Patent ID: 8249700
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a patient, the patient having a head with a first ear and a second ear, the method comprising: mounting a support system to the head of the patient so that the support system is aligned with a target tissue of the first ear; inserting a guide block within an ear canal of the patient, the guide block including a foam substructure attached to its distal end, the foam substructure holding a guide tube and an activating electrode and having formed therein a second tube; placing an iontophoresis electrode in the second tube; activating the activating electrode to cause the iontophoresis electrode to apply a therapeutic agent to the first ear by energizing the iontophoresis electrode supported by the support system prior to any remodeling of the patient's tympanic membrane; and inserting a tympanic membrane penetration and delivery device into the guide tube; and actuating tympanic membrane penetration and delivery device while the device is supported by the support system so that the device therapeutically remodels the target tissue of the first ear.