US 11,700,495 B2
Device and method to reduce ear wax clogging of acoustic ports, hearing aid sealing system, and feedback reduction system
John P. Keady, Fairfax Station, VA (US)
Assigned to Staton Techiya LLC, Delray Beach, CA (US)
Filed by Staton Techiya LLC, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,677.
Application 14/017,711 is a division of application No. 12/579,673, filed on Oct. 15, 2009, granted, now 8,554,350, issued on Oct. 8, 2013.
Application 17/989,677 is a continuation of application No. 17/492,793, filed on Oct. 4, 2021.
Application 17/492,793 is a continuation of application No. 17/092,221, filed on Nov. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,223,918, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Application 17/092,221 is a continuation of application No. 16/945,798, filed on Jul. 31, 2020, granted, now 10,979,831, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Application 16/945,798 is a continuation of application No. 16/874,844, filed on May 15, 2020, granted, now 10,897,678, issued on Jan. 19, 2021.
Application 16/874,844 is a continuation of application No. 14/017,711, filed on Sep. 4, 2013, granted, now 10,715,940, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/105,761, filed on Oct. 15, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/176,013, filed on May 6, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2023/0082717 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01)
CPC H04R 25/654 (2013.01) [B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); Y10T 29/49005 (2015.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deformable eartip, comprising:
a stent, wherein the stent is configured to include an acoustic channel, wherein the stent is configured to fit on an earpiece housing, and wherein the stent is configured to be removable from the earpiece housing;
a membrane, wherein the membrane is sealed to the stent, wherein the sealed membrane is separated into a first chamber and a second chamber; and
a flowable fillable material in the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein the first chamber is configured so that if compressed a first portion of the fillable material in the first chamber moves to the second chamber expanding the second chamber and reducing the first chamber, and wherein the second chamber is configured so that when the second chamber is expanded from an initial configuration it exerts a pressure forcing a second portion of the fillable material to the first chamber.