Avocado oil is advocated for heart health; also for treating osteoarthritis. Now, add hearing health to the list of things for which avocado oil is a Good Thing. Dong Kook Phar Co Ltd’s patent #11273194 claims a Pharmaceutical composition containing avocado oil fraction as active ingredient for prevention or treatment of hearing loss.
The March 2022 Patent List
| Description | Patent Number | Assignee | Issued |
| Solubilized compositions for controlled proliferation of stem cells / generating inner ear hair cells using a GSK3 inhibitor: IV | 11260130 | Frequency Therapeutics Inc (Lexington, MA) | 3/01/2022 |
| Utilization of an extended inter-pulse interval in a modified continuous interleaved stimulation strategy | 11260219 | Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, CH) bionics | 3/01/2022 |
| Cochlear implant assemblies and methods of manufacturing the same | 11260226 | Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, CH) bionics | 3/01/2022 |
| Cross-correlation threshold estimation method (XTEM) | 11260227 | Oticon Medical A/S (Smorum, DK) | 3/01/2022 |
| Local artificial intelligence assistant system with ear-wearable device | 11264029 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/01/2022 |
| Audio signal processing for automatic transcription using ear-wearable device | 11264035 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/01/2022 |
| Audio processing device, system, use and method in which one of a plurality of coding schemes for distributing pulses to an electrode array is selected based on characteristics of incoming sound | 11264964 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 3/01/2022 |
| In-ear headphone | 11265638 | Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) | 3/01/2022 |
| Method for earbud switching, wearable device, and storage medium | 11265639 | Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd (Dongguan, CN) | 3/01/2022 |
| Hearing device including a sensor and hearing system including same | 11265643 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/01/2022 |
| Hearing protection devices, speakers and noise exposure sensors therefore, and sensor housings and associated methods for the same | 11265644 | Honeywell International Inc (Charlotte, NC) | 3/01/2022 |
| Pairing system and method for ear-worn devices | 11265656 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/01/2022 |
| Method for enhancing the configuration of a hearing aid device of a user | 11265659 | Two PI GmbH (Vienna, AT) | 3/01/2022 |
| Hearing aid comprising a record and replay function | 11265661 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 3/01/2022 |
| Hearing aid comprising a loop antenna | 11265662 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 3/01/2022 |
| Wireless hearing device with physiologic sensors for health monitoring | 11265663 | K/S HIMPP (Lynge, DK) | 3/01/2022 |
| Wireless hearing device for tracking activity and emergency events | 11265664 | K/S HIMPP (Lynge, DK) | 3/01/2022 |
| Wireless hearing device interactive with medical devices | 11265665 | K/S HIMPP (Lynge, DK) | 3/01/2022 |
| Coordinated tracking for binaural audio rendering | 11265670 | Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) | 3/01/2022 |
| Method for processing an audio signal in accordance with a room impulse response, signal processing unit, audio encoder, audio decoder, and binaural renderer | 11265672 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung eV (Munich, D) | 3/01/2022 |
| Charger | D944730 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 3/01/2022 |
| Pair of ear buds | D945404 | GN Audio A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 3/08/2022 |
| Device for protecting the human sensory hearing system while retaining quality sound | 11266531 | EAROS Inc (New York, NY) | 3/08/2022 |
| Acoustic filter with attenuation control | 11266532 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 3/08/2022 |
| Occlusion device capable of occluding an ear canal | 11266533 | Staton Techiya LLC (Delray Beach, FL) | 3/08/2022 |
| Hearing aid dryer and disinfection kit with UV-reflective drying tray | 11266757 | Applicant: Schumaier, Daniel R (Elizabethton, TN) | 3/08/2022 |
| Feedthrough arrangement for medical device | 11266844 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 3/08/2022 |
| Hearing device restoration device, system, and methods therefor | 11267023 | MexRx Inc (Largo, FL) | 3/08/2022 |
| Binaural rendering for headphones using metadata processing | 11269586 | Dolby Laboratory Licensing Corporation (San Francisco, CA) | 3/08/2022 |
| Intra-operative determination of vibratory coupling efficiency | 11272297 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 3/08/2022 |
| Hearing instrument with an authentication protocol | 11272298 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 3/08/2022 |
