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WO2015039707A1 - Prothèse auditive rechargeable, système de recharge de prothèse auditive et procédé pour recharger une prothèse auditive - Google Patents

Prothèse auditive rechargeable, système de recharge de prothèse auditive et procédé pour recharger une prothèse auditive Download PDF

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WO2015039707A1
WO2015039707A1 PCT/EP2013/069706 EP2013069706W WO2015039707A1 WO 2015039707 A1 WO2015039707 A1 WO 2015039707A1 EP 2013069706 W EP2013069706 W EP 2013069706W WO 2015039707 A1 WO2015039707 A1 WO 2015039707A1
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Christian Frei
Daniel Probst
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1025—Accumulators or arrangements for charging
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J50/00—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
    • H02J50/05—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using capacitive coupling
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J50/00—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
    • H02J50/10—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling
    • H02J50/12—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
    • H02J7/731—
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J50/00—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
    • H02J50/005—Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J50/00—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
    • H02J50/70—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
    • H02J7/70—
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2460/00—Details of hearing devices, i.e. of ear- or headphones covered by H04R1/10 or H04R5/033 but not provided for in any of their subgroups, or of hearing aids covered by H04R25/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2460/17—Hearing device specific tools used for storing or handling hearing devices or parts thereof, e.g. placement in the ear, replacement of cerumen barriers, repair, cleaning hearing devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/602—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of batteries

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  • the present invention relates to a rechargeable hearing device, in particular a hearing device to be worn at least partially within an ear canal.
  • the present invention further pertains to a hearing device charging system and a method for charging such a hearing device.
  • Portable electronic devices are increasingly being powered by rechargeable batteries. This is also the case for miniature hearing devices adapted to be worn at an ear or at least partially within an ear canal of a user.
  • Such hearing devices include ear phones, communication devices, hearing aids (also referred to as hearing prostheses or hearing instruments) for hard of hearing people or hearing enhancement devices for augmenting the hearing capability of normal hearing persons, as well as hearing protection devices designed to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
  • hearing devices include ear phones, communication devices, hearing aids (also referred to as hearing prostheses or hearing instruments) for hard of hearing people or hearing enhancement devices for augmenting the hearing capability of normal hearing persons, as well as hearing protection devices designed to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
  • Due to the small size of such hearing devices the batteries employed therein are tiny and therefore often difficult to handle, e.g. when replacing a depleted battery with a new one, especially for elderly users with reduced dexterity.
  • hearing devices to be worn at least partially within an ear canal profit from using a built-in
  • Rechargeable batteries are especially beneficial for hearing devices intended to be worn deeply within the ear canal, e.g. within the bony portion. Examples of such hearing devices are the Philips XP Peritympanic deep canal CIC aid, the Starkey Tympanette and SoundLens, the Songbird Flexfit disposable hearing aid, and Insound' s Lyric extended wear hearing aid.
  • US 6,205,227 Bl also relates to a peritympanic hearing instrument
  • WO 00/32009 A2 relates to a semi-permanent canal hearing device
  • WO 00/76271 Al relates to an extended wear canal hearing device.
  • P212795 deep-fitted hearing devices are typically worn constantly over a prolonged period of time, e.g. many days up to weeks, without being removed since their insertion and extraction is a tricky and quite awkward procedure
  • the battery needs to be sealed into the hearing device in order to prevent sweat from disrupting battery operation. Hence, replacement of the battery is not possible and so it has to be rechargeable. Since the battery is built into the hearing device there is no need for a battery door to remove the battery, which helps to minimise the size of the hearing device.
  • US 6,658,124 Bl describes a contact-free scheme using an inductive charging system for hearing devices.
  • inductive charging suffers from a low degree of efficiency and has the disadvantage of requiring a large charging coil within the hearing device.
  • electrical contacts are provided at the housing of the hearing device.
  • WO 93/18629 Al describes a charging device for custom shaped rechargeable hearing prostheses with electrical contacts integrated in the housing in the form of two conducting surfaces.
