IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,220,299
Granted Patent B2
US 12,220,299 · App. 17/741,336 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Adjustable ear shaping mechanism

Inventor: Xing Zhou (Guangzhou, CN)
A61F11/00
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,220,299
App. No.
17/741,336
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adjustable ear shaping mechanism of the present application includes a base, an ear back support, and an upper cover. An opening is provided on the base, and the opening can allow an ear to pass therethrough. The ear back support is movably disposed in the opening, and supports an auricle from the back of the ear according to a part needing orthopedics. The upper cover is detachably connected to the base. An object-containing space is formed between the upper cover, the base, and the ear back support, and the ear is placed in the object-containing space. In a clinical use process, the ear back support may be disposed at a corresponding malformed part behind the ear according to a malformed part of the ear, the auricle is supported from the back of the ear, orthopedic requirements of different parts can be met, and clinical use is very convenient. In particular, due to a surface contact three-dimensional space traction orthopedic manner of an auricle former, not only a pressure intensity of a contact part is reduced, but also an intended aim of orthopedics can be achieved by a small force, so that clinical use is safer, and an orthopedic effect is better.

Claims (35)

1. An adjustable ear shaping mechanism, comprising:

a base, the base including an opening adapted to receive an ear of a user therethrough;

an ear back support, wherein the ear back support:

is movably disposed in the opening;

is located adjacent to a side wall of the base, being adjustable to different positions relative to the base; and

is adapted to support an auricle of the ear from a back of the ear;

a cover detachably connected to the side wall of the base, wherein the cover, the base, and the ear back support define a cavity that includes the opening; and

an auricle former, wherein the auricle former is adapted to be arranged at a front of the ear and is adapted to match the ear back support defining a space for shaping the ear.

2. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the base is adapted to be fixed on a skin at a periphery of the ear by pasting.

3. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the ear back support is adapted to be pasted on a skin behind the ear for fixing.

4. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the auricle former and the cover are integrally made.

5. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the ear back support is connected onto the side wall of the base by pasting or inlaying.

6. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic groove is provided on the ear back support.

7. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustable ear shaping mechanism further comprises a helix former.

8. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 7 , wherein the helix former comprises a forming groove and a fixing portion, and the fixing portion is connected to the base.

9. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein the fixing portion is connected to the base by pasting or inlaying.

10. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustable ear shaping mechanism further comprises an auricular concha former configured to be inserted into an ear canal of the ear.

11. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the base is made of a flexible medical material.

12. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 11 , wherein the flexible medical material is silicone, rubber, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), or thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomer rubber.

13. The adjustable ear shaping mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the auricle former comprises a helix forming mechanism, and/or an antihelix forming mechanism, and/or a triangular fossa forming mechanism, and/or an auricular concha forming mechanism, and/or a tragus forming mechanism, and/or an antitragus forming mechanism.

14. An adjustable ear shaping mechanism, comprising:

a base, the base including an opening adapted to receive an ear of a user therethrough;

an ear back support, wherein the ear back support:

is movably disposed in the opening;

is located adjacent to a side wall of the base, being adjustable to different positions relative to the base; and

is adapted to support an auricle of the ear from a back of the ear, wherein an elastic groove is provided on the ear back support; and

a cover detachably connected to the side wall of the base, wherein the cover, the base, and the ear back support define a cavity that includes the opening.

15. An adjustable ear shaping mechanism, comprising:

a base, the base including an opening adapted to receive an ear of a user therethrough;

an ear back support, wherein the ear back support:

is movably disposed in the opening;

is located adjacent to a side wall of the base, being adjustable to different positions relative to the base; and

is adapted to support an auricle of the ear from a back of the ear;

a cover detachably connected to the side wall of the base, wherein the cover, the base, and the ear back support define a cavity that includes the opening; and

a helix former, the helix former comprising a forming groove and a fixing portion, and the fixing portion is connected to the base.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911101712.1 · Nov 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020127421 · Nov 9, 2020
Related Publication 20220265474A1 · Aug 25, 2022
References Cited (13)
US 2339572A · Jurovaty · 1944 [cited by examiner]
US 6517557B1 · Sorribes · 2003 [cited by examiner]
US 8136530B2 · Byrd · 2012 [cited by examiner]
US 11185446B2 · Bartlett · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US 20120179078A1 · Koehler · 2012 [cited by examiner]
US 20120185043A1 · Byrd · 2012 [cited by applicant]
CN 109893317A · 2019 [cited by applicant]
CN 209332470U · 2019 [cited by applicant]
CN 209474958U · 2019 [cited by applicant]
CN 211583815U · 2020 [cited by applicant]
Zhou, Xing, International Preliminary Report on Patentability and Written Opinion, PCT/CN2020/127421, Jan. 27, 2021, 14 pages. [cited by applicant]
Zhou, Xing, International Search Report, PCT/CN2020/127421, dated Jan. 27, 2021, 4 pages. [cited by applicant]
Zhou, Xing, Communication Pursuant to Rules 161(2), and 162 EPC, EP20887283.3, Jun. 22, 2022, 3 pgs. [cited by applicant]