| Battery positioning in an external device | 11272299 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 3/08/2022 |
| Dual power supply | 11272300 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 3/08/2022 |
| Scalable binaural audio stream generation | 11272310 | Dolby Laboratory Licensing Corporation (San Francisco, CA) | 3/08/2022 |
| Methods and systems for designing and applying numerically optimized binaural room impulse responses | 11272311 | Dolby Laboratory Licensing Corporation (San Francisco, CA) | 3/08/2022 |
| Wireless earpieces for hub communications | 11272367 | bragi | 3/08/2022 |
| Pair of ear buds | D945404 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 3/08/2022 |
| Acoustic valve and ear plug for hearing protection | 11273076 | sonova | 3/15/2022 |
| Pharmaceutical composition containing avocado oil fraction as active ingredient for prevention or treatment of hearing loss | 11273194 | Dong Kook Pharm Co Ltd (Seoul, KR) | 3/15/2022 |
| Inner ear drug delivery devices and methods of use | 11273295 | Spiral Therapeutics Inc (South San Francisco, CA) | 3/15/2022 |
| System for voice-based alerting of person wearing an obstructive listening device | 11275551 | Dell Products LP (Round Rock, TX) | 3/15/2022 |
| Prosthesis state and feedback path based parameter management | 11277695 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 3/15/2022 |
| Automated scanning for hearing aid parameters | 11277696 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 3/15/2022 |
| Hearing assistance system with enhanced fall detection features | 11277697 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/15/2022 |
| Canal hearing devices with improved seals | 11277698 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 3/15/2022 |
| Hybrid shell for hearing aid | 11277699 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 3/15/2022 |
| Angular sensing for optimizing speaker listening experience | 11277706 | Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) | 3/15/2022 |
| Inductive link coupling based on relative angular position determination for medical implant systems | 11278729 | MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH (Innsbruck, AT) | 3/22/2022 |
| Audio-based social media platform | 11283742 | Bragi | 3/22/2022 |
| Auditory augmented reality using selective noise cancellation | 11284183 | Harman International Industries Inc (Stamford, CT) | 3/22/2022 |
| Hearing instrument comprising a battery antenna | 11284204 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 3/22/2022 |
| Bone conduction hearing device | 11284206 | Sonitus Medical (Shanghai) Co Ltd (Shanghai, CH) | 3/22/2022 |
| Supplementary sound classes for adjusting a hearing device | 11284207 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 3/22/2022 |
| Apparatus for secure hearing device communication and related method | 11284249 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 3/22/2022 |
| Hearing device system, devices and method of creating a trusted bond between a hearing device and a user application | 11284263 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 3/22/2022 |
| Devices and methods for providing card transaction feedback for hearing or visual impaired | 11288654 | Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) | 3/29/2022 |
| Voice detection using hearable devices | 11290802 | Amazon Technologies Inc (Seattle, WA) | 3/29/2022 |
| Sound control ear cup, tinnitus treatment device, and hearing protection device | 11290804 | Applicant: Beavers, David (Colton, CA) | 3/29/2022 |
| Advanced artificial sound hearing training | 11290827 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 3/29/2022 |
| Hearing device with antenna functionality in supporting structure | 11290828 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 3/29/2022 |
| Hearing assistance system | 11290829 | Compal Electronics Inc (Taipei, TW) | 3/29/2022 |
| Hearing device including a battery and an acoustic valve | 11290830 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 3/29/2022 |
Holly Hosford-Dunn, PhD, owned and operated a dispensing audiology practice in Tucson and was active in management of HearingHealthMatters.org through 2017. She holds BA degrees in Communication Sciences, Psychology and Economics; MA in Communication Disorders; PhD in Hearing Sciences. Following post-doctoral work at Max Planck Institute (Munich, DE) and Eaton-Peabody Auditory Physiology Lab (Boston), she joined the Stanford medical school faculty as director of audiology. She has authored/edited numerous text books, chapters, journals, and articles and taught Marketing and Practice Management in a variety of academic settings. She continues to consult and write on topics related to hearing health care vis-à-vis consumer demands, professional training, technological advancement, capital investment, industry consolidation, regulatory control, product and service distribution, and strategic pricing.
