DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING FLUID TO AN EAR

• Main Authors: LLEWELLYN, MARK, HILL, MICHAEL JAMES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.03.2009
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

Device ( 10 ) for dispensing a pre-defined quantity of oil to an ear, comprising a nozzle ( 20 ) operably coupled to the vessel ( 12 ) containing oil ( 14 ), the nozzle ( 20 ) being adapted to be placed in the ear and capable of expelling the oil ( 14 ) from the vessel ( 12 ) when desired and permitting expulsion when the vessel ( 12 ) and/or device ( 10 ) is in a substantially upright or substantially inverted position. The present application also relates to a kit of parts for producing the device ( 10 ).