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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10751531 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2018

Systems and methods for anesthetizing ear tissue

Applicant:

Tusker Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

John H. Morriss, San Francisco, CA (US);

Greg Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Rohit Girotra, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bernard H. Andreas, Redwood City, CA (US);

Scott J. Baron, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Paul G. Hayter, Mountain View, CA (US);

Thomas R. Jenkins, Alameda, CA (US);

Richard R. Newhauser, Jr., Redwood City, CA (US);

Jeffrey A. Walker, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

TUSKER MEDICAL, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Kami A Bosworth

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61F 11/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 19/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/30 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (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 9/0046 (2013.01); A61M 1/0088 (2013.01); A61M 3/0254 (2013.01); A61M 3/0279 (2013.01); A61M 19/00 (2013.01); A61M 31/002 (2013.01); A61N 1/0526 (2013.01); A61N 1/303 (2013.01); A61M 2202/048 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3341 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0662 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0668 (2013.01); A61N 1/36021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for use in iontophoretic anesthesia of a tympanic membrane are disclosed. The system generally includes an earplug and an electrode device. The earplug includes at least one sealing member for sealing the earplug in an ear canal. The sealing member includes microholes which vent fluid above a certain pressure threshold. A headset may connect the earplug to a second earplug. The method involves using the system on a human or animal subject.

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