US Patent Issued to Interacoustics on Oct. 28 for "Probe insertion methods and apparatus" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,491, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Interacoustics A/S (Middelfart, Denmark).

"Probe insertion methods and apparatus" was invented by Jonathan Mark Pietrobon (London, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe insertion apparatus for real ear measurement includes a probe tube, a reference microphone, a reference speaker, an operator feedback device, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to direct the reference speaker to continuously emit reference sound, continuously receive reference signals from the reference microphone and tympanic reflection signals from the measurement microphone, and continuously make d...