ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,699, issued on March 18, was assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Compact MI antenna for a hearing instrument and hearing instrument" was invented by Peter Nikles (Erlangen, Germany) and Johannes Kuhn (Furth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna, in particular a magneto-inductive antenna, for a hearing instrument as well as a hearing instrument having such an antenna are provided. The antenna has a first antenna surface and a second antenna surface, which are respectively formed from a flexible magnetic foil. The antenna furthermore has a base, which is formed from a magnetic material or contains a magnetic laye...