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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
Lantos Technologies, Inc., Wakefield, MA (US);
Shawn M. Patterson, Wakefield, MA (US);
Steve Schmidt, Wakefield, MA (US);
Mac Andrew Dougan, Wakefield, MA (US);
Brian Connolly, Wakefield, MA (US);
Manas Menon, Wakefield, MA (US);
Lynn Ihlenfeldt, Wakefield, MA (US);
LANTOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for scanning and measuring an anatomical cavity. An apparatus may include an absorbing medium assembly that is fluidly connected to an earpiece and configured to provide an absorbing medium to the earpiece. The absorbing medium assembly may include a medium container with a gas trap, as well as a tube fluidly connected to the medium container. The gas trap may be located at a top portion of the medium container. The tube may be coupled to the top portion or a bottom portion of the medium container. The system may include a dip tube disposed inside the medium container when the tube of the absorbing medium assembly couples to a top portion of the medium container. A gas relief valve configured to enable gas to escape may also be present in the apparatus.