Jerry Lee Pauley

US Patent:

6382346, May 7, 2002

Filed:

Jan 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/768862

Inventors:

Owen D. Brimhall - South Jordan UT
Jerry L. Pauley - Salt Lake City UT
Carl E. Ellis - Salt Lake City UT

Assignee:

Sonic innovations - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

E61B 702

US Classification:

181135, 381328

Abstract:

A hearing aid retention and extraction device comprises a retention ring having an outer bonding surface and an inner grasping surface, and an elongate member extending from the retention ring. The retention and extraction device can be incorporated into a hearing device tip and allows both a hearing device and the hearing device tip to be simultaneously removed from an ear canal. When a user pulls on the elongate member, the retention ring cinches around the hearing device and prevents it from becoming separated from the hearing device tip. The cinching action of the retention ring also holds the hearing device in place within the ear canal.

US Patent:

6456720, Sep 24, 2002

Filed:

Dec 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/468769

Inventors:

Owen D. Brimhall - South Jordan UT
Carl E. Ellis - Salt Lake City UT
Jerry L. Pauley - Salt Lake City UT
Craig M. Collotzi - Sandy UT

Assignee:

Sonic Innovations - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

H04R 2500

US Classification:

381324, 381322, 381323

Abstract:

A circuit board assembly for a hearing device comprises a substrate including a component mounting region that can be folded into a desired orientation. A circuit board assembly constructed in accordance with the present invention can preferably be folded without affecting the performance characteristics of the substrate or any of the components mounted to the substrate. In a preferred embodiment a circuit board assembly constructed in accordance with the present invention comprises a first component mounting region adapted to receive a hearing device microphone, a second component mounting region adapted to receive an electronic circuit and a circuit capacitor, a third component mounting region adapted to receive a contact pad, and a fourth component mounting region adapted to receive a programming pad. When folded in accordance with a preferred configuration, the flexible circuit board assembly can be readily inserted into a hearing device housing.

US Patent:

6532295, Mar 11, 2003

Filed:

Dec 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/467546

Inventors:

Owen D. Brimhall - South Jordan UT
Carl E. Ellis - Salt Lake City UT
Jerry L. Pauley - Salt Lake City UT
Craig M. Collotzi - Sandy UT

Assignee:

Sonic Innovations, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

A04R 2500

US Classification:

381328, 181130, 181135, 379 52, 381322, 381325, 381329, 381312

Abstract:

A method for fitting a hearing device in an ear canal, comprises, providing a receiver module sized and shaped to fit in any of a wide range of ear canals, selecting a conformal tip from a plurality of differently sized conformal tips, each conformal tip of the plurality having an inside circumference adapted to engage the same size receiver module, wherein the selected conformal tip has an outside circumference slightly larger than the circumference of the ear canal, engaging the receiver module within the selected conformal tip, and inserting the selected conformal tip and engaged receiver module into the ear canal.

US Patent:

61790850, Jan 30, 2001

Filed:

Sep 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/409793

Inventors:

Owen D. Brimhall - South Jordan UT
Jerry L. Pauley - Salt Lake City UT
Carl E. Ellis - Salt Lake City UT

Assignee:

Sonic Innovations - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

E61B 702

US Classification:

181135

Abstract:

A hearing aid retention and extraction device comprises a retention ring having an outer bonding surface and an inner grasping surface, and an elongate member extending from the retention ring. The retention and extraction device can be incorporated into a hearing device tip and allows both a hearing device and the hearing device tip to be simultaneously removed from an ear canal. When a user pulls on the elongate member, the retention ring cinches around the hearing device and prevents it from becoming separated from the hearing device tip. The cinching action of the retention ring also holds the hearing device in place within the ear canal.