US Patent Issued to Envoy Medical on Feb. 10 for "Cochlear implant system with improved input signal-to-noise ratio" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,564, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Envoy Medical Corp. (White Bear Lake, Minn.).

"Cochlear implant system with improved input signal-to-noise ratio" was invented by Paul R. Mazanec (Ham Lake, Minn.), Brice Journot (Chisago City, Minn.) and Ronald Wiese (Excelsior, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cochlear implant system can comprise an input source configured to receive a stimulus and generate an input signal representative of the stimulus, a cochlear electrode, a stimulator in communication with the cochlear electrode configured to provide electrical stimulation to cochlear tissue via the cochlear electrode, and a signal ...