Wearable system and method for modification of fluid environment of an ear

Abstract

System and method for modification of fluid environment of an ear. In one embodiment, the system includes an earpiece mountable within an ear canal. The earpiece includes a fluid delivery path for fluid to be delivered to the ear and a fluid removal path for fluid to be removed from the ear. The system also includes an electronics housing. The electronics housing may be directly mounted on the earpiece or positioned outside the ear. The system further includes an electrochemical gas generating device positioned within the electronics housing. In use, oxygen or the like is generated by the electrochemical gas generating device and is conveyed through the fluid delivery path of the earpiece, emerging from the earpiece distal end. The gas released from the earpiece causes fluid in the ear to be swept into the fluid removal path of the earpiece and eventually expelled to the outside of the ear.

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