Aspisafe Solutions
Novel feeding tube system preventing patient malnutrition.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
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| Total Funding | 000k | ||
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Aspisafe Solutions Inc. is a medical device company founded in October 2017 by Dr. Talal Sharaiha, a physician who identified critical needs in patient care from his own experience. The company is focused on developing a portfolio of devices for the feeding and nutrition space in hospitalized patients, particularly those in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The company's product line aims to address complications such as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), malnutrition, and accidental feeding tube removal. Its flagship product is the Aspisafe NG+, a novel feeding tube designed with a dynamic balloon technology to prevent stomach reflux from entering the lungs. Another key product is the NG Guard, a securement device to prevent the accidental pull-out of nasogastric tubes. Aspisafe is also developing an intelligent nutrition management system called SAMMY, which uses indirect calorimetry to calculate a patient's real-time caloric needs and automatically adjusts feeding rates via an intelligent pump.
Aspisafe Solutions operates in the enteral feeding devices market, targeting hospitals and intensive care units. The business model involves selling these devices directly to hospitals, where the cost-benefit proposition is based on reducing the length of ICU stays, preventing costly complications like VAP, and improving nursing efficiency. The company's products are designed to be sold separately, allowing hospitals to adopt the feeding tubes manually or as part of the full nutrition management system. The founder, Dr. Talal Sharaiha, left his clinical career to pursue the venture full-time, motivated by the potential to significantly improve patient outcomes in a market segment he describes as having been ignored for decades.
Keywords: medical devices, enteral feeding, critical care, nutrition management, aspiration pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia, feeding tubes, ICU solutions, nasogastric tube, patient safety, hospital malnutrition, reflux prevention, medical technology, surgical supplies, patient monitoring, healthcare innovation, hospital cost reduction