ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,139, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Geometric voids for implantable therapeutic delivery device" was invented by Peter Raymond Sibary (Macquarie University, Australia), Andrian Sue (Macquarie University, Australia) and Alexander Stephen Baume (Macquarie University, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, including an electrode array carrier, that carries one or more electrode arrays, and a therapeutic substance such as for example an anti-inflammatory, wherein the therapeutic substance is located in at least one cavity of the carrier, the cavity having at least one of a...