Related Party Transactions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	Note 9 — Related Party Transactions Effective October 2015, the Company entered into a three-year management services agreement through October 2018 with HCP/Advisors LLC, an affiliate of a director of the Company. Pursuant to the HCP/Advisors LLC agreement, such entity has agreed to provide the Company with certain management services, including without limitation identifying potential corporate opportunities, general business development, corporate development, corporate governance, marketing strategy, strategic development and planning, coordination with service providers, and other advisory services as may be mutually agreed upon. The Company has agreed to pay HCP/Advisors LLC an initial monthly fee of $35,000 commencing as of November 1, 2015, and thereafter, a monthly fee of $25,000 through October 31, 2018. Under this agreement, the Company incurred fees of $75,000 and $225,000 in each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, which are included in “General and administrative expenses” in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. Effective September 2016, the Company and HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC, an affiliate of certain directors and officers of the Company, entered into a management consulting agreement referred to as the “HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement”, which, as discussed below, expired on May 14, 2017. Under the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement, HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC had been engaged for an initial term of five months from September 14, 2016 to February 14, 2017, to provide various management consulting advisory services, including: to provide strategic business planning, to identify and assist with potential sources of financing arrangements, to promote the Company to various potential investors, and to provide strategic advisory services as reasonably requested by the Company. The HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement provided for an initial total fee of $110,000, with $30,000 paid upon execution of the agreement and four payments of $20,000 per month from October 2016 to January 2017. Subsequently, on February 17, 2017, the Company and HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC executed an extension of the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2017, extending the services from February 15 to May 14, 2017, and obligating the Company to make three payments of $20,000 per month in February, March, and April 2017. The Company did not further renew the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement after the May 14, 2017 expiration date. Previously, at December 31, 2016, the Company recognized a $10,000 estimated accrued expense liability for HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC asserted out-of-pocket expenses under the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement in effect as of December 31, 2016. Subsequently, at June 30, 2017, the Company reversed such $10,000 estimated accrued expense liability, as supporting documentation had not been provided by HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC. At June 30, 2017, the Company had made all contractually obligated payments to, and disclaimed any further payment obligations, under the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement. Separately, at June 30, 2017, the Company recognized a $10,000 accrued expense liability for a HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC vendor invoice dated June 30, 2017, with payment of such invoice in July 2017, for professional services fees related to separate discrete discussions between the Company’s management and HCFP /Strategy Advisors LLC, conducted between the period of May 15, 2017 to May 31, 2017 regarding corporate matters separate and apart from the previously expired HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement. The Company incurred expense of $0 and $80,000 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $30,000 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, under the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement and the HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC discrete invoice dated June 30, 2017, as noted above, which is included in “General and administrative expenses” in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. Effective September 2016, the Company also entered into a consulting agreement with Swartwood Hesse, Inc., an affiliate of HCFP/Strategy Advisors (which, as noted above, is an affiliate of certain directors and officers of the Company) (the “Swartwood Hesse Financial Advisory Agreement”). Under the Swartwood Hesse Financial Advisory Agreement, Swartwood Hesse Inc. was engaged for an initial term of five months to provide advisory services regarding potential financing arrangements, to assist the Company with its investors relations, and to provide other financial advisory services as reasonably requested by the Company. The Swartwood Hesse Financial Advisory Agreement provided for total fee payments to Swartwood Hesse of $15,000, which was previously paid and recognized as expense upon execution of the agreement. In January 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with Xzerta Trading LLC d/b/a HCFP/Capital Markets (“HCFP/Capital Markets”), an affiliate of certain directors and officers of the Company, wherein HCFP/Capital Markets was engaged to be the Company’s exclusive placement agent in an offering of securities (“the HCFP/Capital Markets Placement Agent Agreement”), including the Series A Preferred Stock Units private placement transaction. Under the HCFP /Capital Markets Placement Agent Agreement, HCFP/Capital Markets is paid a fee of 7.0% of the gross proceeds realized in the securities offering, plus reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket costs. The term of the HCFP/Capital Markets Placement Agent Agreement is from the January 2017 execution date to the completion or termination of any other potential transactions in conjunction with the Series A Preferred Stock Units private placement. The Company incurred $0 and $177,576 of fees paid to HCFP/Capital Markets in connection with the issuances of Series A Preferred Stock Units in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, which are included in “Loss on the issuance of preferred stock units” in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. Effective June 30, 2017, the Company and Michael J. Glennon, Vice Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, mutually agreed to terminate the consulting agreement between the Company and Mr. Glennon (the “Glennon Consulting Agreement”). Previously, effective October 1, 2016, the Company and Mr. Glennon entered into the Glennon Consulting Agreement, under which Mr. Glennon provided the Company with services and advice relating to the successful development and commercialization of medical device products. Effective as of December 31, 2016, Mr. Glennon and the Company entered into an agreement whereby Mr. Glennon waived his right to compensation under the Glennon Consulting Agreement for the year ended December 31, 2016, and, effective as of March 31, 2017, Mr. Glennon and the Company entered into a second agreement whereby Mr. Glennon further waived his right to compensation under the Glennon Consulting Agreement for the period January 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017. Effective November 2016, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Patrick Glennon, a related-party who is the brother of Michael J. Glennon, Vice Chairman and a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Patrick Glennon Consulting Agreement”). Under the terms of the Patrick Glennon Consulting Agreement, Mr. Patrick Glennon will provide consulting support and advice with respect to the development and commercialization of resorbable ear tubes. The sole compensation for such services is the issuance on November 28, 2016 of stock options to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price of $9.50 per share, and vesting ratably on a quarterly basis commencing December 31, 2016 through September 30, 2019.

Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Note 9 — Related Party Transactions

Effective October 2015, the Company entered into a three-year management services agreement through October 2018 with HCP/Advisors LLC, an affiliate of a director of the Company. Pursuant to the HCP/Advisors LLC agreement, such entity has agreed to provide the Company with certain management services, including without limitation identifying potential corporate opportunities, general business development, corporate development, corporate governance, marketing strategy, strategic development and planning, coordination with service providers, and other advisory services as may be mutually agreed upon. The Company has agreed to pay HCP/Advisors LLC an initial monthly fee of $35,000 commencing as of November 1, 2015, and thereafter, a monthly fee of $25,000 through October 31, 2018. Under this agreement, the Company incurred fees of $75,000 and $225,000 in each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, which are included in “General and administrative expenses” in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Effective September 2016, the Company and HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC, an affiliate of certain directors and officers of the Company, entered into a management consulting agreement referred to as the “HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement”, which, as discussed below, expired on May 14, 2017. Under the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement, HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC had been engaged for an initial term of five months from September 14, 2016 to February 14, 2017, to provide various management consulting advisory services, including: to provide strategic business planning, to identify and assist with potential sources of financing arrangements, to promote the Company to various potential investors, and to provide strategic advisory services as reasonably requested by the Company. The HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement provided for an initial total fee of $110,000, with $30,000 paid upon execution of the agreement and four payments of $20,000 per month from October 2016 to January 2017. Subsequently, on February 17, 2017, the Company and HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC executed an extension of the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement, effective as of February 15, 2017, extending the services from February 15 to May 14, 2017, and obligating the Company to make three payments of $20,000 per month in February, March, and April 2017. The Company did not further renew the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement after the May 14, 2017 expiration date. Previously, at December 31, 2016, the Company recognized a $10,000 estimated accrued expense liability for HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC asserted out-of-pocket expenses under the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement in effect as of December 31, 2016. Subsequently, at June 30, 2017, the Company reversed such $10,000 estimated accrued expense liability, as supporting documentation had not been provided by HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC. At June 30, 2017, the Company had made all contractually obligated payments to, and disclaimed any further payment obligations, under the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement.

Separately, at June 30, 2017, the Company recognized a $10,000 accrued expense liability for a HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC vendor invoice dated June 30, 2017, with payment of such invoice in July 2017, for professional services fees related to separate discrete discussions between the Company’s management and HCFP /Strategy Advisors LLC, conducted between the period of May 15, 2017 to May 31, 2017 regarding corporate matters separate and apart from the previously expired HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement.

The Company incurred expense of $0 and $80,000 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $30,000 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, under the HCFP Strategic Advisory Agreement and the HCFP/Strategy Advisors LLC discrete invoice dated June 30, 2017, as noted above, which is included in “General and administrative expenses” in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Effective September 2016, the Company also entered into a consulting agreement with Swartwood Hesse, Inc., an affiliate of HCFP/Strategy Advisors (which, as noted above, is an affiliate of certain directors and officers of the Company) (the “Swartwood Hesse Financial Advisory Agreement”). Under the Swartwood Hesse Financial Advisory Agreement, Swartwood Hesse Inc. was engaged for an initial term of five months to provide advisory services regarding potential financing arrangements, to assist the Company with its investors relations, and to provide other financial advisory services as reasonably requested by the Company. The Swartwood Hesse Financial Advisory Agreement provided for total fee payments to Swartwood Hesse of $15,000, which was previously paid and recognized as expense upon execution of the agreement.

In January 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with Xzerta Trading LLC d/b/a HCFP/Capital Markets (“HCFP/Capital Markets”), an affiliate of certain directors and officers of the Company, wherein HCFP/Capital Markets was engaged to be the Company’s exclusive placement agent in an offering of securities (“the HCFP/Capital Markets Placement Agent Agreement”), including the Series A Preferred Stock Units private placement transaction. Under the HCFP /Capital Markets Placement Agent Agreement, HCFP/Capital Markets is paid a fee of 7.0% of the gross proceeds realized in the securities offering, plus reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket costs. The term of the HCFP/Capital Markets Placement Agent Agreement is from the January 2017 execution date to the completion or termination of any other potential transactions in conjunction with the Series A Preferred Stock Units private placement. The Company incurred $0 and $177,576 of fees paid to HCFP/Capital Markets in connection with the issuances of Series A Preferred Stock Units in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, which are included in “Loss on the issuance of preferred stock units” in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Effective June 30, 2017, the Company and Michael J. Glennon, Vice Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, mutually agreed to terminate the consulting agreement between the Company and Mr. Glennon (the “Glennon Consulting Agreement”). Previously, effective October 1, 2016, the Company and Mr. Glennon entered into the Glennon Consulting Agreement, under which Mr. Glennon provided the Company with services and advice relating to the successful development and commercialization of medical device products. Effective as of December 31, 2016, Mr. Glennon and the Company entered into an agreement whereby Mr. Glennon waived his right to compensation under the Glennon Consulting Agreement for the year ended December 31, 2016, and, effective as of March 31, 2017, Mr. Glennon and the Company entered into a second agreement whereby Mr. Glennon further waived his right to compensation under the Glennon Consulting Agreement for the period January 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017.

Effective November 2016, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Patrick Glennon, a related-party who is the brother of Michael J. Glennon, Vice Chairman and a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Patrick Glennon Consulting Agreement”). Under the terms of the Patrick Glennon Consulting Agreement, Mr. Patrick Glennon will provide consulting support and advice with respect to the development and commercialization of resorbable ear tubes. The sole compensation for such services is the issuance on November 28, 2016 of stock options to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price of $9.50 per share, and vesting ratably on a quarterly basis commencing December 31, 2016 through September 30, 2019.