ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,281, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Ear-wearable devices and methods for migraine detection" was invented by Kendra Griffin (Bloomington, Minn.), Paul N. Reinhart (Minneapolis), Tim Schoof (Oakland, Calif.) and Justin R. Burwinkel (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein relate to ear-wearable systems and devices that can detect migraine headaches. In an embodiment, an ear-wearable device is included having a control circuit, a microphone, and a sensor package. The ear-wearable device can be configured to evaluate at least one of signals from the microp...