Voyager Medical Research

Specialized Suture for Abdominal Wall Surgery

Health Tech & Life Sciences
Active
Seed Petah Tikva Founded 2015
Total raised
$1.5M
Last: Seed 2019-01
Stage
Seed
Founded
2015
Headcount
2
HQ
Petah Tikva
Sector
Health Tech & Life Sciences

About

Voyager Medical Research is developing proprietary polymers that are designed specifically to help prevent complications.

Its first product, Voyager Surgical Suture (VSS), addresses the post-surgical complication of Incisional Hernia that is effecting up to 20% of patients undergoing a Laparotomy, leading to 5.3% mortality.

ACE Surgical Suture, is a monofilament, absorbable surgical suture, intended for abdominal wall closure. The product is based on a co-polymer that was designed and validated in over 6 years of research at the Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University. ACE is composed of PPCA which is a unique co-polymer comprising Poly(Propylene Oxide) and Poly(Caprolactone) blocks, being chained extended with a diisocyanate (Hexamatheylene diisocyanate). Unlike competitor products that only provide 8 weeks of abdominal wall support, ACE offers as much as 5-6 months of support, enough to enable healing even for the most immune-suppressed patients.

Funding history · 1 round · $1.5M total

2019-01
Seed $1.5M

Sectors & technology

Primary sector
Health Tech & Life Sciences
Sub-sectors
Health Tech & Life SciencesPharma & Medical BiotechnologyBiomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Technologies
Materials & SubstancesPolymers
Target customers
Healthcare & Life SciencesHealthcareProviders
Business model
B2B

Highlights

1 PatentsVerified

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