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Granted Patent B2
US 8,165,332 · App. 12/582,019 · Granted Apr 24, 2012

Earpiece with bars

Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,165,332
App. No.
12/582,019
Granted
Apr 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A receiver of a hearing apparatus, especially of a hearing device, is proposed. The receiver is sufficiently centered in an auditory canal with an earpiece. The earpiece for inserting into the auditory canal has a first hollow-cylindrical body and a second hollow-cylindrical body that is arranged coaxially with the first body and surrounds the first body, as well as one or more bars that connect the two bodies to each other. On the one hand the bars ensure sufficient stability and on the other certain pliability and in addition they allow ventilation of the space in front of the eardrum.

Claims (17)

1. An earpiece for a hearing apparatus to be inserted into an auditory canal of a user, comprising:

a hollow-cylindrical first body;

a hollow-cylindrical second body that is arranged coaxially with the first body and surrounds the first body; and

a bar that connects the first body to the second body,

wherein the first body is connected to the second body on an end face side of the earpiece by a wall along an entire circumference, and

wherein the wall comprises a cutout that opens a space in the earpiece to pass through air so that the air penetrates between the first body and the second body from one end face side of the earpiece to another end face side of the earpiece.

2. The earpiece as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bar runs in an axial direction of the first body and the second body.

3. The earpiece as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the earpiece is manufactured in one piece as an injection-molded part.

4. The earpiece as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wall is a concave wall.

5. A hearing device, comprising:

an external receiver; and

an earpiece arranged on the external receiver, wherein the earpiece comprises:

a hollow-cylindrical first body;

a hollow-cylindrical second body that is arranged coaxially with the first body and surrounds the first body; and

a bar that connects the first body to the second body,

wherein the first body is connected to the second body on an end face side of the earpiece by a wall along an entire circumference, and

wherein the wall comprises a cutout that opens a pace in the earpiece to pass through air so that the air penetrates between the first body and the second body from one end face side of the earpiece to another end face side of the earpiece.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 10, 2015
From: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
To: SIVANTOS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 036089/0827 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2010
From: GIESE, ULRICH; SERMAN, MAJA
To: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 024146/0974 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 052 681 · Oct 22, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100177919A1 · Jul 15, 2010