41 results about "Middle ear structure" patented technology

The present disclosure provides an endoscopic apparatus and associated methods. The apparatus may include a steerable tool having a first flexible tube concentrically nested within a second flexible tube. The apparatus may include an end cap disposed on the steerable tool, an image sensor disposed on the end cap, and one or more light sources disposed on the end cap. The apparatus may be configured for accessing a region within a middle ear cavity of a patient. As such, the apparatus may further include a flexible tube, through which the steerable tool may extend, as well as a pre-curved rigid tube, through which the flexible tube may extend, thus allowing the apparatus to be deployed for middle ear access.

The invention relates to the technical field of crossing of medical instruments and artificial intelligence, and provides a hearing threshold detection method based on multi-mode hearing electrophysiological signal fusion. Comprising stimulation frequency otoacoustic emission and auditory brainstem response induced by sweep frequency stimulation sound, distortion product otoacoustic emission induced by dual-tone stimulation and middle ear sound immittance / reflection signals, and a multi-task deep learning model is constructed to perform fusion analysis on the signals. According to the method, accurate quantitative regression prediction of hearing thresholds with any frequency resolution and automatic classification and discrimination of hearing loss properties are synchronously realized, the problems of single evaluation dimension and insufficient complex hearing loss analysis ability in the prior art are effectively solved, the comprehensiveness, accuracy and clinical operation efficiency of objective hearing evaluation are remarkably improved, and the method is suitable for popularization and application. And an innovative system solution is provided for fine diagnosis of the auditory function.

The utility model discloses a tympanic sinus flusher which comprises an outer tube, an inner tube and a water supply device, the front end of the outer tube is bent to form a bent tube section, the included angle alpha between the axis OA of the tube opening position of the bent tube section and the center line OB of the outer tube is 90-180 degrees, the width d of the bent tube section is 2-10mm, the inner tube is located in the outer tube, and the water supply device is located in the inner tube. The front end of the inner pipe extends into the bent pipe section and is flush with a pipe opening in the bent pipe section or exposed out of the pipe opening, the rear end of the inner pipe is exposed out of the rear end of the outer pipe in the axial direction, a water outlet of the water supply device is communicated with the rear end of the inner pipe, and a limiting stopper used for limiting the inner pipe to move towards the inside of the outer pipe in the axial direction is arranged between the outer pipe and the inner pipe. The utility model provides a tympanic sinus flusher. The tympanic sinus flusher can be used for flushing the tympanic sinus position in a middle ear through an external auditory canal of a patient.

This invention relates to the field of neuroscience research and biomedical engineering experimental equipment, and discloses a stereotaxic brain localization device suitable for turtles and its usage method. The device includes an original base plate, an extended base plate assembly connected by splicing, a turtle shell limiting assembly mounted on the base plate, a curved platform, a modified semi-circular ear rod, a mouth clamp with an endotracheal intubation port, and a magnetic skull leveler. This invention expands the operating space through the extended plate and uses an arc-shaped limiting baffle to fix the turtle's position; the specially designed semi-circular ear rod adapts to the shallow concave middle ear structure of turtles, avoiding damage; the mouth clamp integrates height and length adjustment functions and has a reserved endotracheal intubation channel to maintain the experimental animal's respiration; the magnetic skull leveler can precisely adjust the head level using four corner nuts. This device enables precise localization of turtle brain regions and electrode implantation, providing stable and accurate hardware support for turtle movement regulation and neuroscience research.

This invention discloses a device for attaching an optical element, such as an otoscope, to a smartphone for diagnosing and / or identifying problems in the outer ear, middle ear, and / or ear canal of a patient. The device may include a body. The body may include a hole and a first engagement member configured to engage with a second engagement structure belonging to the optical element. A first surface may be attached to the body and configured to contact a first smartphone surface. A piston may be provided, which may include a second surface parallel to the first surface and configured to contact a second smartphone surface. A threaded knob may be provided, connected to the piston through the hole.

The utility model relates to the field of middle ear analyser, more specifically, relate to a novel middle ear analyser positive and negative air pressure mechanical device, including air nozzle and gas supply device, the air nozzle is connected with gas supply device through the micro -adjusting air pipe, the micro -adjusting air pipe is equipped with fixed magnetic ring one side close to the air nozzle, is equipped with the sliding magnetic ring on the micro -adjusting air pipe one side close to gas supply device, the utility model discloses a novel middle ear analyser positive and negative air pressure mechanical device, relative to traditional technology, because air nozzle and gas supply device no longer directly connect, but adopt the micro -adjusting air pipe and connect, because the diameter of micro -adjusting air pipe is determined when producing, therefore only need to determine the total length of micro -adjusting air pipe and the distance of sliding magnetic ring and fixed magnetic ring, can adjust the accurate volume, because the volume is determined through the pipe length x radius square x pi, and such structural error is less, and the adjustment is convenient.

