EP 4358543 A3 20240703 - AN IN-THE-EAR HEARING AID HAVING COMBINED ANTENNAS
Title (en)
AN IN-THE-EAR HEARING AID HAVING COMBINED ANTENNAS
Title (de)
IM-OHR-HÖRGERÄT MIT KOMBINIERTEN ANTENNEN
Title (fr)
PROTHÈSE AUDITIVE INTRA-AURICULAIRE AYANT DES ANTENNES COMBINÉES
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 24161480 A 20150721
- EP 21172399 A 20150721
- EP 18190641 A 20150721
- EP 15177659 A 20150721
Abstract (en)
Disclosed is an in-the-ear hearing aid, the hearing aid having a first end and a second end, the hearing aid comprising a microphone configured to receive an audio signal, a printed circuit board comprising a processing unit configured to process the audio signal for compensating a hearing loss of a user, a receiver configured to transmit the processed audio signal, a battery having a first side and a second side, where the battery is provided at the second end of the hearing aid, one or more wireless communication units for wireless communication, a first antenna for emission and/or reception of an electromagnetic field being interconnected with one of the one or more wireless communication units, where the first antenna is provided at the second end of the hearing aid, and a second antenna for emission and/or reception of an electromagnetic field being interconnected with one of the one or more wireless communication units, where the second antenna is provided at the second end of the hearing aid, wherein the second antenna is provided at the second side of the battery, wherein the printed circuit board is provided at the first side of the battery, and wherein the first antenna is fed from the printed circuit board at the first side of the battery and extends to the second side of the battery.
IPC 8 full level
H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 2225/49 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
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- [A] WO 2014086392 A1 20140612 - PHONAK AG [CH]
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- [XI] ANONYMOUS: "ReSound Linx2", 20 July 2015 (2015-07-20), pages 1 - 73, XP055831048, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP15177659&lng=en&tab=doclist> [retrieved on 20210810] & GAL JEAN-LUC ET AL: "Minutes of hearing of witness in opposition against European Patent 3 122 071 B1", 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10), pages 1 - 23, XP055831085, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP15177659&lng=en&tab=doclist> [retrieved on 20210810]
- [A] JASON GALSTER: "Making sense of modern wireless hearing aid technologies", ENT AND AUDIOLOGY NEWS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014, VOL 23 NO 5, 1 November 2014 (2014-11-01), pages 1 - 2, XP055666090, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://www.entandaudiologynews.com/media/4032/entnd14-galster-new.pdf> [retrieved on 20200206]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3122071 A1 20170125; EP 3122071 B1 20180829; DK 3122071 T3 20181008; EP 3442246 A1 20190213; EP 3886464 A1 20210929; EP 3886464 B1 20240612; EP 3886464 C0 20240612; EP 4358543 A2 20240424; EP 4358543 A3 20240703
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 15177659 A 20150721; DK 15177659 T 20150721; EP 18190641 A 20150721; EP 21172399 A 20150721; EP 24161480 A 20150721