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US 2018/0000336 A1Published application
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING BODY lMAGING
AssigneeTyto Care Ltd.
InventorsDavid GlLAD-GILOR, Uri DUBIN, Eyal BYCHKOV
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Abstract
An otoscope, comprising: (a) a flexible speculum, operable to be inserted into an ear canal; (b) a stopper, coupled to the flexible speculum, operable to limit penetration depth of the flexible speculum into the ear canal; and (c) an imaging sensor, located inside the flexible speculum, operable to capture an image of an eardrum of the ear canal; wherein a flexibility of the flexible speculum allows alignment of the imaging sensor according to a shape of the ear canal.
Claims22
An otoscope, the otoscope comprising:
- a flexible speculum, operable to be inserted into an ear canal;
- a stopper, coupled to the flexible speculum, operable to limit penetration depth of the flexible speculum into the ear canal;
- and
- an imaging sensor, located inside the flexible speculum, operable to capture an image of an eardrum of the ear canal;
- wherein a flexibility of the flexible speculum allows alignment of the imaging sensor according to a shape of the ear canal.
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A method for intraaural imaging, the method comprising:
- inserting a flexible speculum into an ear canal, so that the inserting causes bending of the flexible speculum inside the ear canal, thereby aligning an imaging sensor comprised in the flexible speculum according to a shape of the ear canal;
- and
- after the imaging sensor captures an image of an eardrum of the ear canal, removing the flexible speculum from the ear canal.
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