An apparatus includes a first portion configured to attach to a target middle ear portion of a recipient's body. The apparatus also includes an elongated second portion that is rigidly fixed to and extends from the first portion. The second portion has an end portion configured to be rigidly secured to a transducer assembly having a longitudinal axis. The second portion extends from the transducer assembly at an angle greater than 30 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis. The first portion and the second portion are configured to respond to a first vibration displacement of the target middle ear portion by providing a second vibration displacement to the transducer assembly. The second vibration displacement is greater than the first vibration displacement.

This invention discloses a wearable ultrasound delivery device for treating otitis media, comprising a wearable main body with a flexible structure adapted to the shape of the patient's ear canal, and a through-hole central channel; an ultrasound drug delivery device, detachably disposed within the central channel, comprising a drug carrier for carrying the therapeutic drug to be delivered, an ultrasound transducer assembly for providing an ultrasound-guided drug delivery mode, and a handheld controller for adjusting the millimeter-level displacement of the drug carrier into the middle ear cavity; wherein, the ultrasound transducer assembly comprises a flexible substrate and multiple piezoelectric transducer units integrated on the flexible substrate, the multiple piezoelectric transducer units constituting a phased array transducer array. This device solves the technical problems of inaccurate drug delivery, low drug delivery efficiency, inability to adapt to the ear canal structure, and complex operation in the prior art.

The present application relates to the technical field of artificial implant medical device surface modification and middle ear hearing reconstruction, and discloses a processing method for enhancing the fixing stability of an artificial auditory ossicle prosthesis, the prosthesis and application. The method comprises the following steps: after the surface of the auditory ossicle prosthesis in contact with the middle ear tissue is cleaned, a polydopamine layer is formed in a basic dopamine solution, then gelatin, hyaluronic acid or cellulose sulfate is connected to the surface of the polydopamine layer through a carbodiimide activation system to form a viscous functional layer, and the dry sponge-like structure is obtained through freeze-drying. The functional layer can quickly rehydrate and restore the adhesion state after contacting with human blood or tissue fluid, thereby improving the fixing stability of the artificial auditory ossicle prosthesis in the initial implantation stage and reducing the risk of displacement or dislocation.

A device and method for treating a middle ear disorder in a patient includes providing to the patient an intraoral vibration device having a mouthpiece for contacting an oral cavity of the patient, wherein the intraoral vibration device has a frequency tuned to treat the middle ear disorder, and providing instructions for using the intraoral vibration device. The instructions provided for using the intraoral vibration device include placing the mouthpiece over at least one portion of the oral cavity, and applying a vibratory force at the frequency to treat the middle ear disorder.

An apparatus for detecting ear structure movements or changes, or changes in pressure in the ear-canal of a user, in order to control or affect the function of an associated device. The apparatus includes a sensor apparatus capable of being worn by the user to be located in or adjacent an ear-canal of the user. The sensor apparatus includes at least one sensor being located and configured to detect and capture sensor data relating to middle ear, ear-drum complex, ear-drum margin, and / or other ear structure movements or changes of characteristics, or changes in pressure in the ear-canal of the user. A device is provided for processing and analysing sensor data from the sensor apparatus. The device analyses sensor data concerning: eye movement or directional auditory attention or focus data, and / or voluntary control data.

The application discloses a tympanic ventilation tube with spiral locking, multiple waterproof and valve control drainage functions, and belongs to the field of ear implant medical devices. The ventilation tube comprises a tube body, an implant device interface is arranged at the outermost end of the tube body, a one-way duckbill valve is arranged at the end close to the external auditory canal, micro-flow ventilation holes are distributed in the circumferential direction of the side wall, a flexible sealing sheet is arranged on the outer side of the tube body, and a continuous single-ring gradually-changing asymmetric spiral fixing structure is arranged on the outer periphery of the middle ear cavity. The spiral fixing structure induces the radial flanging of the tympanic membrane tissue to be embedded between the spiral structure and the outer wall of the tube body to form axial locking through the asymmetric section, and realizes gradual release when reversely rotating through the rise angle, tooth height and round angle gradient; the sealing sheet realizes stable adhesion and controllable peeling through the thickness gradient, pre-stress and surface energy gradient; the micro-flow ventilation holes and the duckbill valve constitute a gas-liquid separation double channel, realize low-resistance ventilation, liquid blocking and pressure-driven drainage. The application can realize stable fixation, water-tight sealing, controllable ventilation, one-way drainage and low-damage implantation and removal.