  • the charging device provides cavities for receiving the hearing prostheses, the cavities being formed according to the shape of the prostheses and having conductive terminals which are arranged so that electrical contact is
  • US 2008/0118093 Al describes a contact element that is resiliently mounted at a hearing device and can be pressed onto a charging contact of an external charging device during charging under application of a positive force.
  • the contact element is located in a first position during normal operation of the hearing device and is moved into a second position for charging.
  • the charging device exhibits a receptacle adapted to the shape of the hearing device, and the contact element of the hearing device is pressed against the charging contact of the charging device when the hearing device is clamped into the receptacle by means of a clamp.
  • US 2009/0067652 Al discloses a hearing device with at least one contact means, which can be flush with the hearing device housing during normal operation, and contacts a battery charging unit when in an extended or folded-out position during charging.
  • a hearing device charging system is specified in claim 10.
  • the present invention is first directed to a hearing device to be worn at least partially within an ear canal,
  • a diode is a two-terminal electronic component with asymmetric conductance, i.e.
  • a first terminal of the diode is connected to a first input of a charging circuit, a first terminal of the inductor is connected to a second input of the charging circuit, and a second terminal of the diode is connected to a second terminal of the inductor.
  • the purpose of the coupling means is to provide a
  • the hearing device of the present invention employs an inductor with a closed-loop core, such as a toroidal ferrite core, which acts as an energy storage device, i.e. forms part of a tank circuit.
  • a toroidal core With a toroidal core a minimum of the magnetic flux escapes outside the core, so it radiates less
  • the inductor may for instance be further contained within an electromagnetic shielding, such as an enclosure made of mu-metal, in order to further minimise the radiation of electromagnetic interference from the inductor.
  • housing in contact with a conductive structure within the housing, jointly adapted to enable capacitive coupling of energy from outside the housing to the battery.
  • the second terminal of the inductor is connected to an electrical contact, in particular via the capacitor, or to the conductive structure.
  • the housing comprises a face plate attached to the shell, wherein the face plate is at least partially comprised of a dielectric material, in particular the dielectric structure is
  • the coupling means further comprises a magnetic connecting means.
  • the magnetic coupling means allows to physically/mechanically connect/attach the hearing device with/to a battery
  • the magnetic connecting means more particularly an electrically
  • the magnetic connecting means is configured to magnetically engage with an external magnetic connecting counter-means such that the counter-means can be held at the hearing device at a predefined location and for instance with a predefined orientation.
  • the hearing device is adapted to be liquid- ' tight, in particular to be waterproof.
  • the hearing device is a completely-in-canal hearing device, more particularly a deep-fitting hearing device intended to be worn in a bony portion of the ear canal, even more
  • the present invention is further directed to a hearing device charging system comprising a battery charger and a hearing device, wherein the battery charger comprises a high-frequency generator/transmitter with a wire (e.g. an elongated wire as opposed to a large primary air coil used in conjunction with inductive charging) , wherein the wire features one of the following:
  • an end of the wire is adapted to be physically/
  • a magnetic connecting counter-means configured to magnetically engage with a magnetic connecting means of the hearing device
  • a spatially extended conductive structure such as a conductive plate or sheet, in particular suitable for accumulating
  • the hearing device can be recharged either by using a single electrical contact or without any direct physical/mechanical connection to the battery charger by means of capacitive coupling.
  • the charging system further comprising a container for being filled with a liquid, such as a
  • spatially extended conductive structure at least partly encompasses the container.
  • the present invention is further directed to method for charging a hearing device, the method comprising the steps of:
  • a high frequency signal in particular in a range from 1 kHz to 30 MHz, more particularly in a range from 10 kHz to 3 MHz, and applying the high frequency signal to a wire, and
  • inductive charging where for example a small inductor with a closed-loop core, such as a toroidal ferrite core, acting as an energy storage device, i.e.
  • the inductor may for instance be contained within an electromagnetic shielding, such as an enclosure made of mu- metal, in order to minimise the radiation of
  • connecting is established by a magnetic connecting counter- means configured to magnetically engage with a magnetic connecting means of the hearing device.
