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Assuming the US still has "first to invent", they've got a year to file their patent application IIRC.
It doesn't [1]. It switched to First to File several years ago. [1] https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-does-the-first-...
This reminds me of the technique that went viral via Reddit a couple of years ago: https://lifehacker.com/this-weird-trick-might-give-you-brief... I don't suffer from tinnitus, but I know people who do and some of them have said that this helped them.
Trust me, It never helped me. Edit: never knew telling your experiences gets you downvotes.
Now to wait 5-8 years for an FDA-approved medical device, which will cost $3000. I wonder if you could achieve the same effect with a vibrating massager? Sticking a repurposed cellphone vibrator motor in an elastic band, like the North Paw, also sounds like it would have potential. https://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/
I'm sure we'll get DIY guides if this turns out to be legit. The concept is simple enough.
This reminds me of the technique that went viral via Reddit a couple of years ago: https://lifehacker.com/this-weird-trick-might-give-you-brief... I don't suffer from tinnitus, but I know people who do and some of them have said that this helped them.
Trust me, It never helped me. Edit: never knew telling your experiences gets you downvotes.
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I'm sure we'll get DIY guides if this turns out to be legit. The concept is simple enough.
You watch those DIY guides be region blocked to "everywhere but the USA" because the fines for even publishing the design of an unapproved medical device are massive.
I wrote this relatively recently in another comment. I think it applies here: I have tinnitus. I got it from going out too much. I wasn't the biggest party-hardy individual, but there were moments where I went out quite a bit. During that time I lived in Amsterdam and loved parties for: music, social experimentation and doing whatever. I wasn't too much into the drugs/alcohol thing. I think during my 'going out phase…
I've had tinnitus for 25 years, and sometimes I wish I could be free of it, if only for a while.