US 11,864,915 B2
Ear-worn electronic system employing wireless powering arrangement for powering an in-ear component during sleep
Paul Anders Shriner, Minneapolis, MN (US); Ezdeen Elghannai, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Stephen Paul Flood, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Gregory J. Haubrich, Champlin, MN (US); and Zhenchao Yang, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Assigned to Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/206,347.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,179, filed on Mar. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298676 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6817 (2013.01) [A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0271 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ear-worn electronic monitoring system configured to be worn by a wearer and powered wirelessly at least during wearer sleep, the ear-worn electronic monitoring system comprising:
an on-ear component comprising a housing configured for placement on, in or about the wearer's ear, the on-ear component comprising a power source and a first interface coupled to the power source; and
an in-ear component comprising a housing configured for deployment at least partially within an ear canal of the wearer, the in-ear component comprising:
a second interface configured to couple to and decouple from the first interface;
a controller coupled to a memory;
one or more physiologic sensors coupled to the controller and memory; and
power management circuitry coupled to the controller and comprising a wireless power receiver configured to receive power from a wireless powering arrangement, the power management circuitry further configured to receive power from the power source of the on-ear component when the second interface is coupled to the first interface.