公开(公告)号：WO2021096873A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：PCT/US2020/059865

申请日：2020-11-10

Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

Inventor： GENTRY, Westley G. ,  SACHA, Michael Karl ,  FELDSIEN, Craig C. ,  STEWART, Jay

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hearing instrument includes placing a component support structure (1000) at least partially in a bath of a resin liquid (1006), wherein one or more operative components of the hearing instrument are attached to or contained within the component support structure (1000) prior to the component support structure being at least partially placed in the bath of the resin liquid (1006). While the component support structure is at least partially in the bath, volumetric 3-dimensional (3D) printing is performed to form a shell (1008) of the hearing instrument attached to the component support structure (1000).

公开(公告)号：EP4546822A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-30

申请号：EP24208873.0

申请日：2024-10-25

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： WEIZMAN, Lior ,  TRIPTO, Eitamar ,  O'BRIEN, Parker ,  REIS JR, Joseph Matthias ,  FELDSIEN, Craig C.

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A method comprises obtaining ear modeling data representing a 3-dimensional (3D) impression of an ear surface of an ear of a patient; determining, based on the ear modeling data, values of landmarks of the ear, wherein the landmarks include ear canal landmarks of an ear canal, and determining the values of the landmarks comprises: predicting an ear aperture plane of an aperture of the ear; determining a plurality of cross-sectional planes that are aligned with the ear aperture plane; for each of the cross-sectional planes: determining an intersection boundary of the cross-sectional plane representing a line of intersection between the cross-sectional plane and the ear canal; and determining a centroid of the intersection boundary of the cross-sectional plane; and determining values of the ear canal landmarks based on the centroids.

公开(公告)号：EP4059234A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-21

申请号：EP20817579.4

申请日：2020-11-10

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： GENTRY, Westley G. ,  SACHA, Michael Karl ,  FELDSIEN, Craig C. ,  STEWART, Jay

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  B33Y80/00

公开(公告)号：EP3361750A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-15

申请号：EP18153487.6

申请日：2018-01-25

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： STEWART, Jay M. ,  GENTRY, Westley G. ,  SACHA, Michael K. ,  FELDSIEN, Craig C.

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/652 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/608 ,  H04R25/656 ,  H04R25/658 ,  H04R2225/023 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/77

Abstract: Various embodiments of a hearing assistance device and a method of forming such device are disclosed. The device includes a housing having a shell and a frame disposed at least partially within the shell. An inner surface of the shell and at least a portion of the frame define a void. Further, an indentation hardness value of the frame is greater than an indentation hardness value of the shell. The hearing assistance device also includes hearing assistance components that are disposed at least partially within the void.