ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,537, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Vestibular clinical support system functionality" was invented by Peter Gibson (South Coogee, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method includes obtaining vestibular biological state data and external sensor data over a period of time. Changes in one or both of the vestibular biological state data and the external sensor data over the period of time are monitored. The changes over time are used to determine a performance of the vestibular system of the recipient based on the changes."

The patent was filed on June 7, 2021, under...