ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,168, issued on May 13, was assigned to Smart Sound LTD. (Nirit, Israel).
"Hidden cochlear implant system" was invented by Harel Zilbershlag (Givat Shmuel, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hidden cochlear implant system comprises a canal unit and an implanted unit. The canal unit comprises at least one canal microphone; a canal modulator; a canal transmitting antenna: and a canal electrical power source, wherein the at least one canal microphone is electrically connected to the canal modulator, the canal modulator is electrically connected to the canal transmitting antenna, and the canal electrical power source is electrically ...