US Patent Issued to THE BIONICS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA on May 12 for "Characterising tinnitus using functional near-infrared spectroscopy" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,592, issued on May 12, was assigned to THE BIONICS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA (Fitzroy, Australia).

"Characterising tinnitus using functional near-infrared spectroscopy" was invented by Mehrnaz Shoushtarian (East Melbourne, Australia), James Fallon (East Melbourne, Australia), Collette McKay (East Melbourne, Australia) and Shreyasi Datta (East Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for characterising tinnitus in a subject using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The method comprises receiving data comprising fNIRS signals indicative of cortical activity in one or more regions of the subject's...