US Patent Issued to FINEWELL on June 16 for "Hearing device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,647, issued on June 16, was assigned to FINEWELL Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Hearing device" was invented by Hiroshi Hosoi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a hearing device having excellent added value by utilizing a novel application of cartilage conduction. The hearing device includes a vibrator configured to be attached in contact with an epidermis of an auricle; and a drive unit configured to drive and vibrate the vibrator, wherein the vibrator is configured to transmit sound to an inner ear and stimulates an ear acupuncture point by applying vibration to cartilage tissue surrounding an external auditory mea...