Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – Body-attached or connected
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-14
2007-08-14
Phan, Tho (Department: 2821)
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
Body-attached or connected
C343S788000, C381S322000, C381S328000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10768735
ABSTRACT:
One aspect relates to a hearing aid having a housing with a face plate to which a handle is connected. Additionally, an at least partially coiled antenna is located proximal to the face plate. Another aspect relates to an apparatus comprised of a means for locating hearing aid components in a housing, a means for inserting and removing the hearing aid with a handle, a means for connecting the handle to the housing, and a means for integrating an antenna with the handle, wherein the antenna is located proximal to the housing. Another aspect relates to a method of making a hearing aid, including connecting an antenna to a handle and connecting the handle to the hearing aid, wherein the antenna is located proximate to the hearing aid housing.
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“Hearing Aids”, http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/hearing—aids.htm, (Observed Jan. 22, 2004),6 pgs.
Newton James
Victorian Thomas A.
Phan Tho
Schwegman Lundberg Woessner & Kluth P.A.
Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
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