Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University.
Otol Neurotol. 2022 Feb 1;43(2):206-211. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003384.
Demonstrate the ability of a novel steerable distal chip endoscope to traverse the Eustachian tube and provide diagnostic quality images of the human middle ear.
Three cadaveric temporal bone specimens were used in this work.
Diagnostic transeustachian endoscopy of the middle ear was performed.
Diagnostic image quality.
A novel 1.62 mm steerable endoscope successfully cannulated the Eustachian tube of three human cadaveric temporal bone specimens to reveal intact middle ear anatomy with high optical clarity.
A steerable endoscope can be designed to traverse the human Eustachian tube and provide diagnostic quality images of middle ear anatomy.
展示新型可控式远端晶片内镜通过咽鼓管并提供人类中耳诊断质量图像的能力。
本研究使用了三个尸体颞骨标本。
对中耳进行诊断性经咽鼓管内镜检查。
诊断图像质量。
新型 1.62mm 可控内镜成功地在三个人类尸体颞骨标本的咽鼓管中进行了管腔操作,清晰地显示了完整的中耳解剖结构。
可操控的内镜可以设计用于通过人类咽鼓管,并提供诊断质量的中耳解剖图像。