Patent ID: 6210358
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
An earpiece for releasable attachment to an auriscope to allow at least partial visualization of an ear canal when the earpiece is in the ear canal, the earpiece havinga longitudinal axis,a first portion arranged to at least partially enter the ear canal and contact a surface of the ear canal,a second ear abutment portion, the second ear abutment portion comprises a member of larger diameter than the first portion,the second ear abutment portion only partially overlaping a first end of the first portion so setting a maximum distance that the first portion may enter the ear canal by the second ear abutment portion abutting the ear during insertion of the first portion into the ear canal and thereby reducing the likelihood of damage to the eardrum by insertion of the first portion into the ear,said second ear abutment portion including connection means adapted to provide connection of the earpiece to an auriscope, andsaid first portion including a fluid outlet through which fluid may be directed into the ear canal and which is adapted to direct the fluid passing through the outlet at an oblique angle to the longitudinal axis and against a surface of an ear canal into which the earpiece has been introduced.