SBIR/STTR Research Award
A novel gel material for rapid, point-of-need tympanic membrane repair
Award amount
$249,963Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Health Agency
- Recipient company
- TYMPANOGEN, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2019-12-16
- Contract end date
- 2020-07-15
- UEI
- W8RKQ5AJK6G6
- Solicitation number
- 19.2
- Topic code
- DHA192-006
Research abstract
Tympanic membrane (TM) perforations are the most common blast injury sustained by active-duty service members. Though these perforations appear to be minor issues, they can lead to severe morbidities such as recurrent ear infection and hearing loss. Repai
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Clinical study to enable commercialization of nonsurgical gel patch for eardrum repair
- A gel patch for replacing surgical eardrum repair with an office-based procedure
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Innovative Solution to Tympanic Membrane Repair
- BioDRUM – A Bioinstructive, Degradable, and Ultra-Thin Membrane for the Improved Regeneration of Blast-induced Tympanic Membrane Perforations
- Innovative Solution to Tympanic Membrane Repair
Research funding history
3 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2023). Reported award amounts total $4,965,106. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense