An earwax removal device may include a collector body in the shape of a helix. The collector body may have a lumen that accommodate a control line. The control line may have one end fixed to a distal tip of the helix, and a free end extending from an opening in the proximal end of the helix. The collector body may be removably mounted on the shaft of a handle assembly. The handle assembly may include an actuator mounted for pivot action on the shaft. The free end of the control line may be connectable to the actuator. The collector body and the handle assembly may be inserted into an ear speculum. The ear speculum may be screw coupled to the handle assembly to provide for controlled rotation and insertion of the collector body into an ear canal. The actuator may be pulled in a proximal direction to collapse the collector body and capture earwax that has been scraped from the ear canal.

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 cerumen removal apparatus for removing cerumen from an ear canal. The apparatus includes a body having a distal end and a proximal end interconnected by a main longitudinal axis; said distal end including a hollow collector head having at least one spiral vane or ridge projecting radially inward from an inner surface thereof and enclosing a lumen ending with an opening opened to said lumen for amassing said cerumen in said lumen via said opening; wherein said at least one spiral vane or ridge is adapted to guide the cerumen in a proximal direction into said hollow collector head when said hollow collector head rotates in the ear canal.

A finger sleeve for cleaning or drying the outer human ear.

Apparatus and method for treating or/and refreshing an ear canal of a subject, focused on cleaning the ear canal via removing cerumen therefrom. Apparatus includes a treating element formed as an elastic helically shaped coil strip, whose outer and inner surfaces may be coated (covered) by different possible combinations of outer layer, inner layer, and lubrication layer, coatings (coverings). The treating element outer and inner surfaces, as well as the outer layer, inner layer, or/and lubrication layer, are formed of, or/and include, materials exhibiting specific physicochemical properties and characteristics that facilitate particular friction and lubrication phenomena during implementation, which improve efficacy, safety, or/and tolerability of using the apparatus. Also disclosed is a method, including use of the apparatus, for treating or/and refreshing an ear canal of a subject.

A device (1) for cleaning the external auditory canal, which device (1) includes a guide sleeve (30), with a proximal outlet portion (31) for partial insertion into the auditory canal, and an instrumentation rod (10) that can be guided axially through the guide sleeve (30). At a proximal end region, the instrumentation rod (10) has a cleaner (20) with at least one circumferentially extending cleaning element (21) which is elastically expandable in a radial direction. An internal cross section of the proximal outlet portion (31) is smaller than an external cross section of the cleaning element (21) in a radially expanded state. The cleaning element (21) can be arranged inside the proximal outlet portion (31) in a radially compressed state in which the cleaning element (21) is bent in the distal direction towards the longitudinal axis of the instrumentation rod (10), such that the cleaning element (21), on emerging from the proximal outlet portion (31), straightens up in the proximal direction into the radially expanded state. A method for cleaning the external auditory canal using such a device (1) is also provided.

A disposable speculum for an otoscope provides an attached forward-facing pressure sensitive adhesive for adhering to and extracting foreign bodies from the ear canal. Attaching the pressure sensitive adhesive to the speculum permits improved control, visualization, and reduced contamination of the pressure sensitive adhesive.

An ear cleaning device (100) including a rod (102) configured to be held by a user and a plurality of fiber hooks (110) is disclosed. The rod includes a first end (104) and a second end (106) opposing the first end. The plurality of fiber hooks are disposed at the first end of the rod for insertion into the ear such that the fiber hooks are configured to grasp ear wax in the ear, and to hold the ear wax when the rod is removed out of the ear.

An ear cleaning device is provided for removing debris from an ear. In one form, the ear cleaning device includes a shaft, a head connected to the shaft, and a contiguous pocket structure of the head. The contiguous pocket structure includes a plurality of pockets that may be configured to receive debris. In another form, the ear cleaning device has a handle, a bulbous cleaner connected to the handle, and a solid inner core of the bulbous cleaner. The bulbous cleaner has two or more spaced, longitudinal walls disposed outward of the inner core that are configured to remove debris with turning of the ear cleaning device about a longitudinal axis of the device.