US Patent Issued to Starkey Laboratories on Aug. 12 for "Radio frequency MEMS devices for improved wireless performance for hearing assistance devices" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,175, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Radio frequency MEMS devices for improved wireless performance for hearing assistance devices" was invented by Gregory John Haubrich (Champlin, Minn.) and Jeffrey Paul Solum (Greenwood, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for wireless electronics using a MEMS switch for a hearing assistance device. The present application relates to a hearing assistance device configured to be worn by a wearer. The hearing assistance device includes a housing for electronics of the hearing assistan...