Limaca Medical
Electro-mechanically Driven Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Biopsy
Startup Seed Health Tech & Life Sciences Est. 2017
🌐 WebsiteLinkedIn
Total Raised
$1.25M
Seed
Last Round
$1.25M
2 rounds
Investors
4
4 public
Team
3
1-10 employees
Confidence
90/100
News
9
articles
Patents
1
About
Limaca Medical is developing KORA, an electro-mechanically driven endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy product for improved diagnosis of gastrointestinal system tumors. KORA obtains higher-quality core tissue for superior histopathologic analysis, improved diagnostic accuracy, and better clinical outcomes. The companys initial focus will be on pancreatic tumors. Future markets in Limacas pipeline include liver and lung cancer. Limaca Medical is a Trendlines incubator company. In May 2022, the companys Precision-GI received Breakthrough Device designation from the FDA.
Classification
Sector
Health Tech & Life SciencesMedical DevicesDiagnostics Devices
Core Technology
Simulation & ImagingUltrasound
Target Customer
Healthcare & Life SciencesHealthcareProviders
Business Model
B2B
Tags
healthcare-providersminimally-invasivediagnosticspersonalizationcancerhospitalsultrasoundendoscopypersonalized-medicinemedical-technologiesprecision-medicinemedical-devicesgastroenterologybiopsy
Funding & Events
Nov 2020
Seed $1.25M
The Trendlines Group, Carl Rickenbaugh, Agriline, Undisclosed Investor(s)
Jan 2017
Undisclosed Round Undisclosed
The Trendlines Group
News (9)
Feb 18, 2025 · www.prnewswire.com
Limaca Medical Ltd. ("Limaca") has launched its Precision-GI™ endoscopic automated motorized EUS biopsy device in the US market....
Nov 7, 2024 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Limaca's Precision-GI™ Granted CMS Transitional Pass-Through (TPT) Payment
PartnersCustomers
May 15, 2024 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Limaca Medical Completes 24 EUS Pancreatic and Liver Biopsy Cases
Investment
Oct 6, 2022 · www.mpo-mag.com
growth-positive
FDA Grants Breakthrough Designation to Endoscopic Biopsy Device
Investment
May 16, 2022 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Limaca Medical and HekaBio Announce Japan Partnership
Partners
May 2, 2022 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Limaca Medical Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation
Investment
Dec 27, 2020 · www.timesofisrael.com
growth-positive
Drilling tissue for biopsies, startup eyes better tumor samples
CustomersInvestment
Nov 10, 2020 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Limaca Medical Raises $1.25 Million to Enhance Precision Medicine Through Improved Biopsies
Investment
May 16, 2019 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Limaca Medical Initiates First-in-Human Study of Biopsy Device for Improved Tumor Diagnosis
InvestmentExpand
Details
Product Stage
Released
Employees
1-10
Exact Count
9
Founded
2017
Registrar
515621746
Crunchbase
limaca-medical
Locations
Ein HaEmek, Israel
Links
Website
limaca-medical.com
LinkedIn
Profile
Admin
Last Update
Aug 31, 2024
Verified by
Vered Waxman
Missing
markets, not claimed
Team (3)
Carl Rickenbaugh
Chairman
Assaf Klein
Co-founder & CEO
Founder
Iyad Khamaysi
Co-founder & Medical Director
Founder
Internal
Created by
Yotam Maman (yotamm1988@gmail.com)
Created
2019-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
Last editor
Yanina Wainscheinker (yanina.wainscheinker@sncentral.org)
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