Patent ID: 7861723
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An airway obstruction correction apparatus, comprising: an expandable bladder coupled substantially coaxially with a shaft having a longitudinal axis, the bladder and a portion of the shaft configured to fit within at least one of a respective right or left human external auditory canal; a pump configured to at least one of expand and contract the bladder with a pumped fluid; a microphone coupled with the shaft and configured to be disposed proximate to a user's tympanic membrane during use within the auditory canal; a passage operatively coupled with the pump at a first end of the passage, and operatively coupled with the bladder at a second end of the passage, and configured to convey the fluid between the pump and the bladder; and a reservoir operatively coupled with the pump and configured to retain a sufficient quantity of the fluid to expand the bladder at least into contact with a surface of the auditory canal.