US 11,950,061 B2
Hearing device cerumen filter device
Henrik Nielsen, Roskilde (DK); and Henrik Hetz Christiansen, Copenhagen k (DK)
Assigned to GN HEARING A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed by GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/554,614.
Application 17/554,614 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/067477, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19184248 (EP), filed on Jul. 3, 2019; and application No. 19194790 (EP), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0109943 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/654 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cerumen filter device for a hearing device, the cerumen filter device comprising:
a body having a first end and a second end, the body comprising:
an inner surface defining a cavity, and
an outer surface having an outer cross-sectional dimension, where the outer surface comprises a first support member at a first distance from the first end, wherein the first support member is annular and has a first cross-sectional dimension, the outer surface further comprising a second support member positioned at a second distance from the first end, where the second support member has a second cross-sectional dimension;
a filter structure within the cavity of the body; and
a collar at the second end of the body, the collar having a collar cross-sectional dimension;
where the first cross-sectional dimension, and the second cross-sectional dimension, are smaller than the collar cross-sectional dimension.