US Patent Issued to Sonion Nederland on Sept. 16 for "Hearing device and method to provide such a hearing device" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,741, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Sonion Nederland B.V. (Hoofddorp, Netherlands).

"Hearing device and method to provide such a hearing device" was invented by Hendrikus Gijsbertus Schimmel (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) and Laurens De Ruijter (Hoofddorp, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing device comprising a body provided with a dome, wherein a vent path is provided through the body, and wherein the body is further provided with a valve and a valve driver which connects to the valve for opening and closing of the vent path, wherein when the vent path is closed the valve engages the body, and wherein said valve dri...