Patent ID: 6024726
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
An aspirator for extracting fluids from a middle ear, said aspirator comprising:a housing having a compartment and an aperture;a hollow penetrating needle carried by said housing at said aperture, said hollow penetrating needle having a bore extending longitudinally therethrough, said bore being in fluid communication through said aperture with said compartment, said hollow penetrating needle halving a curved portion so that, as said hollow penetrating needle is inserted by an operator into a middle ear having fluid, the operator has a clear line of sight to said middle ear;a handle carried by said housing and movable with respect to said housing; andextraction means responsive to pushing of said handle toward said housing for applying a negative pressure to said compartment so that, when said needle penetrates said middle ear and said handle is moved, said fluid is drawn through said needle into said compartment.