Patent ID: 8998927
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for treating an ear of a patient having a tympanic membrane and a tissue surface, the system comprising: (a) a guide structure, the guide structure having a distal end, a positioning surface and a rotatable shaft including a lumen extending to the distal end, wherein the shaft defines a longitudinal axis, wherein the lumen passes through the shaft along an axis offset from the longitudinal axis of the shaft such that the axis of the lumen is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shaft; (b) a tympanic membrane treatment probe oriented by the guide structure, wherein the tympanic membrane treatment probe is further supported within the lumen of the guide structure, the treatment probe including a probe lumen extending to the distal end of the guide structure and within the lumen of the guide structure and wherein the guide structure is configured to mechanically register the position of the treatment probe in relation to a target region of the tympanic membrane when the positioning surface engages the tissue surface of the ear, wherein the guide structure is operable to maintain the position of the treatment probe in accordance with the registered position of the treatment probe; and (c) a tympanic tube associated with the treatment probe and housed within the probe lumen, wherein the tympanic tube comprises a proximal flange and a distal flange with a tubular body therebetween, the tympanic tube being arranged to be retractable within the probe lumen.