ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,174, issued on May 13, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Vestibular stimulation control" was invented by Kristof I. Buytaert (Macquarie University, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vestibular stimulation system comprises a vestibular nerve stimulator that is configured to deliver electrical stimulation signals to the vestibular system of a recipient. The vestibular stimulation system includes a vestibular evoked myogenic potential sensing arrangement that is configured to record, over a period of time following delivery of electrical stimulation signals to the recipient's vestibular system, m...