ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,240, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to GN HEARING A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).
"Device and method for earpiece design" was invented by Vidya Krull (Highland Park, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of predictive design of an earpiece for a user, includes: obtaining 3D scan data of an ear; obtaining a model earpiece with an earpiece configuration based on an analysis of the 3D scan data; determining coupling data indicative of a coupling of the model earpiece; evaluating the earpiece configuration based on the coupling data; and providing a personalized earpiece based on an output of the evaluation."
The patent was filed on Ju...