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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, IE;
Inventors:
John Vaughan, Cork, IE;
Olive O'Driscoll, Kinsale, IE;
Assignee:
CORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cork, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/002 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61F 2250/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tympanostomy tube applicator has a hand-held housing and a stem extending from the housing and having a shape arranged for engagement in the ear canal. A tympanostomy tube inserter has a user actuator, a rod having a tip to pierce a patient's tympanic membrane and to support a tympanostomy tube through the membrane where it is pierced. The inserter inserts a collapsed tympanostomy tube through the membrane and expands the tube in situ to provide a distal flange in the tympanostomy tube. A myrongotomy tip expands the tube to a final state having a distal flange as it is retracted.