Surgery – Specula – Laryngoscope
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-02
2005-08-02
Flanagan, Beverly M. (Department: 3739)
Surgery
Specula
Laryngoscope
C600S127000, C600S199000, C606S161000, C606S162000, C604S001000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06923760
ABSTRACT:
An endoscopic cleaning device capable of properly removing wet cerumen from an auditory canal while the interior of an auditory canal is illuminated. The device allows an image of the interior of the auditory canal to be acquired while the auditory canal is being cleaned. The device has an ear picking main body that also serves as a light guide to provide the illumination. The ear picking main body rotates about a light guide containing the micro lens used to acquire the image, so that the image remains stable. The ear picking main body is inserted through a removable, elastically deformable tubular ear picking part having a through hole and an outer layer made of fibrous material. In this way light can be delivered to the end of the ear picking main body, and the fibrous material of the ear picking part can be used to remove wet cerumen.
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U.S. Appl. No. 09/713,723, filed Nov. 15, 2000, Koda.
Koda Kojiro
Koda Yoshiharu
Coden Co. Ltd.
Flanagan Beverly M.
Kasztejna Matthew
Rosser Roy
Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP
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