ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,340, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Ceregate GmbH (Munich).
"Auditory neural interface device" was invented by Saman Hagh Gooie (Hamburg, Germany), Balint Varkuti (Munich) and Ricardo Smits Serena (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auditory neural interface device for sound perception by an individual that may be used as a hearing aid. The auditory neural interface device includes a receiver configured to receive sound signals, a processor operably connected to the receiver and configured to encode a received sound signal as a multi-channel neurostimulation signal, and a neurostimulation device operably connected to the pr...