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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.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Tyto Care Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TYTO CARE LTD., Netanya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/227 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/332 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/227 (2013.01); A61B 1/005 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61B 1/00142 (2013.01); A61B 5/6817 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/332 (2021.01);
Abstract
An otoscope, comprising: (a) a flexible speculum, operable to be inserted into an ear canal; (b) a stopper, coupled to the flexible speculum, operable to limit penetration depth of the flexible speculum into the ear canal; and (c) an imaging sensor, located inside the flexible speculum, operable to capture an image of an eardrum of the ear canal; wherein a flexibility of the flexible speculum allows alignment of the imaging sensor according to a shape of the ear canal.