Tympany MedicalElizabeth McGloughlin, Tympany MedicalTympany Medical is a spin-out company from NUIG developing a novel endoscope which will revolutionise how ear surgeons operate.Tympany Medical is designing and developing a novel combined access and visualisation device which will enable ear surgeons to ‘see around the corners’ of the ear canal. This will allow surgeons to perform trans-canal ear surgery with a wide endoscopic view of the surgical site, thereby avoiding unnecessarily invasive surgery.For Patients it will:Enable true minimally invasive ear surgery, which can be performed under local anaestheticReduce mastoidectomies therefore maintaining mastoid function and associated benefitsFor Surgeons it will:Improve the surgeon’s view of the surgical siteCreate simple access to surgical site with imbedded retraction capabilitiesMaintain the current surgical technique (two-handed)Provide ergonomic benefits for surgeonsFor Hospitals:Shorter procedure times resulting in lower costs to healthcare systemReduce number of outpatient appointmentsOtoVuTM is an enabling and empowering technology that preserves the two-handed operating technique associated with the microscope. Tympany’s technology will provide a potential platform for diversification into parallel surgical markets. Previous Promoters Next