System and method for the simultaneous bilateral integrated tympanic drug delivery and guided treatment of target tissues within the ears

A method for treating a patient, the patient having a head with a first ear and a second ear, the method comprising:

• mounting a support system to the head of the patient so that the support system is aligned with a target tissue of the first ear;
• inserting a guide block within an ear canal of the patient, the guide block including a foam substructure attached to its distal end, the foam substructure holding a guide tube and an activating electrode and having formed therein a second tube;
• placing an iontophoresis electrode in the second tube;
• activating the activating electrode to cause the iontophoresis electrode to apply a therapeutic agent to the first ear by energizing the iontophoresis electrode supported by the support system prior to any remodeling of the patient's tympanic membrane;
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• inserting a tympanic membrane penetration and delivery device into the guide tube;
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• actuating tympanic membrane penetration and delivery device while the device is supported by the support system so that the device therapeutically remodels the target tissue of the first ear.