ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,281, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).
"Medical device and prosthesis" was invented by Paul Carter (West Pennant Hills, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing prosthesis, comprising: a microphone; a sound processor; an external transmitter unit including a coil; an internal receiver unit including a coil; a stimulator unit, wherein the stimulator unit includes a control circuit, a voltage measurement component, a resistor and a signal generator, wherein the measurement circuit is configured to output a signal indicative of the voltage across the resistor; and a stimulating...