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Detection of tympanic membrane movement using film patch with integrated strain gauge, assessed by optical coherence tomography: experimental study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2011

T Just ,
T Zehlicke ,
O Specht ,
W Sass ,
C Punke ,
W Schmidt ,
E Lankenau ,
D Behrend  and
H W Pau
T Just*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany
T Zehlicke
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Military Hospital, Hamburg, Germany
O Specht
Affiliation:
Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Germany
W Sass
Affiliation:
Institute of Microsystem Technology, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
C Punke
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany
W Schmidt
Affiliation:
Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Germany
E Lankenau
Affiliation:
Institute for Biomedical Optics, University of Lübeck, Germany
D Behrend
Affiliation:
Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Germany
H W Pau
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Tino Just, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Rostock, Doberaner Str 137–139, D-18057 Rostock, Germany Fax: +49 381 494 8302 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Objective:

We report an ex vivo and in vivo experimental study of a device designed to measure tympanic membrane movement under normal and pathological conditions, assessed using optical coherence tomography.

Materials and methods:

We designed two types of flexible, round film patch with integrated strain gauge, to be attached to the tympanic membrane in order to measure tympanic membrane movement. Tympanic membrane attachment was assessed using optical coherence tomography. The devices were tested experimentally using an ex vivo model with varying middle-ear pressure.

Results:

Optical coherence tomography reliably assessed attachment of the film patch to the tympanic membrane, before and after middle-ear pressure changes. Strain gauge voltage changes were directly proportional to middle-ear pressure recordings, for low pressure changes. Tympanic membrane perforations smaller than 2 mm could be sealed off with the film patch.

Conclusion:

Attachment of the film patch with integrated strain gauge to the tympanic membrane was not ideal. Nevertheless, the strain gauge was able to precisely detect small pressure changes within the middle ear, in this experimental model.

Keywords

Ear, MiddleTympanic MembraneMechanicsTomography, Optical
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 125 , Issue 5 , May 2011 , pp. 467 - 473
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2011

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