US Patent Issued to OTICON MEDICAL on July 28 for "Hearing system to be worn at a user's head" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,042, issued on July 28, was assigned to OTICON MEDICAL A/S (Smorum, Denmark).

"Hearing system to be worn at a user's head" was invented by Morten Brandt Karlsen (Smorum, Denmark), Adis Bjelosevic (Smorum, Denmark), David Ginty (Smorum, Denmark) and Maja Thorning-Schmidt (Smorum, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing system is disclosed comprising a support unit, and at least one abutment unit, wherein the support unit supports the at least one abutment unit. The at least one abutment unit has a contact surface. The support unit is configured to be placed at a user's head such that the contact surface of the at least one ab...