  • the hearing device is embedded in a medium having a relative permittivity s r ⁇ 3, in particular in the range 5 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 88, more particularly in a range from 30 ⁇ s r ⁇ 81.
  • the medium is a liquid, such as for instance water or a cleaning solution, or the medium is part of a human head surrounding an ear canal, in particularly the hearing device is worn within the ear canal.
  • the step of capacitively coupling comprises the steps of:
  • a spatially extended conductive structure such as a conductive plate or sheet, in particular suitable for accumulating
  • the step of capacitively coupling comprises the steps of:
  • hearing device comprising a dielectric structure at an outer surface of a housing of the hearing device in contact with a conductive structure within the housing, and a battery of the hearing device being connected to the conductive structure within the housing at least via an inductor and a diode.
  • the step of capacitively coupling comprises the steps of:
  • a spatially extended conductive structure such as a conductive plate or sheet, in particular suitable for accumulating
  • the spatially extended conductive structure at least partly encompasses a container containing a liquid, such as a cleaning solution, in particular is wrapped around the container; - inserting the hearing device into the liquid, a battery of the hearing device being connected to the conductive structure within the housing at least via an inductor and a diode.
  • Fig. 1 a high-level block diagram of a hearing device
  • Fig. 2 a block diagram of a hearing device coupled to a battery charger according to a further exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 3 a block diagram of a hearing device coupled to a battery charger according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 a block diagram of a hearing device coupled to a battery charger according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 5 a block diagram of a hearing device charging system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 6 a block diagram of a hearing device charging system according to a further exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 7 a schematic representation of a hearing device
  • the hearing device 1 referred to in the following is a hearing device intended to be worn at least partly within an ear canal 60 of a user of the hearing device 1 (cf. e.g. Fig. 7), such as an in-the-ear (ITE) or a completely-in- canal (CIC) hearing device. It can be especially an extended wear hearing device for being worn deeply within the ear canal 60, for instance within the bony portion of the ear canal 60 for a prolonged period of time, e.g. a number of days.
  • such hearing devices comprise a microphone 25, an electronics unit 26 (e.g. a signal processing unit) , a receiver 27 (i.e.
  • the housing 2 typically comprises an individually shaped custom shell and a standardised face plate 3 (cf. Fig. 4), which is adapted to fit onto the custom shell.
  • the face plate 3 is usually glued to the shell or attached thereto in some other non-detachable manner, meaning that for example the rechargeable battery 28 is not removable from the housing 2 once it is assembled without destroying it.
  • the hearing device 1 further comprises a
  • coupling means 40 which allows it to be mechanically connected with or attached to the battery charger 5 as well as to be power/energy coupled (i.e. electrically) to the battery charger 5 with the aid of the coupling means 50 of the battery charger 5.
  • Various embodiments of the coupling means 40 of the hearing device 1, both mechanical and electrical, will be described in the following.
  • FIG. 2 A block diagram of a hearing device 1 coupled to a battery charger 5 according to a first embodiment of the present invention is depicted in Fig. 2.
  • the battery charger 5 comprises a high-frequency (HF) signal generator, i.e. an HF transmitter 20 to which a (linearly) elongated wire 21 is connected. The distant end of the wire 21 is in turn connected with an electrical contact 6 at the housing 2 of the hearing device 1.
  • HF signal connected to the electrical contact 6 is applied to an inductor 14 and a diode 15.
  • the diode 15 is used to rectify the HF signal.
  • a first terminal of the diode 15 is connected to a first input of a charging circuit 29, a first terminal of the inductor 14 is
  • the second terminal of the diode 15 and of the inductor 14 are either directly connected with the electrical contact 6 at the housing 2, or via a small capacitor 17 (as depicted in Fig. 2) in order to galvanically isolate the electrical contact 6 from the charging circuit 29.
  • the advantage of this charging scheme is that only a single wire 21 and a single electrical contact 6 is required for connecting the charger 5 with the hearing device 1. In fact, when
  • the whole shell and/or face plate 3 can be employed a charging contact.
  • the single wire 21 may have a magnet
  • a magnetic contact 16 comprising a ferromagnetic material such as a magnet at the hearing device 1.
