ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,029, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Oticon A/S (Smorum, Denmark).

"Hearing aid comprising an ITE-part adapted to be located in an ear canal of a user" was invented by Lars Bramslow (Smorum, Denmark) and Svend Oscar Petersen (Smorum, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing aid comprises a) an ITE-part adapted for being located at or in an ear canal of the user, b) a forward path for processing sound from the environment of the user. The forward path comprises b1) at least one first input transducer providing at least one first electric input signal representing said sound as received at the respective at least one first mic...