ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,195, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Envoy Medical Corp. (White Bear Lake, Minn.).
"Implantable cochlear system with inner ear sensor" was invented by Paul R. Mazanec (Ham Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cochlear implant systems can include an inner ear sensor configured to receive a stimulus signal from the cochlear tissue of a wearer and generate an input signal based on the received stimulus signal. The inner ear sensor can be configured to detect pressure, for example, within a wearer's cochlear tissue and generate an input signal based on the detected pressure. The inner ear sensor can be integrated with a cochlear e...