US Patent 7206639 Cochlear drug delivery system and method

Patent 7206639 was granted and assigned to Sarcos on April, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Sarcos

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

72066390

Date of Patent

April 17, 2007

Patent Application Number

103892510

Date Filed

March 14, 2003

Patent Citations Received

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US Patent 11963968 Treatment of hearing loss

Patent Primary Examiner

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George Manuel

Patent abstract

A drug administration system configured to administer a drug to a user's ear includes a housing, sized and shaped to substantially fit behind the user's ear, and configured to pump the drug in controlled amounts to the user's middle ear. A drug reservoir is disposed in the housing and includes a drug configured to treat an inner ear condition. A catheter is operatively coupled to the drug reservoir and is sized and shaped to extend from the drug administration unit into the user's middle ear.