A startup company in the Virginia Bio+Tech Park in Richmond has moved one step closer to realizing a new medical treatment for eardrum repairs. Tympanogen recently was awarded a $1.48 million Small ...

A 3D-printed polymer-based implant that could be used to repair a damaged eardrum is entering commercial development. The PhonoGraft hearing-restoration technology was developed by researchers at ...

A burst eardrum — like a stubbed toe — is a common injury. Although ruptures can cause pain and hearing loss, most will heal naturally. For those that don’t, however, the only option is specialist ...

Tympanogen, a medical device startup based at the VA Bio+Tech Park in Richmond, VA, was awarded a $1.48 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute on Deafness ...

It's the bane of rock stars, concertgoers, soldiers on the front lines and folks who insist on using cotton swabs: a ruptured eardrum. Painful and time-consuming, eardrum repairs often require surgery ...

A Richmond startup company has received a Defense Department contract to test a gel patch for eardrum repair in field settings to treat military service members. Tympanogen was awarded nearly $250,000 ...

“By making eardrum repair faster, easier, and more accessible at the time of injury, we can prevent the complications that lead to this disability for tens of thousands of service members,” said ...