Patent ID: 6958043

Claim:
Apparatus for treating a human ear having an outer ear canal separated from a middle ear by a tympanic membrane with a vent therethrough and an inner ear separated from the middle ear by a partition to treat the symptoms of Meniere's disease comprising a manual device operable by hand to pressurize air and including a reservoir for storing air pressurized by said manual device, said reservoir being capable of storing a quantity of air sufficient to produce a series of positive air pressure pulses; and pressure transmitting means communicating with said reservoir and configured to communicate with the outer ear canal to deliver air from said reservoir as a series of positive air pressure pulses to the middle ear via the vent to displace the partition to influence fluid distribution in the inner ear, said pressure transmitting means being capable of delivering the series of positive air pressure pulses from said quantity of air stored in said reservoir without additional air being pressurized by said manual device.