US 12,403,003 B1
Tympanic membrane patch and loading vehicle
Peter G. Volsky, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Filed by Peter G. Volsky, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/466,868.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/075,156, filed on Sep. 6, 2020.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/18 (2006.01); A61F 11/00 (2022.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/18 (2013.01) [A61F 11/00 (2013.01); A61L 31/145 (2013.01); A61L 31/146 (2013.01); A61F 2002/183 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01); A61L 2430/14 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for contacting a tympanic membrane or a tympanic membrane tissue graft comprising:
a removable non-resorbable patch made from a biocompatible flexible material having:
a periphery with a closed curve oval geometry;
a central portion having a distal surface and a proximal surface contoured to correspond in size and shape to a natural mammalian tympanic membrane; and
a flange extending outwardly from the distal surface made from a biocompatible material with a higher density than the biocompatible flexible material and wherein the flange is adapted to be grasped by a surgical instrument for placement, wherein the proximal surface is adapted to contact the tympanic membrane or the tympanic membrane tissue graft.