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US 12,396,892 · App. 17/401,733 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

External ear canal pressure regulation device

Inventors: David George (Scottsdale, AZ); George Buckler (Phoenix, AZ); Timothy A. Crown (Tempe, AZ); David Brice Sullivan (Mechanicsburg, PA)
Assignee: NOCIRA, LLC
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Patent No.
US 12,396,892
App. No.
17/401,733
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An external ear canal pressure regulation device including a fluid flow generator, an earpiece having an axial earpiece bore, and a valved conduit fluidicly coupled to the fluid flow generator and the axial earpiece bore, whereby the earpiece has a compliant earpiece external surface configured to sealably engage an external ear canal as a barrier between an external ear canal pressure and an ambient pressure.

Claims (32)

1. A method for alleviating a user's headache pain, the method comprising:

sealably engaging an earpiece of a fluid transfer device with an ear of the user as a barrier between an external ear canal pressure of an external ear canal of the user and an ambient pressure outside the external ear canal; and

operating a fluid flow generator of the fluid transfer device to generate a fluid flow between the earpiece and the external ear canal, operating the fluid flow generator comprises at least one of:

operating the fluid flow generator in a first configuration to increase the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate a positive external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure, or

operating the fluid flow generator in a second configuration to decrease the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate a negative external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure,

wherein at least one of the positive external ear canal pressure differential or the negative external ear canal pressure differential causes a physiological response that alleviates the headache pain.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein operating the fluid flow generator comprises operating the fluid flow generator in the first configuration to increase the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate the positive external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein operating the fluid flow generator further comprises operating the fluid flow generator in the second configuration to decrease the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate the negative external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein operating the fluid flow generator comprises operating the fluid flow generator in the second configuration to decrease the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate the negative external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fluid flow generator comprises a valve.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the fluid flow generator is in the first configuration when the valve is in a first position, and wherein the fluid flow generator is in the second configuration when the valve is in a second position.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the valve comprises a unidirectional valve.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the positive external ear canal pressure differential or the negative external ear canal pressure differential is configured to move a tympanic membrane of the ear.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein operating the fluid flow generator further comprises generating the fluid flow having a pressure wave.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the pressure wave comprises a pressure wave amplitude and a pressure wave frequency.

11. A method for alleviating a user's headache pain, the method comprising:

engaging a fluid transfer device with an ear of the user as a barrier between an external ear canal pressure of an external ear canal of the user and an ambient pressure outside the external ear canal, the fluid transfer device comprising:

a fluid flow generator, and

a valved conduit in fluid communication with the fluid flow generator; and

operating the fluid transfer device to generate a fluid flow between the fluid transfer device and the external ear canal, operating the fluid transfer device comprises at least one of:

operating the fluid flow generator when the valved conduit is in a first configuration to increase the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate a positive external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure, or

operating the fluid flow generator when the valved conduit is in a second configuration to decrease the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate a negative external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure,

wherein at least one of the positive external ear canal pressure differential or the negative external ear canal pressure differential causes a physiological response that alleviates the headache pain.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein operating the fluid transfer device comprises operating the fluid flow generator when the valved conduit is in the first configuration to increase the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate the positive external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein operating the fluid transfer device further comprises operating the fluid flow generator when the valved conduit is in the second configuration to decrease the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate the negative external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein operating the fluid transfer device comprises operating the fluid flow generator when the valved conduit is in the second configuration to decrease the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate the negative external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the fluid transfer device comprises an earpiece.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein engaging the fluid transfer device with the ear comprises sealably engaging the earpiece with the external ear canal of the user.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the headache pain comprises a migraine headache pain.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the positive external ear canal pressure differential or the negative external ear canal pressure differential is configured to move a tympanic membrane of the user.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein operating the fluid transfer device further comprises generating the fluid flow having a pressure wave.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the pressure wave comprises a pressure wave amplitude and a pressure wave frequency.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADDRESS FOR RECEIVING PARTY DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 057172 FRAME 0914. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 24, 2021
From: GEORGE, DAVID; BUCKLER, GEORGE; CROWN, TIMOTHY A.; SULLIVAN, DAVID BRICE
To: GBS VENTURES LLC
Reel/Frame 057292/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2021
From: GEORGE, DAVID; BUCKLER, GEORGE; CROWN, TIMOTHY A.; SULLIVAN, DAVID BRICE
To: GBS VENTURES LLC
Reel/Frame 057172/0914 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 13, 2021
From: GBS VENTURES LLC
To: NOCIRA, LLC
Reel/Frame 057185/0574 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 14900607
Continuation In Part 14292469 · May 30, 2014
Provisional Application 61983865 · Apr 24, 2014
Provisional Application 61863317 · Aug 7, 2013
Provisional Application 61841111 · Jun 28, 2013
Related Publication 20220202617A1 · Jun 30, 2022
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