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US 12,011,339 B2Granted
Ears disimpactor
OwnerGuy Francis Merzinventor
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Abstract
An ear disimpactor for disimpacting material impacted in an ear canal and against a tympanic membrane, is disclosed. The impacted material comprises cerumen, insects, and other debris. The ear disimpactor comprises a housing, a warm water irrigation unit, and a suction unit. The housing comprises an ear speculum attached to an outer surface of the housing, a motorized auger comprising a drill bit extending from the motorized auger to a tip of the ear speculum, a warm water line extending from the tip of the ear speculum and across a length of the housing, and a suspension suction tube extending from the tip of the speculum and across the length of the housing. The warm water irrigation unit provides warm water to the ear canal through the warm water line and the suction unit sucks out suspension from the ear canal.
Claims10
An ear disimpactor for disimpacting material impacted in an ear canal and against a tympanic membrane, wherein said impacted material comprises cerumen, insects, and other debris, and wherein said ear disimpactor comprises:
- a housing, said housing comprising:
- an ear speculum attached to an outer surface of said housing;
- a motorized auger comprising a drill bit;
- said drill bit extending from said motorized auger to a tip of said ear speculum;
- a warm water line extending from said tip of said ear speculum and across a length of said housing;
- a suspension suction tube extending from said tip of said speculum and across said length of said housing, wherein said warm water line and said suspension suction tube further extend out of said housing through one or more openings located at a proximal end of said housing;
- a warm water irrigation unit for providing warm water to said ear canal through said warm water line, wherein said warm water irrigation unit irrigates said ear canal with the warm water through said warm water line, and wherein said warm water irrigation unit comprises:
- a water pump for pumping said warm water;
- a container for storing said warm water;
- a heater for heating water inside said container to a required temperature;
- a temperature controller;
- and
- a warm water inlet line for supplying said warm water from said water pump to said warm water line in said housing;
- said warm water irrigation unit, said motorized augur, and a suction pump of a suction unit configured to be activated substantially simultaneously, wherein said warm water irrigation unit is configured to jet said warm water into said ear canal through said warm water inlet line and said warm water line, wherein said motorized auger is configured to simultaneously rotate said drill bit, wherein said suction pump is configured to simultaneously begin suction through said suspension suction tube and a suction tube, wherein said jetted warm water, said suction, and said rotating drill bit are configured to create a cyclonic action within said ear canal to move said impacted material from said tympanic membrane to an entrance of said ear canal, wherein said rotating drill bit of said motorized auger is configured to grind said impacted material, and wherein said suspension suction tube is configured to extract a suspension comprising said grinded impacted material and said warm water from said entrance of said ear canal;
- and said suction unit in communication with said suspension suction tube for suctioning out said suspension comprising said grinded impacted material and the warm water.
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A method for disimpacting impacted material from an ear canal, comprising:
- providing an ear disimpactor comprising:
- a housing, said housing comprising:
- an ear speculum attached to an outer surface of said housing;
- a motorized auger comprising a drill bit;
- said drill bit extending from said motorized auger to a tip of said ear speculum;
- a warm water line extending from said tip of said ear speculum and across a length of said housing;
- a suspension suction tube extending from said tip of said speculum and across said length of said housing, wherein said warm water line and said suspension suction tube further extend out of said housing through one or more openings located at a proximal end of said housing;
- a warm water irrigation unit;
- and
- a suction unit in communication with said suspension suction tube;
- positioning said ear speculum on an outer ear;
- irrigating the ear canal of the ear by providing warm water by said warm water irrigation unit through said warm water line, wherein irrigating the ear canal of the ear comprises:
- activating substantially simultaneously said warm water irrigation unit, said motorized augur, and a suction pump of said suction unit, wherein said warm water irrigation unit is configured to jet said warm water into said ear canal through said warm water line, wherein said motorized auger is configured to simultaneously rotate said drill bit, and wherein said suction pump is configured to simultaneously begin suction through said suspension suction tube and a suction tube;
- and
- creating a cyclonic action within said ear canal by said jetted warm water, said suction, and said rotating drill bit;
- moving said impacted material comprising cerumen, insects, and other debris from a tympanic membrane to an entrance of said ear canal using said cyclonic action;
- grinding said impacted material by said rotating drill bit of said motorized auger;
- and
- extracting a suspension comprising grinded impacted material and said warm water from said entrance of said ear canal through said suspension suction tube.
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A method for disimpacting impacted material from an ear canal, comprising:
- providing an ear disimpactor, comprising:
- a housing, comprising:
- a motorized auger comprising:
- a motor;
- and
- a drill bit;
- a warm water line;
- and
- a suspension suction tube;
- an ear speculum attached to said housing, wherein said warm water line and said drill bit extend out of a distal end of said housing up to a tip of said ear speculum;
- a warm water irrigation unit for jetting warm water into the ear canal via a warm water inlet line and said warm water line;
- and
- a suction unit for suctioning suspension from said ear canal, wherein said suspension comprises grinded impacted material and said warm water;
- moving said ear speculum attached to said housing into an outer ear using a boom attached to said housing;
- activating said warm water irrigation unit, said motorized auger, and said suction unit substantially simultaneously to create a cyclonic action within said ear canal to move said impacted material from a tympanic membrane to an entrance of said ear canal;
- grinding said impacted material at said entrance of said ear canal, by said drill bit of said motorized auger;
- and
- suctioning out said suspension comprising said grinded impacted material and said warm water, by a suction pump of said suction unit.
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An ear disimpactor for disimpacting impacted material from an ear canal, comprising:
- a housing, comprising:
- a motorized auger comprising:
- a motor;
- and
- a drill bit;
- a warm water line;
- and
- a suspension suction tube;
- an ear speculum attached to said housing, wherein said warm water line and said drill bit extend out of a distal end of said housing up to a tip of said ear speculum;
- a warm water irrigation unit for jetting warm water into an ear canal via a warm water inlet line and said warm water line;
- and
- a suction unit for suctioning suspension from said ear canal into a debris container, wherein said suspension comprises grinded impacted material and said warm water, wherein after moving said ear speculum attached to said housing into an outer ear using a boom attached to said housing, said warm water irrigation unit, said motorized auger, and a suction pump of said suction unit are substantially simultaneously activated to create a cyclonic action within said ear canal to move said impacted material from a tympanic membrane to an entrance of said ear canal, and wherein rotation of said drill bit of said motorized auger grinds said impacted material at said entrance of said ear canal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.