ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,188, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Method for creating a frailty indicator value for a person using a hearing instrument and hearing instrument" was invented by Julius Krieg (Erlangen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method creates a frailty indicator value for a person using a hearing instrument. At least one acceleration sensor of the hearing instrument collects first movement data relating to a stumble and/or fall. A skin sensor of the hearing instrument and/or a skin sensor of a first auxiliary device, which can be connected to the hearing instrument for data purposes, collects secon...