US 12,256,903 B2
Calibrated pneumatic otoscope
Patrick Joseph Antonelli, Gainesville, FL (US); and William Reschly, Gainesville, FL (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Gainesville, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/629,987
Filed by University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/043362
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/021587, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/878,968, filed on Jul. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257107 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/227 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/227 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00068 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A calibrated pneumatic otoscope, comprising:
a power source;
a first light source operatively connected to the power source;
a housing operatively connected to the first light source;
an optical magnifying lens on an end of the housing;
a speculum on an end of the housing opposite the optical magnifying lens;
a light carrier to pass light from the first light source through an end of the speculum opposite the housing;
a pressure generating device in fluid connection with the housing; and
a safety valve operatively connected to a fluidic flow path of the pressure generating device; and
a pressure alert mechanism, wherein the pressure alert mechanism generates a first alert at a first effective pressure and a second alert at a second effective pressure, wherein the second effective pressure is higher than the first effective pressure.