Mechanically Registered Videoscopic Myringotomy/Tympanostomy Tube Placement System
First Claim
1. A system for treating an ear of a patient having a tympanic membrane and a tissue surface, the system comprising:
- a guide structure having a proximal orientation and a distal orientation, the guide structure having a positioning surface;
a tympanic membrane treatment probe oriented by the guide structure, the guide structure maintaining registration of the treatment probe with a target region of the tympanic membrane when the positioning surface engages the tissue surface of the ear.
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Abstract
Devices, systems, methods, and kits for treating the tissue structures of the ear make use of a guide structure that can mechanically register a treatment probe with a target region of a target tissue, the guide structure being fittingly received in an auditory canal and often comprising a conformable body such as a compressible foam, or the like. The guide structure may include an articulating mechanism for selectively orienting the treatment probe toward the target region of, for example, a tympanic membrane. The guide structure may also support a videoscopic image capture device, illumination transmitting optical fibers, an aiming beam transmitter, and the like. Such structures facilitate myringotomy, tympanostomy tube placement, and the like, under local anesthesia in a doctor'"'"'s office.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for treating an ear of a patient having a tympanic membrane and a tissue surface, the system comprising:
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a guide structure having a proximal orientation and a distal orientation, the guide structure having a positioning surface; a tympanic membrane treatment probe oriented by the guide structure, the guide structure maintaining registration of the treatment probe with a target region of the tympanic membrane when the positioning surface engages the tissue surface of the ear. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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