Physician experiences

As a physician you want to provide a positive experience and effective care to your patients. The Tula System provides an opportunity to do both. Hear from other ENTs about their experiences with the Tula System.

Physician perspective

Our clinical investigators shared their perspectives on using the Tula System. Hear about their experiences with Tula including safety and effectiveness, in-office behavioral management, patient selection, and keys to success.

See what ENTs are saying:

“There’s hesitancy at any time you transition from an operative procedure to an office-based procedure, but what we’ve found is with proper instruction, proper patient identification, and proper technique, this procedure can be done safely and very efficiently in the office.”

D. Macy Vidrine, MD, FAAOA

“I really like the Tula System because it gives parents the option of getting their child’s ear tubes placed without a general anesthetic. From a parent’s perspective, this is an enormous advantage – less time off work and performed in an office setting. This technology represents a broader movement in our field towards patient-centered therapies.”

Lawrence R. Lustig, MD

“This personally hits home because my daughter had tubes when she was one year old, and we went to the operating room. I’m really excited that now we have the option to do that same procedure but in the office setting where a child wouldn’t have to be NPO, they could drink even during the procedure, and I think that’s a tremendous improvement in what we can do today.“

Ritvik Mehta, MD

Upcoming events

Clinical experience with in-office tympanostomy tubes with Tula

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Thursday, March 14th, 2024, 6 – 7 pm CST

On-line peer-to-peer roundtable meeting with Dr. Jordan Schramm, MD, MS, FAAP, FACS

Peak Pediatric Ear Nose & Throat Provo, UT

Learning objectives:

Identify how to optimize learning curve when implementing in-office ear tube placement with Tula.
List patient selection consideration for in-office ear tube placement with Tula.
Summarize behavioral management principles to optimize in-office ear tube placement with Tula.
Describe office workflow for the implementation of in-office ear tube placement with Tula.

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The Tula System is intended to create a myringotomy and insert a tympanostomy tube using the Tula Tube Delivery System in pediatric (aged 6 months and older) and adult patients indicated to receive tympanostomy tubes. The Tula System is used to deliver a tympanostomy tube under local anesthesia induced using the Tula Iontophoresis System and TYMBION, a combination of an amide local anesthetic and an alpha and beta-adrenergic agonist. Contraindications include certain abnormal ear anatomy, sensitivity/allergy to lidocaine or other local anesthetics, and reliance on electrically sensitive medical implants such as a pacemaker. Risks may include, but are not limited to, inadequate local anesthesia, dizziness, and common tympanostomy procedure risks. For full prescribing information, see the Tula IFU and TYMBION Drug Package Insert at www.tulatubes.com/IFU. Rx only.