Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Otoscope
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Application No.: US17601014Application Date: 2020-04-05
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Publication No.: US11647902B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Nicholas Steven Witham , Tarek Sami Marrouche , Allie Kachel , Bryan R. McRae
- Applicant: Nicholas Steven Witham , Tarek Sami Marrouche , Allie Kachel , Bryan R. McRae
- Applicant Address: US UT Salt Lake City
- Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Salt Lake City
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2020/026785 2020.04.05
- International Announcement: WO2020/206401A 2020.10.08
- Date entered country: 2021-10-01
- Main IPC: A61B1/06
- IPC: A61B1/06 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/227 ; A61B1/015 ; A61B5/12

Abstract:
An otoscope and method for visualizing compliance of the tympanic membrane in response to a pressure stimulus. The otoscope includes a handle, a housing, a laser assembly configured to selectively project a grid array of dots on a tympanic membrane of a patient, a camera configured to selectively capture activity of the tympanic membrane, a pressure transducer configured to selectively apply a stimulus to the tympanic membrane, a display pivotably coupled to the handle, and a controller. The display is configured to display the tympanic membrane in true color and a two-dimensional interpolated surface plot representing activity of the tympanic membrane in response to the stimulus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220095907A1 OTOSCOPE Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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