US Patent Issued to Cochlear on Sept. 8 for "Distributed implantable hearing systems" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,269, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Distributed implantable hearing systems" was invented by Charles Roger Aaron Leigh (North Epping, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented herein are distributed implantable hearing systems that have at least a main implant module that is physically separated from a distally positioned inner radio-frequency (RF) coil. Embodiments presented herein may include a main implant module positioned within a recipient's mastoid and an implantable coil positioned within a recipient's middle ear cavity."

The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2021, und...