Patent ID: 6949088
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. An ear irrigation device for injecting a fluid into an external ear canal extending between an external ear and a tympanic membrane, the external ear canal including an outer portion extending inwardly from the external ear and including cerumen-producing glands and an inner portion disposed between the tympanic membrane and the outer portion, the ear irrigation device having: a longitudinally extending body including an inward end and an outward end, the inward end being positionable in the inner portion of the external ear canal with the outward end extending beyond the external ear; an input duct extending from the outward end to the inward end and terminating in a nozzle at the inward end; the nozzle being positioned substantially at the inward end and having a plurality of output ducts, each said output duct extending from said input duct to an outer surface of the body, and an obturator blocking the input duct at the inward end; the output ducts being substantially equally radially spaced apart from each other respectively; the nozzle including a deflector extending transversely from said body with a deflector surface at least partially spaced apart from the outer surface of the body; and said output ducts being formed to direct fluid out of the body towards the deflector surface, the deflector surface being positioned to redirect the fluid substantially towards the outward end of the body.