Patent ID: 9448061
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A61B,G01B,G01N,G06F,G16H,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A computer program product comprising computer executable code embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executing on one or more computing devices, performs the steps of: accessing a library of earpieces, the library including three-dimensional shape data for a plurality of preexisting earpiece types; obtaining dynamic data from an ear canal of a subject, the dynamic data including data from the ear canal characterizing three-dimensional changes in a shape of the ear canal related to at least one of (i) a compliance of the ear canal to changes in pressurization as measured using one or more images of a surface of an inflatable membrane inserted into the ear canal and inflated at two or more pressures, or (ii) a shape change of the ear canal in response to a musculoskeletal movement of a head of the subject that identifies a surface region of the ear canal where the shape change due to the musculoskeletal movement meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold; and selecting one of the plurality of preexisting earpiece types from the library that provides a best fit to the ear canal based on the dynamic data, thereby providing a selected type.