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WO2003037235A2 - Protege-tympan universel avec piece auditive anatomique souple et extension pour retrait - Google Patents

Protege-tympan universel avec piece auditive anatomique souple et extension pour retrait Download PDF

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WO2003037235A2
WO2003037235A2 PCT/HU2002/000109 HU0200109W WO03037235A2 WO 2003037235 A2 WO2003037235 A2 WO 2003037235A2 HU 0200109 W HU0200109 W HU 0200109W WO 03037235 A2 WO03037235 A2 WO 03037235A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F11/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F11/06—Protective devices for the ears
    • A61F11/08—Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F11/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F11/06—Protective devices for the ears
    • A61F11/08—Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs
    • A61F11/085—Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs including an inner channel

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  • This design pertains to universal ear-plugs with anatomically designed elastic ear-piece and pull-out extension.
  • Ear-plugs have been popular for quite some time. People whose ears are sensitive or impaired usually resort to making cotton balls and used them as simple plugs, although there are ear-plugs available in commercial circulation for a long time past.
  • ear-plugs are generally made from elastic materials, like rubber or sponge, or from soft plastic, most of them tapered and rounded at the end. An ear-plug that fits this description is illustrated in a Hungarian patent application published under No. 58990.
  • ear-plugs which are constructed of flexible laminas, where the laminas fixed around the central axis are meant to line the inside of the ear.
  • An ear-plug that fits this description is illustrated in a Hungarian patent application No. 61187.
  • ear-plugs that are available on the market are plastic, most of them made of wax or cotton, and can be shaped for best fitting. An ear-plug that fits this description is illustrated under the No. 191782 patent description.
  • ear-plugs do not accommodate the anatomical shape of the ear, or to the external auditory canal, which means that if worn for any extended period they become uncomfortable, sometimes even causing tensive pain.
  • plastic ear-plugs tend to wax up, contaminating the ear and the environment alike.
  • the external auditory canal of the human ear is anywhere between 2.5 to 3.5 cm long and more-or-less decidedly S-shaped, having two horizontal curves. Diagonally, it is an upright, oval entrance. This cross-section, however, changes in consequence of any movement of the jaws, such as when speak or chew, which means that the efficiency of these otherwise poorly fitting ear-plugs gets even worse.
  • ready-made ear-plugs end at the first bend of the auditory canal, which means that their insulation properties leave something to be desired and that they slide out easily.
  • an ear-plug that is truly fitting and that offers sufficient sealing properties as well can only be made in due consideration of the unique shape and size of each external auditory canal.
  • Such ear-plugs are supplied with hearing aids.
  • fitted ear-plugs are custom made and are shaped after individual impressions, in result of which they provide perfect protection from ambient conditions. They are not uncomfortable to wear while featuring an option to provide acoustical transmission without any feedback.
  • This new ear-plug design is aimed to eliminate the above defined failures and disadvantages; to provide a universal ear-plug line that can be mass produced and made available in commercial circulation, and that comes as close as possible to custom-made ear-plugs in terms of efficiency and comfort.
  • ear-plugs feature anatomically designed elastic ear-pieces and pull-out extensions, where the ear-pieces are made in at least two sizes consisting of a conical-shaped outer section tapered from the outer section to which the pull-out extension is affixed, and which continues in the inner section that is shaped to fit the Isthmus of the auditory meatus of the ear, bevelled toward the outer section featuring a decreasing diameter in smaller sizes or even or increasing in diameter in larger sizes.
  • these ear-plugs come in small, medium and large sizes, complemented with extra large sizes too (XL, XXL). They also feature a transit pipe with acoustical and selective noise filtering.
  • ear-plugs largely depend on where the earpiece is positioned within the auditory canal and that optimum efficiency can be achieved if the ear-piece reaches the Isthmus section beyond the first bend of the auditory canal.
  • To accomplish this design features two conical-shaped bevelled parts. In larger sizes the top of the second part is not necessarily tapered, it may be even throughout or even wider at the top.
  • ear-plugs are comfortable to wear and they do not cause any pain even if worn for any extended period of time, while they fit tightly enough to block out noise, water and any unwanted substance at much better rate that their predecessors.
  • Chart 1 contains a sketch of an external auditory canal, indicating the fitting characteristics of conventional ear-plugs and our ear-plugs.
  • Chart 2 demonstrates the new ear-plug in various shapes in a side-view, front-view and rear-view.
  • Chart 3 illustrates a profiled ear-plug fitted with noise filter.
  • Chart 4 illustrates an ear-plug in another shape, with an acoustical transit pipe.
  • Chart 1 illustrates a profiled human ear.
  • the auricular (1) continues in the external auditory canal (2), the middle Isthmus section (3) of which contains the ear-plug (4).
  • the left we have demonstrated on the left with a dotted line the position of conventional earplugs in the auditory canal (2), and on the right the position of custom-made ear-pieces.
  • Chart 2 demonstrates the new ear-plug in various shapes in a side-view, front-view and rear-view, showing the tip (4) of the ear-plug in variations according to sizes.
  • All ear-plugs (4) come with a pull-out extension (5) and an ear-piece (6).
  • the ear-piece (6) consists of an outer section (7) and an inner section (8).
  • the outer section (7) is similar to the corresponding sections of conventional ear-plugs, slightly tapered. However, instead of a straight conical form, it continues in the inner section (8) in an obtuse Q ⁇ angle with the outer section (7). The D angle is always obtuse.
  • the ear-plug (4) ends in round tip (9).
  • the shape of the inner section (8) differs in all sizes. In smaller sizes it tapered toward the tip, meaning that the diameter of the ear-plug (4) is gradually decreasing toward the tip (9). In the larger sizes (L, XL, XXL) the inner section (8) is not tapered, rather it is more like a cylindrical shape, or even wider toward the tip, for this structure proved the most befitting according to the extensive tests we have conducted.
  • the arched design of the new ear-plug (4) that follows the shape of the Isthmus section (3) and the varying sizes to accommodate the size of the auditory canal (2) ensure the best fitting for each and every patient, offering practically the same qualities in terms of fitting and efficiency as custom-made models.
  • the ear-plug shown in Chart 3 has a drill hole (10) with a noise filter inserted in its outer section, which improves the noise inhibiting characteristics of the ear-plug (4).
  • the design also permits the ear-plug to be used with hearing aids, telephones or electronic devices (radio, tape or record player), with a transit pipe (12) inserted into the ten holes for acoustical sound transmission, as it illustrated in Chart 4.
  • the transit pipe (12) replaces the pull-out extension as well.
  • the new ear-plug design features better comfort characteristics for it is shaped to best accommodate the external auditory canal of each individual. It is made of durable, yet elastic silicon that is capable to adapt minor changes. It offers protection against penetrating water or noise, while permitting it to be used with hearing aids as well.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un protège-tympan constitué d'une pièce souple, conçue anatomiquement pour l'oreille, et d'une extension destinée au retrait. Le bouche-oreille (6) possède au moins deux tailles consistant en une section extérieure de forme conique (7), à laquelle est fixée l'extension destinée au retrait (5), cette section extérieure allant s'amincissant en direction de la section intérieure (8), dont la forme s'adapte à l'isthme du méat auditif de l'oreille, formant un coude avec la direction de la section extérieure (7) selon un angle obtus (α), ce bouche-oreille étant à diamètre décroissant pour les petites tailles ou à diamètre constant et même augmentant pour les tailles plus importantes.
PCT/HU2002/000109 2001-10-30 2002-10-29 Protege-tympan universel avec piece auditive anatomique souple et extension pour retrait WO2003037235A2 (fr)

