US Patent Issued to Sonova on Sept. 16 for "Hearing device having a shell that includes a compressible region and methods of manufacturing the same" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,759, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Sonova AG (Staefa, Switzerland).

"Hearing device having a shell that includes a compressible region and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by Patrizia Richner (Mannedorf, Switzerland) and Thomas Wessel (Mannedorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary hearing device may comprise an in-the-ear ("ITE") component comprising a shell that is custom formed of a soft material by additive manufacturing to fit at least partially within an ear canal of the user. The shell may include a compressible region provided along an outer surface of the shell that is configured to ...