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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
John H. Morriss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Greg Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rohit Girotra, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tom Thanh Vo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Richard Roy Newhauser, Jr., Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Jenkins, Oakland, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
John H. Morriss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Greg Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rohit Girotra, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tom Thanh Vo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Richard Roy Newhauser, Jr., Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Jenkins, Oakland, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for clearing effusion from an ear. The method may include applying liquid to an ear canal, which is proximal to a perforated tympanic membrane, which is proximal to a middle ear containing effusion, applying an ear device to seal and pressurize the liquid inside the ear canal, the ear device regulating the amount of pressure inside the ear canal, and inducing a Eustachian tube, which is distal to the middle ear, to open, which causes the fluid to displace the effusion into the Eustachian tube.