An exemplary system and method are disclosed for the assessment of auditory sound conduction in the outer and middle ears in newborns and infants during the time of standard universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) (inpatient and outpatient) in the first month of life using absorbance peak template (APT) analysis. Rather than using normative ranges showing the bounds of normal absorbance values at each frequency across frequencies, the exemplary system and method employ analysis of coherent morphological absorbance-frequency features, which are most diagnostically useful and theoretically informative, in the mid-frequency absorbance peak. The analysis can detect mid-frequency absorbance peaks in the absorbance peak template while also providing an overlay of the absorbance vs. frequency plot on the screen of the test instrument to determine key metrics in the parameters for normal absorbance peaks.

The present invention relates to a middle ear inflammation treatment device. Disclosed is a middle ear inflammation treatment device installed with a ventilation tube, the device comprising: a handle; a cutting sheath connected to the handle and having a tubular shape with an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the ventilation tube, and wherein the ventilation tube is inserted into the cutting sheath; and a suction tube formed to be relatively movable to the cutting sheath in a length direction of the cutting sheath within the cutting sheath, wherein the suction tube has a tubular shape to suck and remove exudate in a middle ear through the suction tube; and a moving tool located outside the handle and relatively moving the suction tube to the cutting sheath.

The invention relates to the technical field of biomedical engineering. A middle ear fully-implanted artificial cochlea comprises a sensing part and a stimulating electrode part, and the sensing part is directly connected with the stimulating electrode part. The sensing part comprises a supporting layer, and the supporting layer is made of silicon or silicon dioxide; the sensing part further comprises piezoelectric units fixed on the supporting layer, and each piezoelectric unit comprises an upper electrode layer, a piezoelectric sensing layer made of a piezoelectric material and a lower electrode layer which are stacked in the thickness direction; the resonant frequencies of the piezoelectric units are different; the stimulating electrode part comprises platinum electrode contacts which are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the piezoelectric units, and the platinum electrode contacts are connected with the piezoelectric units through platinum wires; the stimulating electrode part further comprises an insulating sleeve connected with the supporting layer, and the platinum electrode contacts are sequentially arranged in the length direction of the insulating sleeve. A signal processing circuit between a traditional sensing part and a stimulating electrode part is omitted, meanwhile, external power supply and an active circuit are not needed, and sound-electricity conversion is achieved purely depending on the piezoelectric effect.

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to an endoscopic device and a method to provide dynamic visualization of the middle ear. The endoscopic device includes a handle and a shaft extending therefrom. The shaft includes a rigid portion distal the handle and an articulating portion distal the rigid portion. The articulating portion is configured to articulate with respect to the rigid portion. The articulating portion includes an imaging sensor coupled thereto. The handle can include one or more actuators configured to cause the articulating portion to articulate.

The invention discloses a temporal bone U-HRCT image ear multi-class standard plane automatic positioning method, and relates to the field of medical image processing, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining temporal bone U-HRCT image data, and carrying out the preprocessing of the image data, and obtaining an enhanced ossicular chain region of interest; defining the enhanced ossicular chain region of interest as an environment of a reinforcement learning framework, and obtaining respective states from the environment by the intelligent agents through respective plane parameters; calculating an average normal vector and an average intercept of each standard observation surface based on the training set label data, and taking the average normal vector and the average intercept as initial plane parameters of the intelligent agent; a multi-agent strategy network is adopted, a differentiated action space is customized for each standard observation surface, and plane positioning is guided through a dual reward function; evaluating a plane positioning result in real time by using a termination discrimination network, and determining whether to terminate the search process of the multi-agent strategy network according to the evaluation result; therefore, end-to-end automatic positioning of the standard observation surface of the ossicular chain is realized, and the positioning efficiency is improved.

