An innovative device to support Politzer manoeuvre

Author

De Porcellinis, S. ; Setola, R. ; Casale, M. ; di Castelbianco, F.B. ; Salvinelli, F.

Author_Institution

Univ. CAMPUS Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

3500

Lastpage

3503

Abstract

Politzer manoeuvre causes retrograde inflation of the middle ear by forcing air through the Eustachian tube. It has been proposed as nonsurgical treatment of middle ear with effusion, Eustachian tube dysfunction and negative middle ear pressure from elevation changes. Even if Politzer manoeuvre can be considered a classical technique, it is generally performed without any feedback about its correctness neither about qualitative evidence about its efficacy. In this paper we describe an innovative device, named OtoFree, specifically designed to support medical doctors during Politzer manoeuvre. OtoFree provides information about the correctness of the manoeuvre and also useful hints about the treatments results.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; ear; effusion; patient treatment; Eustachian tube dysfunction; OtoFree device; Politzer manoeuvre; effusion; middle ear; nonsurgical treatment; Biomedical engineering; Ear; Feedback; Fingers; Medical treatment; Monitoring; Pathology; Rubber; Safety devices; Testing; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Feedback; Middle Ear Ventilation; Physical Stimulation; Pressure; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Therapy, Computer-Assisted;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353085

Filename

4353085