IP Library Granted Patent US 9,426,583
Granted Patent B2
US 9,426,583 · App. 13/439,798 · Granted Aug 23, 2016

Member with an adhesive surface

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Patent No.
US 9,426,583
App. No.
13/439,798
Granted
Aug 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A member includes a fastener for removable fixation of a housing of a hearing aid, and a hole for removable insertion of a sound tube of the hearing aid in sound proof engagement with the member.

Claims (16)

1. A member for use in a procedure to test a hearing aid, the member comprising: a fastener for removable fixation of a housing of a the hearing aid relative to the member; and a hole for removable coupling a flexible sound tube of the hearing aid with the member, wherein the hole of the member is for removable insertion of an end of the flexible sound tube, wherein when the flexible sound tube is coupled with the member, the flexible sound tube is in sound proof engagement with the member; wherein the fastener is a part of the member that is a separate device from the hearing aid.

2. The member according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener comprises an adhesive.

3. The member according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener comprises a planar adhesive surface.

4. The member according to claim 3 , further comprising a protection sheet removably positioned on the adhesive surface to be removed before fixation of the housing of the hearing aid.

5. The member according to claim 1 , further comprising a first part at which the hole is located, wherein the first part is made of a resilient material so that the hole may expand and adapt to the sound tube when the sound tube is inserted in the hole.

6. The member according to claim 5 , further comprising a second part defining an outer circumference of the member, wherein the second part is made of a hard material that is harder than the resilient material of the first part, and wherein the resilient material of the first part of the member is fixed to the hard material of the second part of the member.

7. The member according to claim 6 , wherein the resilient material of the first part is fixed to the hard material of the second part by injection molding the resilient material of the first part onto the hard material of the second part, or vice versa.

8. The member according to claim 1 , further comprising a central protrusion, wherein the central protrusion includes the hole, and wherein the central protrusion is configured for insertion into a tubular member for conduction of sound emitted from the sound tube inside the tubular member.

9. The member according to claim 1 , further comprising a central depression, wherein the central depression includes the hole.

10. The member according to claim 9 , wherein a part of the central depression is made of a hard material that is harder than another part of the central depression.

11. The member according to claim 1 , wherein the hearing aid includes an earpiece at an end of the flexible sound tube, and the hole of the member is for removable insertion of the earpiece of the hearing aid, and wherein when the earpiece is inserted into the hole, the flexible sound tube is coupled with the member via the earpiece.

12. The member according to claim 1 , wherein the hole is external to the housing of the hearing aid and is separate from the housing of the hearing aid.

13. The member according to claim 1 , wherein the member is a part of a device that is separate from the hearing aid.

14. The member according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener is not a part of the hearing aid.

15. The member according to claim 1 , wherein the device that is separate from the hearing aid comprises a test device.

16. The member according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener is for use in the procedure to test the hearing aid.

Assignments (7)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE FROM 01-06-2024 TO 01-06-2025 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED UNDER REEL AND FRAME 069859/0113. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST. Recorded Jul 15, 2025
From: NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED
To: NATUS ACQUISITION II, LLC
Reel/Frame 071943/0858 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2025
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
To: NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 071285/0658 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2025
From: NATUS ACQUISITION II LLC
To: MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071119/0458 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2025
From: NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED
To: NATUS ACQUISITION II, LLC
Reel/Frame 069859/0113 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
Reel/Frame 060799/0430 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2017
From: GN OTOMETRICS A/S
To: NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 041649/0106 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2012
From: HARTLEV, KLAUS
To: GN OTOMETRICS A/S
Reel/Frame 028438/0869 →