Patent ID: 7070603

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning an ear, the apparatus comprising: a body having a length defined between a first end and a second end; a tip defined by a first portion and a second portion wherein the first portion has a first length and a first diameter wherein the first diameter is sized to removably attach to the first end of the body and the second portion is integrally formed with the first portion wherein the second portion has a peripheral surface that has a second diameter and a second length wherein the second portion tapers to a smaller diameter as the second portion extends from the first diameter and parabolically increases the diameter of the second portion extending away from the first portion to a maximum diameter greater than the first diameter wherein the diameter of the second portion parabolically decreases from the maximum diameter wherein the second length is greater than the first length and further wherein the second portion of the tip inserts into the ear; and a plurality of protrusions on the second portion of the tip wherein each one of the plurality of protrusions is defined by a boundary that abuts the peripheral surface of the second portion of the tip wherein a first protrusion is adjacent to a second protrusion wherein the boundary of the first protrusion is separated by a first distance from the boundary of the second protrusion and further wherein the second protrusion is adjacent to a third protrusion wherein the boundary of the third protrusion is separated by a second distance from the boundary of the second protrusion wherein the first distance is larger than the second distance and further wherein the plurality of protrusions extend outside of the peripheral surface of the second portion of the tip.