Surgery – Instruments – Means for cleaning eye – ear or nose
Patent
1998-09-29
2000-11-28
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Means for cleaning eye, ear or nose
604 96, A61F 900
Patent
active
061529400
ABSTRACT:
A device for removing accumulated cerumen and a method for using the same, which device consists of a small balloon-tipped catheter inserted directly over the tip of a syringe or through the use of a plastic insert extended over the tip of a syringe, which balloon tip, when deflated, will fit easily into the auditory canal and, when inflated by depressing the plunger of the syringe, will provide a base for, when the syringe is removed from the ear canal, accumulating the blockage or excess cerumen thereon.
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Buiz Michael
King Anthony S.
Walker LLP Jackson
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