Article: Use of a new device, the [MicroWick.sup.TM], to deliver medication to the inner ear.

Article: Sudden deafness secondary to a middle ear/inner ear ...
Ear, Nose and Throat Journal;  February 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... diving can damage the inner ear via the round window membrane, resulting in harm to inner ear elements, including ... means. If a middle ear/inner ear interaction is suspected ... exploratory tympanotomy and round window grafting will lead to ...

Article: Expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in rat ...
The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... otitis media is accompanied by inner ear disturbances that cause sensorineural ... of the otitis media on the inner ear, animal studies have been ... ear cavity pass through the round window membrane (RWM) and cause inner ear damage. Recently, a newly ...

Article: Extraneous round window membranes and plugs: ...
The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... diffuse through the round window membrane into the inner ear. We examined ... fibrous tissue, inner ear, iom"panic ... middle ear, round window membrane, tinnitus ... middle to the inner ear via the round window membrane (RWM ...

Article: Wick temporarily implanted in the ear helps in treatment of ...
Biomedical Materials;  June 1, 2000 ;     571 words ... ... medication directly to the inner ear has been developed by a ... eardrum. It rests on the round window membrane, which gives access to the inner ear. The patient can put the ... the membrane and into the inner ear fluids. Developed by Dr ...

Article: Maryland Inventor Develops Inner Ear Drug Delivery ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 5, 2008 ;     437 words ... ... Reisterstown, Md., has developed an inner ear drug delivering method. According to ... deliver therapeutic compositions to the inner ear of mammals via a variety of routes including the round window membrane, the semicircular canals ...

Article: Use of the malleus handle as a landmark for localizing the ...
Ear, Nose and Throat Journal;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... continuous inner ear perfusion to the round window with the Silverstein ... entry into the inner ear is through the round window membrane ... directly to the round window membrane. The ... Silverstein Micro Wick inner ear medication delivery ...

Article: Atrial natriuretic peptide receptor upregulation in the rat ...
The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... ANP-C) in the rat inner ear by measuring receptor upregulation after inner ear administration of ANPs ... injected with ANP via the round window. The animals were sacrificed ... ANP receptors in the inner ear can be upregulated after ...