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7515951 Assembly, system, and method for optimizing image quality  
An assembly, system, and method particularly adapted for a magnetic resonator apparatus in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning system. Provided is a restraining assembly supportable by the...
7210484 Baffled earplug  
An earplug ( 10 ) with a body front portion ( 22 ) for insertion into a person's ear canal, has a pocket ( 30 ) to increase comfort and is constructed to enhance noise attenuation. The pocket,...
7096872 Ear plugs and method of forming same  
A process for forming a foamed thermoplastic earplug, comprising the steps of extruding a foamed body of thermoplastic material; shaping the foamed thermoplastic material; and at least partially...
7093600 Device for non-invasively correcting the shape of a human external ear  
A device for non-invasively correcting a human external ear is disclosed. The device comprises a flat fixture with an adhesive for sticking the fixture together with two fold parts on an ear which...
6981504 Core stiffened earplug  
An earplug of the type that includes a soft foam body ( 14 ) and a more rigid core ( 16 ) that stiffens the body during its insertion into the ear canal, is mass produced so the front end ( 30 ) of...
6938621 Disposable plug for warming the inner ear  
A disposable plug has a mask with an orifice aligned at the entry into the ear canal when the plug is inserted into the ear. A sealed envelope has a leading elastic tip that extends forward of the...
6761173 Ear plug to be inserted into the external auditory canal  
An ear plug to be inserted into the external auditory canal, having a compressible sleeve member and a core member attached therein, the improvement in which plural projections or a single...
6568395 Multiple earplug arrangement  
An earplug arrangement enables low cost manufacture and storage of earplugs and convenient dispensing of individual earplugs. The earplugs are formed from an extrusion of a maximum diameter of...
6513621 Method of producing and making use of ear tips having a filled airtight chamber  
This invention discloses an ear tip used in connection with a stethoscope. Whereby the disclosed ear tip is formed of a single piece of molded elastomeric material that is inverted and sealed to...
6484726 Articulating earplug  
A foam earplug that includes a first segment a second segment and a predetermined articulation zone disposed between the first segment and the second segment. The earplug exhibits an equilibrium...
6427800 Ear plug and method of manufacturing an ear plug  
The invention relates to a sound-attenuating ear plug, comprising an elongate elastic body ( 103 ) adapted to be inserted at least partially into an auditory meatus. A foil ( 117 ) which is rounded...
6425398 Earplug  
An earplug ( 20 ) is provided which allows conversation to be conducted whilst inserted in the ear, and blocks out certain noise without substantially sealing the ear canal, and causing discomfort...
6364052 Earplugs with surface ornamentation  
Noise-reducing earplugs include a configuration and surface ornamentation to resemble a product other than earplugs, or a container for such a product. For example, such earplugs may have a...
6164409 Wax guard membrane for hearing aids  
A non porous wax guard for an in-the-canal hearing aid is in the form of a membrane or diaphragm which completely covers the mouth of the round or other shape outlet of the hearing aid. The...
6138790 Band earplug adapted to prevent soiling  
A noise blocking band earplug has a band (12) with outer portions (44, 46) that are bent to prevent the ear-engaging pods (20, 22) from touching the ground, whether placed right-side-up or...
6129175 Acoustical control plastisol earpieces  
An acoustical control earpiece comprised of non-foamed polyvinyl chloride plastisol. The earpieces may be acoustical hearing protective earplugs as well as overmolds and covers for audio sound...
6068079 Acoustic valve capable of selective and non-linear filtering of sound  
Acoustic valve capable of selective and non-linear filtering of sound and placeable in a perforated ear plug. The acoustic valve consists of a tube enclosing two rigid disks axially spaced opposite...
5996584 Sealing strip for ear plugs and the like  
A composite reusable sound attenuating or transmitting device, especially an ear plug, is formed from a core, about which is adhered a strip of slow recovery foam. After each use of the device, the...
5904143 Foam earplug with non-permeable elastomeric coating  
A foam earplug for reception at least partially within the ear canal, including a body portion formed of resilient foam plastic material. The foam material has an open cell structure, a size and...
5868139 Device for a swimmer to conveniently remove water from his or her ear  
A hollow earpiece has a bulbous section for insertion into the ear canal and a flange section joined to the bulbous section by a neck with an opening in the tip of the bulbous section to allow...
5799658 Hearing protective device comprising a foam and a porous component and method of manufacture thereof  
An acoustical hearing device is presented, including a foam and at least one porous component which is mechanically bonded to the foam. The mechanical bonding of the porous component arises during...
5609164 Method of forming an earplug containment device  
A method for forming an earplug containment device comprising providing at least one thin-walled, hollow sleeve having an inside diameter less than the diameter of the human ear canal, compressing...
5573015 Extruded ear plug  
An earplug having a compressible or deformable sheath component and a more rigid core component. The components are both extruded in order that they may be rapidly and efficiently produced, and...
