Provided is a tip for intra-tympanic injection capable of allowing a practitioner to accurately recognize an injection location and preventing the practitioner from piercing regions of an external auditory meatus other than the eardrum with an injection needle, in case of piercing the eardrum with the injection needle.

Systems and methods can be employed for trans-tympanic membrane access to the middle ear for delivery of a therapeutic agent, for example, to the round window niche adjacent to the cochlea under direct visualization. The systems and methods can also be used to improve accessibility and visualization for various otological surgical procedures, such as, but not limited to, cholesteatoma removal, tympanic membrane repair and ossicular chain repair.

A conduit with a collapsible portion, and a nasal interface for providing a flow of gases to a user, is described. The interface comprises a manifold and at least one nasal prong or an outlet extending from the manifold to be received by a user's nare. A side member extends from each side of the manifold, each side member comprising a collapsible portion comprising a lumen. In an open configuration the lumen remains open and in a closed configuration the collapsible portion is pinched or flattened to occlude or substantially occlude the lumen. At least one of the side members is a conduit for a flow of gases from an inlet of the patient interface to the manifold.

A wearable device and method for multimodal stimulation of the vagus nerve having a pair of ear pieces, which are placed at least partially within the concha of an individual. Each ear piece has at least on electric stimulator which provides electric current to the ear of the individual. The wearable device also has a connection which provides stimulation instructions to the stimulators. The method for multimodal simulation also includes iterative biometric measurement and stimulation.

The Ear Canal Cleaning and Cerumen Sample Collecting Apparatus is either a manual pulsing or a recirculating fluid transfer syringe used to clean and remove cerumen from the ear as well as collect a sample of cerumen for testing. The Ear Canal Cleaning and Cerumen Sample Collecting Apparatus can be fully automated, and cordless. The Ear Canal Cleaning and Cerumen Sample Collecting Apparatus can be arranged into any ergonomic shape or configured as a single hand, double hand, palm held, or headphone-like device to clean, remove, and sample cerumen.

The present application provides a cerumen removing device, comprising a container section comprising a recovery hole and a discharge hole; a head section exposed to the outside through the recovery hole and having at least one air ejection hole; and a pump configured to discharge air to the outside through the air ejection hole.

A device for visualizing and providing suction for a surgical procedure in an ear may include a handle, a main shaft extending from the handle, an imaging sensor at a distal end of the main shaft, a light source at the distal end of the main shaft, and a suction shaft extending from the handle. The device may also include a spring coupled with the suction shaft and/or the handle, such that when the suction shaft is advanced in a distal direction and then released, the suction shaft retracts automatically. The suction shaft may have a distal curved portion, and the device may have a thumb depress portion that allows a user to spin the suction shaft to suction in different directions. Some embodiments may include a suction shaft with a sharp distal tip that is configured for placing an ear tube in the tympanic membrane.

Methods and apparatuses for non-invasive auricular and/or cervical stimulation to modulate multiple integrated neural networks. For example described herein are methods and apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) for modulating nerves located at the base of the skull or in the neck, such as craniocervical nerves, cranial nerves, or cervical spinal nerves and/or the auricular nerve for influencing one or more biological homeostasis and related physiological processes.

Non-pharmaceutical methods of treating the symptoms of anxiety and depression are described. The method includes providing a person with stimuli include visual and/or auditory stimuli which are pulsed at the rate of various types of brain waves. The use of the method greatly lessens various symptoms of anxiety and depression, including one or more of pain, anxiety, depression, and problems sleeping.

An ear protector hook system for attaching to a band attached to a mask body and a cannula having two flexible tubes with nasal prongs therebetween. The system includes two ear protector hooks each comprised of a hook shaped structure constructed of four sections attached to each other end to end. A slot extending the length of the hook shaped structure extends from an outer surface of the hook shaped structure to a circular inner bore extending the length of the hook shaped structure to receive either the band attached to a mask body or the flexible tubes attached to the nasal prongs.