Tympansostomy tube and insertion device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10751219
APP PUB NO 20180256400A1
SERIAL NO

15981655

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A tympanostomy tube applicator has a hand-held housing and a stem extending from the housing and having a shape arranged for engagement in the ear canal. A tympanostomy tube inserter has a user actuator, a rod having a tip to pierce a patient's tympanic membrane and to support a tympanostomy tube through the membrane where it is pierced. The inserter inserts a collapsed tympanostomy tube through the membrane and expands the tube in situ to provide a distal flange in the tympanostomy tube. A myrongotomy tip expands the tube to a final state having a distal flange as it is retracted.

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  • CORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
O'Driscoll, Olive Kinsale, IE 11 118
Vaughan, John Cork, IE 24 197

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