US 12,064,223 B2
Housing comprising a sensor
Alwin Fransen, Hoofddorp (NL); Nicolaas Maria Jozef Stoffels, Hoofddorp (NL); Paul Christiaan van Hal, Hoofddorp (NL); Sietse Jacob van Reeuwijk, Hoofddorp (NL); and Raymond Mögelin, Hoofddorp (NL)
Assigned to SONION NEDERLAND B.V., Hoofddorp (NL)
Filed by Sonion Nederland B.V., Hoofddorp (NL)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/083,153.
Application 18/083,153 is a continuation of application No. 16/549,733, filed on Aug. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,564,580.
Claims priority of application No. 18195529 (EP), filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117270 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/02416 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6817 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04R 1/2838 (2013.01); H04R 25/60 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly of at least one radiation detector, at least one radiation emitter and a housing configured to be positioned inside the ear canal of a person or animal, the detector(s) and emitter(s) being provided in or on the housing, the emitter(s) being configured to emit radiation away from the housing and the detector(s) being configured to receive radiation directed toward the housing, wherein:
one of the radiation detectors is positioned in or at the housing and has a field of view defining a view axis,
one of the radiation emitters is positioned in or at the housing and has an emission cone defining an emission axis, and
wherein there is no overlap between the field of view and the emission cone.