US Patent Issued to Cochlear on June 23 for "Inductance coil with varied geometry" (Australian, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,123, issued on June 23, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Inductance coil with varied geometry" was invented by Oliver John Ridler (Cherrybrook, Australia), Patrik Kennes (Mechelen, Belgium) and Kurt Forrester (Bangor, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductance communication coil, including a conductor having at least one conductive turn, wherein a width of the conductor is wider at a first location relative to that at a second location. The conductor can be made out of metal. In some embodiments, the first location and the second location are on the same turn. In some embodiments, the cond...