US Patent Issued to Starkey Laboratories on Feb. 24 for "In-canal hearing device including sealed vibratory transducer" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,331, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"In-canal hearing device including sealed vibratory transducer" was invented by Emil Toma (Stockport, Great Britain) and Adrian Pirvu (Chanhassen, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ear-wearable electronic device comprises a housing configured for deployment at least partially within an ear canal of a wearer, sound processing circuitry, and a vibratory transducer disposed in the housing and coupled to the sound processing circuitry. The vibratory transducer comprises an oscillator arrangement disposed in a sealed case. The vibratory transduc...