US Patent Issued to Starkey Laboratories on May 6 for "Cable retention features in a custom-fitted hearing device shell" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,827, issued on May 6, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Cable retention features in a custom-fitted hearing device shell" was invented by Janet Glenn (Minneapolis), Justin Barlow (Minneapolis), Cha Lee (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Craig C. Feldsien (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Fue Yang (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ear-wearable electronic device includes aa shell having a uniquely-shaped outer surface that corresponds uniquely to an ear geometry of a user of the ear-wearable device. The device includes a mounting structure that is formed contiguously with the shell and intersects an inner surfa...