Preceptis Medical, a Plymouth, MN based med-tech firm, has its sights set on improving ear tube procedures for children. Its Tympanostomy Tube Introducer, designed and prototyped by Kablooe, is a device being tested to allow ear tubes to be done as an office procedure. Taking the process out of the operating room can help to avoid the risks to young children of general anesthesia as well as additional operating room expenses.
In last fall’s Minnesota Cup entrepreneurial competition, the Tympanostomy Tube Introducer device was the grand prize winner in the Life Science & Health IT category. Preceptis continues to test the device at several Twin Cities pediatric surgery centers, where they are seeing promising results.
