US 12,390,370 B2
Tympanostomy tube
John Vaughan, Blarney (IE); Olive O'Driscoll, Kinsale (IE); and Carol Grimes, Skerries (IE)
Appl. No. 17/773,570
Filed by AVENTAMED DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY, Bishopstown (IE)
PCT Filed Oct. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/080449
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/084032, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19206774 (EP), filed on Nov. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370253 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 11/20 (2022.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 11/202 (2022.01) [A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0081 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0019 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0026 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0029 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0039 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluidic bridging tube for use in a human or animal, the tube comprising a proximal flange, a distal flange, and an inter lumen connector with a lumen extending unobstructed from a proximal end of the proximal flange through a distal end of the distal flange, wherein the tube comprises a scaffold structure and an outer material fully surrounding the scaffold structure which is softer than the scaffold structure, wherein the distal flange does not include any part of the scaffold structure, and wherein the scaffold comprises a plurality of spines extending with a radial component at a proximal end of the scaffold structure into the proximal flange and configured to provide structural support to the proximal flange.