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Patent Application
App. No. 18/664,927

EAR PUMPS

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Patent No.
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App. No.
18/664,927
Abstract

A manual ear pump including one or more of a support element configured to releasably engage an external ear canal and having an interior chamber, a resilient element capable of being resiliently deformed coupled to a support element, and an aperture disposed on a support element bottom surface communicating with the external ear canal and interior chamber.

Claims (22)

1 . An ear pump comprising:

a support element configured to be inserted into an external ear canal of an ear; and

a piston configured to slidably move relative to the support element, wherein at least a portion of the piston enters the external ear canal.

2 . The ear pump of claim 1 , further comprising an actuator for moving the piston and a controller for operating the actuator.

3 . The ear pump of claim 1 , further comprising:

a resilient element configured to be adjusted from a resting condition to an adjusted condition and to recover from the adjusted condition to the resting condition;

wherein the resting condition and the adjusted condition respectively correspond with movement of the piston relative to the support element.

4 . The ear pump of claim 3 , wherein the resilient element is configured to be manually engaged.

5 . The ear pump of claim 3 , wherein;

the resilient element is compressible from an uncompressed state to a compressed state;

the resting condition comprises the uncompressed state; and

the adjusted condition comprises the compressed state.

6 . The ear pump of claim 1 , further comprising one or more valves coupled to a fluid pathway between the external ear canal and an ambient environment.

7 . The ear pump of claim 1 , wherein the ear pump is configured to be positioned at least in part within the external ear canal and in contact with an auricle of the ear.

8 . The ear pump of claim 1 , wherein the ear pump is configured to be positioned at least in part within the external ear canal and in contact with a concha bowl of the ear.

9 . The ear pump of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the piston is configured to enter the external ear canal when it is moved relative to the support element.

10 . The ear pump of claim 1 , wherein the ear pump is configured to be positioned at least in part within the external ear canal and in contact with a concha bowl of the ear.

11 . The ear pump of claim 3 , wherein the piston is configured to be manually moved.

12 . The ear pump of claim 3 , where the movement of the piston is configured to adjust the resilient element between the resting and adjusted conditions, respectively.

13 . The ear pump of claim 3 , wherein the resilient element is configured to cause the piston to move relative to the support element.

14 . The ear pump of claim 13 , wherein the movement of the piston is configured to adjust the resilient element between the resting and adjusted conditions.

15 . The ear pump of claim 6 , wherein the one or more valves comprises one or more check valves.