Systems and methods can be employed to access the middle ear through the tympanic membrane for the delivery of therapeutic agents to, for example, the round window niche adjacent to the cochlea under direct visualization. The systems and methods can also be used to improve accessibility and visualization for various otologic procedures, such as, but not limited to, cholesteatoma removal, tympanic membrane repair, and ossicular chain repair.

Systems and methods can be employed for access to the middle ear for delivery of a formulation to a targeted site under direct visualization. The formulation, in some cases, can be delivered to a cochlear implant lead insertion site where a lead of a cochlear implant device enters a patient's cochlea.

The utility model discloses a weight reduction type vehicle lower control box which comprises a main frame and a surrounding plate, the main frame comprises a top bearing part and a front side supporting part, the top bearing part comprises two top cross beams which are arranged in parallel, the end corner of each top cross beam is provided with an end lifting lug, and the front side supporting part is provided with a front side supporting part; two middle lifting lugs are arranged in the middle of each top cross beam at intervals; the front side supporting part comprises two vertical beams vertically connected to the front side of the top cross beam and at least one supporting vertical plate perpendicular to the top cross beam. The coaming comprises a top plate covering the top of the main frame, a bottom plate covering the bottom of the main frame, and a front side plate, a rear side plate, a left side plate and a right side plate covering the periphery of the main frame. According to the mode, the main frame is optimized through stress distribution, the bearing capacity is guaranteed, meanwhile, weight reduction is achieved, load distribution is dispersed through eight lifting lugs, stress concentration is avoided, redundant materials are reduced, the weight is further reduced, and light weight is achieved.

The utility model discloses a middle ear surgical robot which comprises a driving mechanism and a medical operation unit, and the medical operation unit is rotationally installed on the driving mechanism. The medical operation unit comprises a balloon dilatation assembly, an image assembly and a plurality of driving assemblies, the balloon dilatation assembly comprises a guide tube, an air cylinder, a balloon dilatation catheter and a balloon, the balloon dilatation catheter is inserted into the guide tube, the balloon is installed at the first end of the balloon dilatation catheter, the second end of the balloon dilatation catheter communicates with the air cylinder, and the air cylinder communicates with the image assembly; the driving assembly pushes the air cylinder to enable the medium to flow into the balloon or flow out of the balloon, and moves and / or rotates the balloon dilatation assembly; the image assembly comprises a camera and an image processing control part, the camera is arranged at the front end of the guide tube, and the camera is electrically connected with the image processing control part. The balloon dilatation device is used for solving the problems that inconvenience is caused during manual operation of an existing Eustachian tube balloon dilatation, operation accuracy is improved, operation wounds are reduced, and fatigue of doctors is relieved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biological medicines, and particularly relates to application of butyric acid-producing enteromonas in prevention and treatment of senile deafness. It is found for the first time that the butyric acid producing enteromonas sp. Has a remarkable hearing protection effect in a senile deafness model; the action mechanism is mainly embodied in that by improving hearing threshold rise caused by aging, the structural integrity of cochlea hair cells is partially protected to relieve arrangement disorder and deletion of outer hair cells, and the number of inner ear spiral neuron ganglions and vascular stripe aging cells is effectively reduced; meanwhile, the high expression of Pvalb key genes and Parvalbumin in neurons and hair cells of spiral ganglions is up-regulated, so that the synergistic effect is achieved by enhancing the sound transmission muscle efficiency of the middle ear, improving the blood vessel microcirculation of the inner ear, stabilizing the hair cytoskeleton and protecting nerves. The invention provides a new candidate strain resource and an intervention target for preventing and treating senile deafness, and has important clinical application prospect and social value.

The application discloses a four-in-one in-ear hearing aid earphone, which comprises two earphones, each of which is provided with a shell; a bone conduction hearing aid device is arranged in the inner cavity of the first side of the shell of each earphone; a loudspeaker sounding device is arranged in the inner cavity of the second side of the shell of each earphone; a control circuit is electrically connected with the bone conduction hearing aid devices and the loudspeaker sounding devices of the two earphones respectively, and is used for controlling the two bone conduction hearing aid devices and the two loudspeaker sounding devices to simultaneously output audio signals input to the control circuit by a sound pickup device. The four sounding units simultaneously conduct sound waves, the hearing aid effect is better, the four-in-one in-ear hearing aid earphone is suitable for people with damage, inflammation or functional degradation of ear canal, eardrum, middle ear or inner ear, and is also suitable for specific people with damage, degradation or tissue lesions of bone tissue such as skull, and is flexible to use, and has better compatibility and universality.