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AU2002339204A AU2002339204A1 (en) 2001-10-30 2002-10-29 Universal ear-plug with anatomically designed elastic ear-piece and pull-out extension

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HU20010100278U HU2352U (en) 2001-10-30 2001-10-30 Comfortable ear-plug
HUU0100278 2001-10-30

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Cited By (3)

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WO2007044765A3 (fr) * 2005-10-10 2007-08-16 Cabot Safety Intermediate Corp Bouchons auriculaires a enfoncer a faible attenuation comprenant un element de prehension integre
ES2304332A1 (es) * 2008-06-30 2008-10-01 Santiago Viscasillas Segui Tapon obturador para el oido.
WO2011075841A1 (fr) * 2009-12-24 2011-06-30 Sonomax Technologies Inc. Dispositif intra-auriculaire quasi-triangulaire

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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WO2007044765A3 (fr) * 2005-10-10 2007-08-16 Cabot Safety Intermediate Corp Bouchons auriculaires a enfoncer a faible attenuation comprenant un element de prehension integre
US7510046B2 (en) 2005-10-10 2009-03-31 Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation Low attenuating push-in earplug with integral handle
ES2304332A1 (es) * 2008-06-30 2008-10-01 Santiago Viscasillas Segui Tapon obturador para el oido.
ES2304332B2 (es) * 2008-06-30 2009-08-03 Santiago Viscasillas Segui Tapon obturador para el oido.
WO2011075841A1 (fr) * 2009-12-24 2011-06-30 Sonomax Technologies Inc. Dispositif intra-auriculaire quasi-triangulaire
US8776801B2 (en) 2009-12-24 2014-07-15 Sonomax Technologies Inc. Quasi-triangular in-ear device

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