Apparatus for aspirating and collecting middle ear specimens,申请号US19950556046-传众专利搜索

Apparatus for aspirating and collecting middle ear specimens

申请公布号：US5665094(A)

申请号：US19950556046

申请日期：1995.11.13

申请公布日期：1997.09.09

申请人：

GOLDENBERG, ROBERT ARLIN

发明人：GOLDENBERG, ROBERT ARLIN

分类号：A61B10/00;A61F11/00;A61M1/00;(IPC1-7):A61F11/00

主分类号：A61B10/00

摘要：The present invention is an apparatus and method for aspirating and collecting a middle ear fluid specimen through the ear drum of a patient. Broadly, the present invention involves using a hollow needle that is adapted for puncturing through the ear drum. The hollow needle is mountable on a bulb, and the bulb is operatively adapted to draw a specimen of middle ear fluid into the hollow needle when the needle is mounted on the bulb. Such an apparatus can be made inexpensively and disposable after each use. Mounting the hollow needle on the bulb makes the present invention self-contained by eliminating the need for an external vacuum source. One possible feature of the present invention is a stop guard that is secured to the outside of the hollow needle. The stop guard is adapted to inhibit penetration of the hollow beyond a desired depth through an ear drum. That is, once the desired depth through the ear drum is reached, the stop guard provides enough resistance to further penetration that a practitioner can tell that the desired depth has been reached. Thus, with this feature, the depth of penetration through the ear drum can be determined without having to rely solely on the skill of the practitioner performing the procedure.