ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,203, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).
"Detection and treatment of neotissue" was invented by Filiep Vanpoucke (Macquarie University, Australia), Floris Heutink (Macquarie University, Australia) and Berit Verbist (Macquarie University, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed examples include technology for the detection and treatment of neotissue formation proximate an implantable stimulator. Neotissue formation can include ossification, scar tissue, soft tissue fibrosis, and other tissue growth. The neotissue formation can be detected by analyzing (e.g., using a machine-lear...