Rotterdam, 28 March 2024. This year Spatium Medical was attending Innovation for Health as last years winner of the startup pitch competition. The event was a great succes and very well organized by Hyphen Projects. The theme for this edition was Breaking Boundaries for a Sustainable Future in Healthcare. Spatium gathered the latest insights into the environmental impact of healthcare, regulations and opportunities to refurbish medical devices, design for repair, and to reduce critical materials.

Spatium presented their latest developments of the insufflator. The event was a great place to connect with innovators, entrepreneurs, scientists, policy makers, investors, thought leaders, experts and other key players from Health & Life Sciences. But equally important to catchup with our warm contacts to nurture our future collaborations.

Do we see you next year!?

Rotterdam, December 2024.

Since the 1990’s, the number of laparoscopic surgeries has been ever growing, drastically reducing patient recovery time. However, the use of pressurized CO2 gas to create workspace for the surgeon, is not without consequences. Spatium Medical provides a solution by bringing smart, personalized insufflation to the world of laparoscopy.

With funding from Human Plus, and with their expertise and network, Spatium Medical can develop its technology and build the business towards Series A investment.

“Together with Human Plus, we have been able to tap into a broad European network of experts and gather essential feedback on the technology, the unmet needs and how our product can address these challenges.” says Willem Mees van der Bijl, CEO of Spatium Medical.

Rotterdam, 5 and 6 April. Last Wednesday and Thursday we attended the 2023 Global Investor Forum and the Innovation for Health conference. It was a great event where we met many new people in the health innovation space. And we got to present ourselves to the audience through pitching and our fantastic booth with demonstrator.

It was wonderful to hear all the great feedback. And the icing on the cake, … Spatium took home the prize for best start-up pitch. The jury report said: “There was a lot of debate on who should win. It all came down to the bottom-line question: “Which company would I invest in today?” The jury was unanimous in answering this question: “Spatium Medical!”. A wonderful recognition.

Rotterdam, 28 March 2023. To create workspace and visibility during surgeries in the abdominal cavity, surgeons use an ‘insufflator’ that blows CO2 gas in the abdominal cavity. Insufflators currently work with a manually set pressure, which causes a risk of unnecessary high pressure. The Rotterdam startup Spatium Medical develops an innovative insufflator that personalizes and stabilizes the insufflation pressure: optimal pressure for every patient, while the workspace for the surgeon remains intact. This leads to less postoperative complications and potentially faster recovery. Together with Erasmus MC, proof-of-concepts fund UNIIQ invests a total of €350.000,- in the Rotterdam startup Spatium Medical. The investment was announced by alderman Simons.

Oegstgeest, 02 December 2022. During the Investors Forum 12 young companies had the opportunity to present their company to interesting partners and discuss their business strategy, technology direction and capital-raising plan. On stage of the 18th edition of the Dutch Life Sciences Conference, Spatium Medical became the proud winner of the Investors Forum Prize and was awarded a partnering ticket, national or international, with a total value of €2,500.

In minimal access surgery, the abdomen is inflated to create workspace for the surgeon. The device used for inflation is outdated, according to a team of doctors and technicians. How can they get a new, smarter version to the operating theatre?

Een veredelde fietspomp, zo noemt kinderchirurg John Vlot het apparaat dat gas in de buik blaast tijdens een kijkoperatie. Een team van artsen en techneuten van de afdeling kinderchirurgie zette hun frustratie om in daadkracht en ontwikkelde een nieuwe, slimme versie van het apparaat.