Insert headset to relieve discomfort in the ATM

摘要

Prosthesis (10) adapted to be inserted into an external ear canal (12) in an ear having a tragus (36), in order to treat discomfort in a joint between a mandible (46) and a corresponding temporal bone (44 ), where the ear canal (12) includes an isthmus (22), the prosthesis (10) comprising: a substantially rigid structural body (14) having a predefined shape which substantially conforms to the contour of a portion of the ear canal (12) which extends approximately between the entrance of the ear canal (12) and the isthmus when the jaw is in an open position, having the structural body (14) having a rigidity such that it does not deform compressibly upon introduction into the ear canal (12) or maxillae in the closed position, the structural body (14) hollow along its length to facilitate sound transmission, including the structural body (14) a proximal base (16) adapted for positioning near the entrance of the ear canal (12), further including the structural body (14) having a distal end portion (18) adapted to extend an effective distance inside the ear canal (12), the structural body (14) a curved groove (30) is a cut in a wall of the structural body (14) extending in a longitudinal direction away from a boundary edge the proximal base (16), the curved groove (30) a length dimension extending in the longitudinal direction of the structural body from the proximal base (14) toward the distal end portion (18) with the wall the prepared structural body (14) around the perimeter of the curved groove (30), the curved groove (30) for positioning behind the tragus of the ear being adapted.