Patent ID: 8882743
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: using an apparatus for application of a pharmaceutical to a tympanic membrane of an ear for a photodynamic laser myringotomy, the apparatus comprising a container, a syringe, at least one ear needle, at least one absorbent pad, and a packaging container, the container containing the pharmaceutical, the pharmaceutical being a single dose of an otologic formulation of mitomycin-C, the mitomycin-C contained in the container having a specific color, the at least one ear needle having a tubular length with opposite proximal and distal ends, the proximal end of the at least one ear needle being adapted for communication with the syringe, the at least one ear needle being adapted and configured such that the mitomycin-C can travel through the at least one ear needle from the proximal end of the at least one ear needle to the distal end of the at least one ear needle, the at least one absorbent pad being adapted for communication with a distal end of an ear needle, the packaging container containing the container, the syringe, the at least one ear needle, and the at least one absorbent pad as a packaged kit; applying the mitomycin-C to tissue; and using a laser beam having a wavelength that is specifically tuned to the specific color of the mitomycin-C to ablate the tissue.