US 11,986,159 B2
Ear visualization and treatment system
Eran Bendory, Modiin-Maccabim-Reut (IL); Ehud Bendory, Millburn, NJ (US); Tal Shchory, Ramot Menashe (IL); and Gil Hefer, Shimshit (IL)
Assigned to 3NT Medical Ltd., Rosh Ha'ayin (IL)
Filed by 3NT MEDICAL LTD., Rosh Ha'ayin (IL)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/644,980.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/136,002, filed on Jan. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218186 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/227 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/015 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/227 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for visualizing and providing suction for a surgical procedure in an ear, the device comprising:
a handle;
a main shaft extending from the handle;
an imaging sensor at a distal end of the main shaft;
a light source at the distal end of the main shaft;
a first suction tube extending along a proximal portion of a first side of the main shaft; and
a first suction component, comprising:
a first suction shaft comprising a curved proximal portion;
a first suction push rod attached to the curved proximal portion of the first suction shaft and slidably extending through the first suction tube;
a first thumb depress member coupled with a proximal end of the first suction push rod;
a first spring disposed over a proximal portion of the first suction push rod, such that when the first suction push rod is advanced and then released, the first suction shaft advances and then retracts automatically; and
a first suction tubing for connecting the first suction shaft with the handle.