Working prototypes of both devices exist today. A US provisional patent is filed, the regulatory path is a Class I registration, and prior patents in the space have lapsed. What EarArmor needs now is capital and commercialization expertise, and that's why this page exists.
Invented by the ENT surgeon who treats these conditions weekly, refined with Merge Medical Device Studio, and already used successfully on multiple patients in clinic. The design answers real clinical failure modes, not a market survey.
Every prior patent in the space is withdrawn or inactive. Current competitors sell rigid discs that cannot mold to ear contours. No ear plug on the market combines custom molding, water protection, and magnetic retention.
One material system, moldable EVA plus magnets, yields multiple products across treatment, prevention, and comfort, sold direct to providers and direct to consumers. A low-cost Class I pathway keeps time-to-market short.
Auricular hematoma risk concentrates in contact-sport athletes competing at high school varsity level and above: an estimated 20% of each population below. In studies, 96% of Finnish martial artists and 55.5% of high-level judo practitioners have experienced one. Girls' high school wrestling, the fastest-growing sport in the US, is expanding the market each season.
4.38M patients at $60 (affordable) to $120 (premium) per mold.
30% market share across US and Europe, 1.31M cases.
Ear tube placement is the most common surgery in the US: 700,000 procedures a year, each one a family needing reliable, child-sized water protection. Professionally molded plugs run $75–$500 per ear and are outgrown in a season. Our plug molds at home for a fraction of that.
In the ear plug category: silicone plugs are single-use and can break off in the canal; foam offers no water protection; Decibullz molds but is sound-only with no retention system; SurfEars is water-only and neither moldable nor magnetically attached.
EarArmor is early-stage, and we present it that way. The technical risk is largely behind us; the work ahead is production, registration, and distribution, which is exactly where the right partners change the slope of the curve.
License of the technology, or acquisition of the startup after initial sales, by an active market participant.
First drawing to working device in one month, tested across ferrous substrates.
CAD design and prototype iteration with Merge Medical Device Studio; US provisional patent application filed; funding support from Foundation Venture Capital Group.
Hematoma system in design finalization with successful use on multiple clinic patients; ear plug system in initial prototyping.
Estimated ~$30K and ~1 month for a Class I device.
Tooling, production, and go-to-market through provider and direct-to-consumer channels: the phase this raise funds.
Capital to fund manufacturing, tooling, FDA registration, and go-to-market for both product lines.
Medical device companies interested in developing, licensing, or acquiring the moldable magnet technology.
Manufacturing, distribution, and consumer medical device operators who have taken Class I products to market.
Technology, market analysis, SWOT, regulatory strategy, and the plan. The same deck we present in person.
Reach Dr. Solomon and the EarArmor team through the contact page, or email directly. Every serious inquiry gets a reply.
Non-invasive, custom-moldable devices for ear protection and repair. Founded by an ENT surgeon.