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Inspira Goes Public To Develop Its Alternative To Mechanical Ventilation

 
• By Reed Miller

The Israeli company raised $16m to support its Augmented Respiration Technology, a novel approach for delivering oxygen directly into the venous system. The company expects to earn FDA clearance for first product by 2023.

Tree shaped lungs

Inspira Technologies believes its novel “artificial respiration” system will eventually be the new standard-of-care for stabilizing patients with respiratory failure who might otherwise require risky mechanical ventilation.

“Our goal is to provide a solution at early stage [for patients in respiratory failure], to prevent the long, expensive treatments with poor outcomes and high readmission [rates],” Joe Hayon,...

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