susan Marie Johansson
- Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Agency: Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00 ; B08B7/00 ; G02B5/00

Abstract:
Photoactive cleaning hearing assistance devices and methods of cleaning hearing assistance devices are described. Photoactive nanoparticles may be disposed on or in the hearing assistance devices. The photoactive nanoparticles provide a localized surface plasmon resonance effect when illuminated with light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180115843A1 PHOTOACTIVE SELF-CLEANING HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-04-26
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