University of Iowa startup and medical device developer iotaMotion Inc. has raised $2 million in a seed financing round to fuel the development of novel robotic systems for cochlear implantation surgery. The company says its technology, based on research within the UI Carver College of Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology, will enable surgeons to achieve more precise, individualized solutions...

Eric Timko, formerly of Blue Belt Technologies, has joined University of Iowa spinout company iotaMotion as executive chair, effective Sept. 1. The news comes on the heels of iotaMotion’s winning a highly competitive, $225,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research grant to further develop its implantable robotic-assistive surgical system for improving cochlear...

Cochlear implants have revolutionized the treatment of hearing loss, but more than 50 percent of implant recipients experience additional hearing deterioration after initial hearing preservation surgery.