ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,758, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Envoy Medical Corp. (White Bear Lake, Minn.).

"Programming of cochlear implant accessories" was invented by Paul R. Mazanec (Ham Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pairing systems for pairing external devices to a cochlear implant system can comprise an external housing and an external pairing system. The external housing may comprise a first surface and one or more compartments, each configured to house an external device capable of wirelessly interfacing with an implantable cochlear implant system. The external pairing device may comprise a second surface and one or more correspondi...