ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,032, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).
"Battery positioning in an external device" was invented by Werner Meskens (Mechelen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An external headpiece of an implantable hearing aid system, including an RF coil, a sound processing apparatus, a battery, and a magnet configured to support the headpiece against skin of the recipient via a transcutaneous magnetic coupling with an implanted magnet implanted in a recipient, wherein a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical battery extends through the magnet."
The patent was filed on March 7, 2022, under Applica...