Patent ID: 6795562
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H04R,Y10T

Abstract:
An ear wax guard for placement in an opening in a housing wall of a hearing aid, comprisingan essentially tubular element, made of an elastic yielding material, defining a through-going cavity and adapted for insertion into and for frictional fitting inside said opening, a peripheral lip at a first end of said tubular element for sealing abutment against said housing wall around said opening, wherein said lip is provided with a convex outside and a concave or faintly conical underside such that its peripheral edge forms a sealing lip against said housing wall, at said first end, a mouth with an inside wall adapted for cooperating engagement with a removal means to be used for removal of said ear wax guard from said opening, and, at a second end of said tubular element opposite said first end, a partially closed ear wax retaining barrier.