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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Audioptics Medical Incorporated, Halifax, CA;
Inventors:
Robert Adamson, Halifax, CA;
Daniel Ryan MacDougall, Dartmouth, CA;
Assignee:
AUDIOPTICS MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Halifax Ns, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/126 (2013.01); A61B 5/004 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 8/5261 (2013.01);
Abstract
Acoustic immittance and other characteristics of ears may be determined by measuring eardrum displacements resulting from application of pressure to the eardrum. For example, optical coherence tomography may be applied to monitor eardrum displacements responsive to a sound. The pressure corresponding to the sound is measured by a suitable instrument such as a microphone. The measured displacements and pressures may be processed to obtain a measure of immitance.