Attorney Docket No. 15738.0014-00000 19 Abstract A device and method for treating a middle ear disorder in a patient includes providing to the patient an intraoral vibration device having a mouthpiece for contacting an oral cavity of the patient, wherein the intraoral vibration device has a frequency tuned to treat the middle ear disorder, and providing instructions for using the intraoral vibration device. The instructions provided for using the intraoral vibration device include placing the mouthpiece over at least one portion of the oral cavity, and applying a vibratory force at the frequency to treat the middle ear disorder. Abstract disorder. 19 20 25 28 36 38 20 D ec 2 02 5 A b s t r a c t 2 0 2 5 2 8 3 6 3 8 2 0 D e c 2 0 2 5 1 9 1 / 2 100 102 104 FIG. 1A 20 25 28 36 38 20 D ec 2 02 5 2 0 D e c 2 0 2 5 1 / 2 2 0 2 5 2 8 3 6 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 F I G . 1 A

The invention provides a bone conduction control method based on a high-frequency ceramic vibrator, and the method comprises the steps: enabling a to-be-detected organism to be fixed, enabling a vibrator sounder to be attached to a skull of the to-be-detected organism, enabling the vibrator sounder to generate vibration according to a stimulation signal, and transmitting the vibration to a skull part; detecting and analyzing an auditory brainstem signal generated by the skull part through vibration to obtain a bone conduction auditory threshold value; and comparing the bone conduction auditory threshold with the air conduction auditory threshold to judge the lesion position. By comparing the bone conduction threshold value with the air conduction threshold value, whether the hearing loss is derived from the middle ear conduction disorder or the inner ear sensorineural disorder can be clearly judged, so that accurate distinguishing of lesion positions is realized, and the limitation that the air conduction test is restricted by the middle ear function is overcome.

The utility model relates to the field of middle ear analyser, more specifically, relate to a novel middle ear analyser, including setting up on the middle ear analyser middle ear analyser positive pressure control air bag, air pressure regulating mouth and connecting air pipe, one end of connecting air pipe is connected with middle ear analyser positive pressure control air bag, and the other end is connected with connecting air nozzle, middle ear analyser positive pressure control air bag is equipped with air pipe fixing seat between connecting air nozzle, and the clamping of connecting air pipe around is established on air pipe fixing seat, the magnetic bead for adjusting air bag pressure is equipped in connecting air pipe, the utility model discloses a novel middle ear analyser, and the clamping of connecting air pipe around is established on air pipe fixing seat, therefore, the installation of connecting air pipe is convenient, makes connecting air pipe after the clamping, can realize orderly wiring, and because the magnetic bead can move in connecting air pipe according to the positive and negative air pressure of middle ear analyser positive pressure control air bag output, realizes the function of air pressure regulation and shock absorption.

Systems and methods can be employed for access to the middle ear for delivery of a formulation to a targeted site under direct visualization. The formulation, in some cases, can be delivered to a cochlear implant lead insertion site where a lead of a cochlear implant device enters a patient's cochlea.

In an automatic pressure control system for a hyperbaric oxygen chamber for detecting the pressure equilibrium state between an outer ear and an inner ear, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, at least one processor may be configured to: calculate an admittance of an eardrum on the basis of the energy level of output waves output from a speaker and the energy level of reflected waves input from a microphone; determine whether a pressure equilibrium state has occurred, on the basis of a change in the calculated admittance; and control an air supply valve on the basis of the determination of whether a pressure equilibrium state has occurred.

Systems and methods can be employed to facilitate access and surgery in the external, middle, and inner ear for the diagnosis or treatment of ear conditions including, but not limited to, hearing loss and excess earwax. In some examples, the systems and methods include instruments and techniques that facilitate trans-tympanic or trans-fibroannular access to the middle ear. The systems and methods can also be used to improve the accessibility of various otologic procedures, such as, but not limited to, cholesteatoma removal, tympanic membrane repair, and ossicular chain repair.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure disclose various tympanometry techniques. A tympanometry curve is generated for a user based at least in part on audio data indicative of a sound absorbance associated with a middle ear (ME) system over a fragment of an evaluation time period. A curve-pressure pair including the tympanometry curve and a correlating pressure measurement is generated and utilized to identify historical data indicative of a plurality of historical curve-pressure pairs with similar pressure measurements to the correlating pressure measurement. A performance metric is generated for the ME system of the user based at least in part on a comparison between the tympanometry curve and the historical data.