US 12,336,863 B2
Ear canal clamp for small animals
Chih-Wei Peng, Taipei (TW); Chun-Wei Wu, Taipei (TW); Chun-Ying Cai, Taipei (TW); and Yen Cheng, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to LEGO STONE CO., LTD., Taichung (TW)
Filed by TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/153,313.
Claims priority of application No. 111139310 (TW), filed on Oct. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0122669 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 90/14 (2016.01); A61D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/14 (2016.02) [A61D 1/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ear canal clamp comprising:
a base; and
a clamping mechanism including two clamping arms movably mounted on the base, a biasing member mounted on the base and constrained between said clamping arms, and two ear canal positioning members mounted respectively to said clamping arms and facing each other, said clamping arms being configured to move toward each other and compress said biasing member to increase a distance between said ear canal positioning members, a biasing force generated by said biasing member when compressed being used to push said clamping arms to move oppositely with respect to each other.