  • the magnetic attracting forces attaches the wire 21 to the electrical contact 6 of the hearing device 1, without the need to visually see the electrical contact 6 or to apply pushing forces to insert the wire 21 into a socket. This simplifies contacting and is especially useful for elderly users with reduced dexterity.
  • this magnet 16' can be integrated into a charging cradle (not shown) adapted to receive the hearing device 1.
  • the HF signal can be transferred from the wire 21 to the charging circuit 29.
  • Fig. 4 an alternative embodiment of the coupling means 40, 50 are illustrated.
  • part of the housing 2 or part of a face plate 3 attached to the housing 2 is comprised of a dielectric material forming a dielectric structure 18 of a capacitor.
  • the two conductive "plates" of this capacitor are formed by a conductive structure 19 located within the housing 2 or on the inner side of the face plate 3, and by a spatially extended conductive structure 22 to which the wire 21 is connected.
  • the hearing device 1 can then for example simply be placed on a “charging” plate (i.e. the structure 22) for recharging the battery 28. With this embodiment of the charging system there is no need at all for charging contact on the surface of the housing 2 of the hearing device 1.
  • FIG. 5 A first embodiment of a hearing device charging system is depicted in Fig. 5.
  • a waterproof hearing device 1 is inserted into a container 23 filled with an electrically conducting liquid 24.
  • the free end of the wire 21 is dipped into the liquid 24, which then conducts the HF signal from the battery charger 5 to the electrical contact 6 at the surface of the hearing device 1.
  • a cleaning solution can be used to increase the conductivity of water to allow charging of the battery 28.
  • FIG. 6 A second embodiment of a hearing device charging system is depicted in Fig. 6.
  • the antenna 21 is not inserted into the liquid 24 but instead attached to a conductive plate 22 which is at least partly .wrapped around the container 23.
  • the electrical energy of the HF signal from the battery charger 5 is capacitively coupled to the hearing device 1 for instance by means of the dielectric structure 18 comprised in the housing 2 or the face plate 3 which is in contact with the conductive structure 19 within the hearing device 1, acting as the second plate of a capacitor.
  • the hearing device 1 can be pulled out of the liquid 24 by means of a "holding line" 30 which is connected to the hearing device 1 with the aid of magnetic connecting means 16, 16', however no energy is conveyed from the battery charger 5 to the hearing device 1 via the holding line 30.
  • Fig. 7 a schematic representation of a hearing device charging system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown, where the hearing device 1 is being charged whilst being worn within an ear canal 60 of a user.
  • the elongated wire 21 is connected to the hearing device 1 within the ear canal 60 by the magnetic connecting means 16', 16.
  • the frequency of the HF signal should be higher than 1 MHz (up to 30 MHz) .
  • the wire 21 together with the magnetic connection 16' , 16 thereby also allows pulling the hearing device 1 out of the ear canal 60.
  • the battery charger 5 can for instance be worn behind the ear to provide energy from a primary battery to the rechargeable battery 28 within the hearing device 1.
  • the wire 21 is connected to a conductive plate (22 not shown) worn at the ear, such that electrical energy is coupled to the hearing device 1 through liquid contained in the human tissue surrounding the hearing device 1 within the ear canal 60.
  • the frequency of the HF signal could be at lower frequencies, e.g. at 100 kHz.
  • DC direct current

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La présente invention concerne une prothèse auditive (1) à porter au moins partiellement à l'intérieur d'un conduit auditif, comprenant un microphone (25), une unité électronique (26), un récepteur (27) et une pile rechargeable (28), qui sont renfermés dans un boîtier (2), la prothèse auditive (1) étant dotée d'un moyen de couplage (40) servant à relier la pile (28) de manière opérationnelle à un chargeur de pile (5), et le moyen de couplage (40) comprenant une inductance et une diode. L'invention concerne en outre un système de recharge de prothèse auditive comprenant cette prothèse auditive (1) et un chargeur de pile (5), ainsi qu'un procédé pour recharger cette prothèse auditive (1).
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