5483027 Earplug with form-fitting fluid chambers  
A bi-directionally insertable elastomeric ear plug for sealing an ear canal has an outer body defining two identical expansible and collapsible fluid chambers. A fluid, preferably air, is sealed...
5452731 Disposable, hygroscopic ear plug including tear-away portion  
The present invention relates to a flexible, disposable ear plug which is capable of decreasing humidity levels from the environment within the inner ear of a user. The ear plug includes a...
5333622 Earplug and hearing devices formed in-situ  
A custom-molded earplug (18) for swimming protection, hearing protection, and the like, is fabricated in situ by depositing a foaming material (14 or 24) within a person's ear (10 or 42) and...
5249309 Ear defender  
An ear defender which comprises two ear plugs (11) each of which is connected to a respective end of a cord (20). Each plug (11) includes a plug-part (10) which is provided with a recess (18) for a...
5195539 Earplug compression device  
A device for compressing slow recovery earplugs is provided. The device comprises a flexible strip having an elongate compression portion having first and second ends and a base portion at the...
5131411 Custom-fitting earplug formed in situ using foaming action  
A custom-fitting earplug (18) for hearing protection or other ear applications, or in-ear communications device mounting (40) is fabricated in situ by depositing a foaming material (14 or 24)...
5119833 Compressible foam earplug  
A compressible earplug is made of a slow recovery foam material. The earplug has a cross-section formed by a plurality of three or four sides wherein there is an angle no greater than 90° between...
4920985 Device for closing a curved duct  
A device for closing a curved duct, especially an ear protector for insertion in the auditory canal (4) of the ear, consists of an elastic rod-shaped body (1), e.g. of foamed plastic, which is...
4913165 Underwater eardrum protector  
An underwater eardrum protector for use in underwater diving by a person having a perforated eardrum includes an inflatable bladder insertable in an ear canal of the person; a tube for supplying a...
4896679 Method and apparatus for the exclusion of sound and water from the auditory canal  
A method and apparatus for providing improved protection for the auditory systems of persons who may be subjected to excessive sound pressures or concussive shock waves or who may have certain...
4406282 Earplug for an underwater diver  
An earplug for use by an underwater diver includes a tubular vessel of soft flexible material adapted for insertion into the auditory meatus, a plurality of sealing rings surrounding the vessel to...
4384575 Ear protection plug and a method for the production of same  
An ear protection plug of elastic material which is characterized in that it is in the form of a closed gas-filled hollow body of approximately ovoid longitudinal section, so as to have a first...
4299237 Closed flow caloric test device  
Apparatus for transferring thermal energy from a calorized fluid to an ear canal and tympanic membrane for carrying out caloric testing procedures includes use of an inflatable and distensible...
4244377 Ear probe for use in closed-loop caloric irrigation  
An ear probe for use in closed-loop caloric irrigation including a manifold and balloon, the manifold conducting fluid flow into and out of the balloon concentrically, the balloon being a...
4190033 Closed flow caloric test method  
A method of caloric vestibular testing comprises inserting an inflatable receptacle into an ear canal; admitting pressurized calorized fluid into the receptacle to cause its expansion laterally...
4159719 Moisture-expandable ear wick  
A tightly coiled, substantially cylindrical wick of compressed, dehydrated, sponge-like material having sufficient rigidity to be inserted endwise into an ear canal will, when hydrated, uncoil and...
4089332 Pneumatic shaping ear plug  
A new and improved pneumatically shaped ear plug comprising and constructed of an elastomeric hollow body of sheet material dimensioned to and constructed for being inserted into the ear canal or...
4060080 Plug for living body  
A plug for a living body includes a first chamber, a second chamber communicating with the first chamber, a holding means for holding the condition that the volume of the first chamber is reduced...
4034759 Moisture-expandable prosthesis  
A hollow-cylindrical tube of dehydrated, regenerated cellulose sponge material is tightly compressed to provide an elongate member of minimal diameter having sufficient rigidity to be inserted...
4006796 Earpiece which substantially consists of a thin-walled flexible capsule filled with a liquid medium  
An earpiece which takes the form of a pouch made of a plastics foil which surrounds a less pliant plastics tube in an airtight manner and is filled with a sluggishly moving jelly-like paste. A not...
3844580 PROTECTION INSTALLATION FOR THE PASSENGERS OF VEHICLES ESPECIALLY MOTOR VEHICLES  
A protective device for the passengers of vehicles, especially of motor vehicles which are equipped with gas cushions adapted to be automatically inflated in case of an accident; the hearing...
3505999 EARPLUG  
3259128 Ear protector from noise and dirt  
3131241 Method for making an improved ear plug  
3110356 Earplug  
2888921 Ear inserts  
2876767 Ear plug  
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