US 11,806,493 B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods for transport and delivery of therapeutic substance to middle ear
Eric Goldfarb, Belmont, CA (US); Mahyar Z. Kermani, San Ramon, CA (US); and Rohit Girotra, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Tusker Medical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/964,773
Filed by TUSKER MEDICAL, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/016389
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 24, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/152866, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/625,933, filed on Feb. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052868 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 11/20 (2022.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 31/00 (2013.01) [A61M 2205/0233 (2013.01); A61M 2205/35 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0668 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a tubular element configured to be deployed in a tympanic membrane, the tubular element including: a body having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a lumen, a first flange disposed on a proximal end of the body, and a second flange disposed on a distal end of the body; and
a fluid transport element embedded in the body radially outwardly from the inner surface and configured to transport a therapeutic substance from the proximal end to the distal end of the body.