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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:
May. 04, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Z Cinberg, South Orange, NJ (US);
Peter J Wilk, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606109 ; 606-1 ; 606108 ; 606167 ; 606170 ;
Abstract
A tympanic ventilation tube for ventilating and/or releasing fluid from the middle ear has, in accordance with the present invention, a tubular member and a first flange and a second flange connected to opposite ends of the tubular member. The first flange is provided with a cutting edge and with a tongue extension angularly spaced from the cutting edge. The cutting edge facilitates the incising of the tympanic membrane during the insertion of the tubular member, while the first flange and the second flange seat against opposite sides of the membrane following the insertion.