Artificial Larynx Nears Trial Stage
From: Medical Device Link - 04/27/2009

A French company is designing an innovative artificial larynx made of porous
titanium and is preparing for its first in man trial. ProTip SAS, based in
Strasbourg, has just raised $1 million euros in funding from angel investors
and entrepreneurs. The financing will go toward finishing the development of
the artificial larynx and the trial. According to the company, the implant is
a breakthrough product, because there's no such prosthesis available today.
So far, ProTip has validated the biocompatibility and cell colonization of
the porous titanium used in the implant. It also recently started marketing a
thyroplasty prosthesis for laryngeal surgery and is in the final design phase
of its phonatory implant. In addition to throat applications, ProTip is
developing porous titanium implants and prosthesis for the ear and nose.  

From:
http://www.devicelink.com/mddi/blog/?p=1161

Links:
ProTip SAS
http://www.protipmedical.com/

Video (in French)
http://www.protipmedical.fr/515.html