US 12,413,917 B2
Wireless audio transmitter and receiver bone device using bone conduction
Joseph Ryan Smolarz, Charlotte Amalie (VG)
Assigned to Luzidy, LLC, Sheridan, WY (US)
Appl. No. 17/790,676
Filed by Luzidy, LLC, Sheridan, WY (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/012045
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/138655, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/956,914, filed on Jan. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037831 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/606 (2013.01) [A61C 7/08 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bone-conduction device for aiding hearing, comprising:
a) a first housing configured to engage one or more teeth, wherein said first housing is a transparent dental aligner device; and
b) a second housing coupled to the first housing, wherein the second housing comprises:
b1) at least one transducer arranged such that the transducer is in vibratory contact with the one or more teeth via at least one support arm;
wherein a tungsten mass is connected to the transducer via a mass arm; and
b2) circuitry coupled to the at least one transducer, wherein the circuitry comprises a signal processor, a power supply, a transmitter and/or a receiver, and an antenna;
wherein the transparent dental aligner device comprises an elastomeric polymer;
wherein at least one portion of the first housing is removed and the second housing is inserted in a space left from the at least one portion that is removed; and
wherein the at least one portion of the first housing that is removed corresponds to the buccal surface of the first housing corresponding to one or more teeth selected from the group consisting of tooth numbers 17, 18, 19, 30, 31, and 32.