Portable programmer for hearing aids
CA 2079612 C · Owner: Darkes, Paul · Inventors: Stork, Michael; Arndt, Horst; Darkes, Paul
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A programmer for programming hearing aids which have a controller for setting the audio response parameters of the hearing aid, and which can be fitted in a patient's ear. The programmer comprises data entry means, a display unit, a microcontroller and a communication interface. The hearing aids are coupled to the programmer either using a cable or through an infrared link using a lapel unit which has a short y-cable to the hearing aids. The fitter uses the data entry means i.e. a keypad, to program the parameters which are then shown, on the display unit. The display unit is divided into right and left ear display fields. Each display field includes a number of bar charts for displaying …
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- Filed October 1, 1992 and granted August 17, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 1, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 1, 2014.
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