US Patent Issued to Cochlear on June 17 for "Implantable tinnitus therapy" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,692, issued on June 17, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Implantable tinnitus therapy" was invented by Thomas Leroux (Macquarie University, Australia) and Olivier Le Caharec (Macquarie University, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented herein are techniques for providing tinnitus relief to recipients via an implantable arrangement. In accordance with embodiments presented herein, an implantable medical device, such as implantable tinnitus therapy device, auditory/hearing prosthesis, etc., comprises one or more implantable sensors configured to be implanted in a recipient. The one or more i...