ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,010, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Hearing instrument system" was invented by Johannes Brendel (Erlangen, Germany) and Bernd Matschkal (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing instrument system includes a hearing instrument having an input transducer receiving signals characteristic of acoustic events and converting the signals into input signals, an output transducer outputting output signals derived from input signals, a controller processing input signals and generating output signals, a housing for the input transducer and controller, and an LED connected to the controller to...