US 11,850,067 B1
Multi-purpose ear apparatus for measuring electrical signal from an ear
Conor Russomanno, Brooklyn, NY (US); Shi Gang Yuan, Middle Island, NY (US); Joseph Artuso, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Musa Mahmood, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to OpenBCI, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by OpenBCI, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on May 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/324,547.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/346,348, filed on May 27, 2022.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/291 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6803 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6817 (2013.01); A61B 5/02055 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ear apparatus, comprising:
a housing configured to be attached to an ear;
an electrode carried by the housing, the electrode configured to measure an electrical signal from the ear, the electrical signal including a reference signal or a ground signal; and
a biometric sensor or a speaker driver carried by the housing, the biometric sensor configured to measure one or more biometric characteristics from the ear, the speaker driver configured to produce sound;
wherein:
the housing includes a flexible portion made of conductive polymer;
the flexible portion of the housing is configured to contact back, earlobe, and/or mastoid of the ear when the housing is attached to the ear; and
the electrical signal is measured from the back, the earlobe, and/or the mastoid of the ear.