The MelCap innovative system is based on a guided disposable ingestible autonomous wireless stimulating capsule with variable volume positioned in the human Gastrointestinal Tract (GI) and fixed at a targeted location by a magnetic system attached to the body [non-invasively].The capsule is wirelessly controlled from outside. Company applied for the IP protection, and recently got patent allowance from the US Patent Office, which claimed various designs of the capsule and the system.
2.1 billion people — about 30 per cent of the global population — are overweight or obese and that about 15 per cent of health-care costs in developed economies are driven by it.
The innovation is based on a guided, disposable, swallowable capsule positioned in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract (GI) and fixed by a magnetic system attached to the body [non-invasive]. The capsule is wirelessly controlled from outside.
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Josef More
Mr. Josef More ,Economics ,BA , Financing and Management,– seasonal entrepreneur, investor and founder of a number successful medical device companies, like NESS, belongs to Alfred Mann Foundation, and LIPOZOL ,(lipids for medical use);MEDIRAD- intracoronary radiation
Boris Voznesensky
Mr. Boris Vosnesensky, Electric Engineering Professional, having more than 20 years of experience in medical devices field, electronic engineering company owner, inventor and manufacturer of ELFcare™ electrotherapy device (http://www.mediseb.com)
Professor Abraham (Rami) Eliakim
Prof. Rami Eliakim, head of the Gastroenterology Division in the Sheba Medical Center and Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, having more than 30 years of experience in Gastroenterology field, ,a world leader and pioneer in the field of capsule endoscopy. He consulted GIVEN IMAGING,asquired recently by Medtronic and Coviden (NASDAQ: GIVN) in the development of the esophageal and colonic capsules.