Resorbable devices for the Eustachian tube and middle ear.
AbsorbENT Medical is a medical device company founded by a practicing surgeon and a physician-scientist. We are developing resorbable devices that support the Eustachian tube, can deliver medication locally, and then resorb when their work is done.
Focus
Eustachian tube dysfunction
The Eustachian tube equalizes pressure behind the eardrum and drains the middle ear. When it fails to open properly, patients live with ear pressure, muffled hearing and repeated middle-ear problems. Minimally invasive procedures have opened new ways to treat the tube. We are working on what helps the tube keep working afterward.
Treat the tube itself
A device placed where the problem is, in the Eustachian tube, rather than only managing symptoms in the middle ear.
Supports, then resorbs
Made to support the tube for a defined period while it keeps working naturally, then resorb, so no second procedure is planned to remove it.
Built around the procedure
Designed by a practicing surgeon and a physician-scientist with placement, handling and the patient's anatomy in mind from the first prototype.
Devices
One resorbable platform
From a single resorbable polymer platform we are developing devices for the Eustachian tube and middle ear, led by a Eustachian tube stent that supports the tube during recovery. Each device can be made in a standard version or in a version designed to deliver medication locally.
Patent pending: US 2026/0315283 A1. Further details are shared with partners under confidentiality.
- Devices
- Eustachian tube stent · Middle-ear devices
- Options
- Standard · Medication-delivering
- Stage
- Stent: functional prototypes · Middle-ear devices: early development
- Material
- Medical-grade resorbable polymer
- Regulatory
- In development; not cleared or approved by the FDA
- IP
- Patent pending · US 2026/0315283 A1
Materials
Resorbable polymers with a long clinical history
Our devices are made from the same family of resorbable polyesters used for decades in absorbable sutures, orthopedic screws and sinus implants. In the body they break down gradually into compounds the body clears naturally.
Why it matters
- Designed to provide support over a period of weeks, then resorb.
- Resorption time can be tuned through the polymer grade and blend.
- The material can carry medication and release it locally.
- Parts are made in-house to fine tolerances, from prototype to small batch.
For researchers
Custom prototypes in resorbable polymers
We make small, fine-featured parts in resorbable medical polymers for our own devices. We are open to discussing custom prototypes for research groups and device teams working with similar materials.
- Thin-walled and fine-featured parts
- Small batches for bench and laboratory work
- Polymer and blend selection
Research prototypes are for laboratory use only, not for use in people. Projects are taken on by inquiry and under confidentiality.
Founders
A practicing surgeon and a physician-scientist
Practicing surgeon
Co-founder · President
Brings daily clinical and surgical experience to every design decision, from how a device is placed to how patients recover.
Physician-scientist
Co-founder · Vice President
Leads research and product development, from resorbable polymer formulation and fabrication to prototype testing.
Contact
Partners, clinicians and researchers
For partnership, clinical or research inquiries, send us a message and we will reply by email.