US Patent Issued to Starkey Laboratories on May 19 for "Swappable rechargeable battery cartridge for hearing aid and charger system" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,643, issued on May 19, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Swappable rechargeable battery cartridge for hearing aid and charger system" was invented by Ganesh Borra (Plymouth, Minn.), Nathan Alan Arachikavitz (Lakeland Shores, Minn.), Timothy M. Werts (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and John Bradley Etherington (Eagan, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein relate to ear-worn devices with swappable, rechargeable battery cartridges and charger cases for the ear-worn devices. In an embodiment, a hearing assistance system is included having a first ear-worn device can include a first cartridge havin...