US Patent Issued to Sonova on Sept. 30 for "Earpiece and manufacturing method and customization method of the earpiece" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,066, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Sonova AG (Staefa, Switzerland).

"Earpiece and manufacturing method and customization method of the earpiece" was invented by Julia Lonsky (Zurich, Switzerland), Konstantin Silberzahn (Meilen, Switzerland) and Erdal Karamuk (Mannedorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an earpiece configured to be at least partially inserted into an ear and comprising a core comprising a material that during insertion of the earpiece into the ear is deformable above a transition temperature and non-deformable below the transition temperature. The disclosure also relates to a...