US Patent Issued to Starkey Laboratories on Jan. 27 for "Devices and sensing method for measuring temperature from an ear" (Arizona, Minnesota, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,078, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Devices and sensing method for measuring temperature from an ear" was invented by Peggi S. Cross (Tucson, Ariz.), Kyle Olson (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Sourav Bhunia (Shoreview, Minn.), Kaysar Rahim (Mechanicville, N.Y.) and Dave Tourtelotte (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device comprises an enclosure configured for insertion into the ear canal and comprising a distal end configured to extend at least beyond a first bend of the ear canal. A distal temperature sensor is situated at a location of the enclosure that...