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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Tusker Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
John H. Morriss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Greg Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kate Hames, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tusker Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61F 11/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/8352 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); A61K 31/167 (2006.01); A61K 33/00 (2006.01); A61M 19/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/325 (2013.01); A61F 11/00 (2013.01); A61K 9/0009 (2013.01); A61K 31/167 (2013.01); A61K 33/00 (2013.01); A61M 19/00 (2013.01); A61N 1/303 (2013.01); A61N 1/306 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/8352 (2013.01); H04N 21/858 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0662 (2013.01); A61N 1/36021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of anesthetizing a tympanic membrane of an ear of a patient using iontophoresis is disclosed. The method involves delivering an anesthetizing drug solution to an ear canal of the patient's ear, wherein the drug solution includes an anesthetic and a buffer, and wherein the drug solution has a pH in the range of about 6.5 to about 7.5; and applying an amount of current to the drug solution, wherein the amount of applied current is increased at a rate of less than about 0.5 milliamp per second until a maximum current is achieved.