Patent ID: 11903795
Assignee: EAR TECH, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A balloon for insertion into a mammalian Eustachian tube, the balloon comprising:
a high pressure balloon having a body having a pre-determined designed size and shape when inflated, the body including a proximal end, a distal end, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining an air receiving interior, wherein the body includes five segments, wherein when viewed along a longitudinal cross-section the five segments include three outwardly extending segments and two trough segments, the trough segments located between the outwardly extending segments, the five segments including a first segment having a first cross-sectional area and a second segment disposed distally of the first segment, the second segment having a second cross-sectional area larger than the first cross-sectional area, wherein the first segment has a first height dimension and a first width dimension, wherein the body includes an ova loid cross-sectional profile in which the first height dimension is greater than the first width dimension, and wherein the balloon is configured to expand a cross-sectional area of a Eustachian tube as the balloon is inflated, without tearing the Eustachian tube.