ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,685, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MED-EL Elektromedizinische Gerate Ges.m.b.H. (Innsbruck, Austria).
"Patient-specific individualization of an electrode array for a cochlear implant" was invented by Daniel Schurzig (Hannover, Germany), Cornelia Batsoulis (Hannover, Germany) and Pavel Mistrik (Hall in Tirol, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention aims at providing a cochlear implant, in particular an electrode array of a cochlear implant, adapted to the specific requirements of a given patient in an improved manner, possibly taking into account the specific cochlea anatomy and hearing assistance needs of ea...