Patent ID: 6879695

Claim:
A personal sound link module ( 60 ) adapted for insertion into a tunnel ( 40 ) connecting a retro-auricular space ( 50 ) to an ear canal ( 30 ), comprising: a case ( 61 ), said case having a layer of at least one of a steroide or drug coated thereon to minimize the risk of infection or inflammation; electronic circuitry ( 67 ) housed in said case; an acoustic transducer ( 65 ) electrically connected to said electronic circuitry and positioned at a distal end ( 68 ) of said case; a telemetry circuit ( 69 ) also electrically connected to said electronic circuitry; an antenna ( 64 ) connected to the telemetry circuit; and a power source ( 66 ) housed in said case and electrically connected to the electronic circuitry; wherein the antenna is configured to receive a wireless signal from a remote device ( 75 ) and wherein the telemetry circuit demodulates the wireless signal received through the antenna, and wherein the electronic circuitry includes signal processing circuits for processing signals demodulated by the telemetry circuit and for presenting the processed signals to the acoustic transducer; and wherein the acoustic transducer includes circuits for converting the processed signals received from the electronic circuitry to sound waves, and for emitting the sound waves towards the ear canal.