Halifax-based Audioptics Medical, whose device can see through eardrums to study the middle ear, has received a $492,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and a $240,000 grant from the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program.
Audioptics has developed a system that can visualize and measure the structures of the middle ear through an intact eardrum. The device will help ear specialists diagnose illnesses in the middle ear and avoid exploratory surgery.
The new funding will go towards developing five prototypes of the Audioptics system, as