Inverted balloon system and inflation management system
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an earpiece having a balloon and a stent where the balloon is mounted on the stent and the stent incorporates two or more channels including at least an inflation channel and an acoustic channel. In some embodiments the stent is configured to pass audio signals through the acoustic channel where the acoustic channel is independent of the inflation channel of the balloon. Other embodiments are disclosed.
1. An eartip comprising:
a sealed element where the sealed element encompasses a first chamber, where the first chamber is connected to a second chamber that is part of an earphone, where the second chamber is encompassed by a flexible membrane and where the second and the first chamber form a sealed system when connected together, whereupon when the sealed element is deformed the flexible membrane is deformed providing a restoring force to the sealed element; and
a stent, where the sealed element is attached to the stent, where the stent is configured to be attached to and removable from the earphone, where the stent includes a first and second acoustic channel, where the first acoustic channel is configured to be coupled to a microphone and the second acoustic channel is configured to be coupled to a speaker when the eartip is connected to the earphone, where the earphone is wirelessly connected to a communication device.
2. The eartip according to claim 1 , where the sealed element is composed of a flexible material.
3. The eartip according to claim 2 , where the sealed element encloses a gas.
4. The eartip according to claim 3 , where the gas passes between the first chamber and the second chamber.
5. The eartip according to claim 4 , where the eartip is configured so that when the first chamber is deformed it forces gas from the first chamber to the second chamber.
6. The eartip according to claim 5 , where the second chamber is deformed when the gas from the first chamber is forced from the first chamber to the second chamber.
7. The eartip according to claim 2 , where the sealed element encloses a liquid.
8. The eartip according to claim 2 , where the sealed element is made from silicone.
9. The eartip according to claim 2 , where the first chamber has a first elongation value and the second chamber has a second elongation value, where the first elongation value is greater than the second elongation value.
10. The eartip according to claim 9 , where the first elongation value is greater than 100%.
11. The eartip according to claim 2 , where the first chamber has a first elongation value and the second chamber has a second elongation value, where the first elongation value is less than the second elongation value.
12. The eartip according to claim 11 , where the first elongation value is less than 50%.
13. The eartip according to claim 1 where the second chamber is connected to the first chamber by an inflation channel passing through the stent when the earphone is connected to the eartip.