If you’ve ever gone to the doctor’s office to remove a wax plug, now you could do it at home.
Despite its shape resembling wireless headphones, the device that we are going to present to you next has nothing to do with sound, although perhaps it does indirectly. You will later understand this statement that seems meaningless, given that if we talk about the health carethere are, for example, apps to control sleep patterns, this innovation can mark a before and after.
Clean your ear at home like a healthcare professional
The SafKan Health company He is the one behind the development of the product that you can see in the video that we show you below these lines. The so-called OtoSet is a kind of over-ear headphonebut with the particularity that it does not allow the user to play sound, but clean the ears. Initially, the article is intended to be used by healthcare professionalsalthough the company ensures that it can also be used at home.
If you have ever had to go to the clinic to be remove a wax plug, you can get an idea of how the device works. Since we are talking about a ear canal cleaning system, when the sales set is purchased, it contains the necessary elements to clean it correctly, with liquids that will help remove accumulated dirt and others that will help eliminate excess water inside the ear. Of course, the cleaning processas you can see in the video is, at least, something disgusting. Well, after all we are removing earwax. There is nothing pleasant about it.
OtoSet® is the first automated #earcleaning device and is FDA-cleared. Discover more about #OtoSet and watch it in action. https://t.co/DWKn9RJkkE pic.twitter.com/6gYW3lkjTn
— OtoSet® by SafKan Health (@safkanhealth) April 11, 2023
This system, patented by SafKan Health, is based on the irrigation inside the earto later remove the wax that has detached from the cavity through a microsuction technology. The process is done by pressing a button and, in the United States, it has been approved its use by the Food and Drug Administration, who is responsible for giving the go-ahead to medical technologies. As indicated on the product website:
Earwax can cause hearing loss, discomfort, and even dizziness. OtoSet shoots water at the walls of the ear canal and sucks up debris at the same time. The treatment can take about 5 minutes and studies have managed to tackle even the most stagnant wax.