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Mechanically registered videoscopic myringotomy/tympanostomy tube placement system

  • US 10,130,515 B2
  • Filed: 03/18/2015
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for piercing a tympanic membrane in an ear of a patient, the method comprising:

  • inserting a shaft assembly and a tympanostomy tube together into the ear canal, the shaft assembly including;

    a tubular member defining a cylindrical lumen and having a proximal end and a distal end; and

    a piercing member having a piercing tip,the tympanostomy tube and the piercing tip of the piercing member is positioned in the cylindrical lumen proximal to the distal end of the tubular member when the shaft assembly and the tympanostomy tube are inserted together into the ear canal;

    moving the piercing member in a first direction relative to the tubular member to pierce the tympanic membrane with the piercing tip;

    moving the piercing member in a second direction relative to the tubular member opposite from the first direction;

    removing the shaft assembly from the ear canal.

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