EP1432285A3 - Hydrophobe Beschichtung einzelner Komponenten von Hörgeräten - Google Patents

Hydrophobe Beschichtung einzelner Komponenten von Hörgeräten Download PDF

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EP1432285A3
EP1432285A3 EP03029970A EP03029970A EP1432285A3 EP 1432285 A3 EP1432285 A3 EP 1432285A3 EP 03029970 A EP03029970 A EP 03029970A EP 03029970 A EP03029970 A EP 03029970A EP 1432285 A3 EP1432285 A3 EP 1432285A3
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hydrophobic coating
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Erdal Karamuk
Stefan Launer
Michael Mathey
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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
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • H04R25/658—Manufacture of housing parts
    • 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
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • 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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Bei medizinischen Geräten, welche am Körper getragen werden, besteht die Gefahr, dass durch Feuchtigkeit, Schweiss etc. gewisse Teile und Komponenten des Gerätes korrodieren können bzw. nicht mehr funktionieren. Speziell führt das Eindringen von Feuchtigkeit und Schweiss in Hörgeräten zu Korrosion, beispielsweise der Batterie, und in einigen Fällen zu Störungen der Elektronik. Allerdings wird die überragende Mehrheit dieser medizinischen Geräte mit Zink-Luft-Batterien betrieben, so dass es nicht möglich ist, das Gerät hermetisch abzudichten, da die Batterie eine konstante Sauerstoffversorgung benötigt, um die Betriebsspannung aufrecht zu erhalten. Entsprechend wird vorgeschlagen, zum flüssigkeitsdichten Abdichten von Kleinstspalten, Ritzen, Kapillaren und/oder Öffnungen (11) in Gehäusewandungen die Gehäusewandung mindestens im Bereich der Spalte, Ritze, Öffnung oder Kapillare mit einer hydrophoben Beschichtung zu versehen, wobei eine gewisse Gasdurchlässigkeit erhalten bleibt. Die hydrophobe Beschichtung wird erzeugt beispielsweise mittels hydrophoben Nanopartikeln über einen sogenannten Sol-Gel Prozess. Die Beschichtung kann aber auch mittels hydratisierten Silanen oder fluorhaltigen Polykondensaten erfolgen. Weiter vorgeschlagen wird, die Beschichtung mittels Niedertemperatur-Plasmaverdampfverfahren zu applizieren, wobei beim Beschichten eine kompakte Polymerschicht auf der Gehäusewandung abgeschieden wird.
EP03029970.5A 2003-12-30 2003-12-30 Hydrophobe Beschichtung einzelner Komponenten von Hörgeräten Expired - Lifetime EP1432285B1 (de)

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DK03029970.5T DK1432285T3 (en) 2003-12-30 2003-12-30 Hydrophobic coating of the individual components of the hearing instrument
US10/749,291 US7267847B2 (en) 2003-12-30 2003-12-30 Hydrophobic coating of individual components of hearing aid devices
EP03029970.5A EP1432285B1 (de) 2003-12-30 2003-12-30 Hydrophobe Beschichtung einzelner Komponenten von Hörgeräten
CN 200410098341 CN1638531B (zh) 2003-12-30 2004-12-03 助听装置个别部件的憎水涂层

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US10/749,291 US7267847B2 (en) 2003-12-30 2003-12-30 Hydrophobic coating of individual components of hearing aid devices
EP03029970.5A EP1432285B1 (de) 2003-12-30 2003-12-30 Hydrophobe Beschichtung einzelner Komponenten von Hörgeräten

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