ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,245, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SPIRAL THERAPEUTICS INC. (South San Francisco, Calif.).
"System for accessing a cochlear implant lead insertion site" was invented by Hugo Peris (Richmond, Va.), Benson Jung (Oakland, Calif.) and Kevin W. Sacherman (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods can be employed for access to a middle ear for delivery of a formulation to a targeted site under direct visualization. The formulation, in some cases, can be delivered to a cochlear implant lead insertion site where a lead of a cochlear implant device enters a patient's cochlea."
The patent was filed on Dec. 15, 2025...