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Munich, 27th January 2022 – ADVITOS grows by new competences and capacities in three positions
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ADVITOS enjoys a well-earned reputation in the field of medical technology on the back of its self-developed ADVOS procedure – the 4-in-1 organ support for the treatment of multi-organ failure. The special properties along with the USPs of the ADVanced Organ Support (ADVOS) have been well received by its users in the medical community. The Munich-based scale-up has particularly enjoyed a healthy growth coupled with regular personnel acquisitions within the last decade. At the transition of 2021/2022, the team of experts in the field of multi-organ support is expanding once again. With three new additions in the medical management and sales and product management, ADVITOS continues on its path to further growth.
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Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Tobias Bingold has already taken up his position as Medical Director at ADVITOS in December 2021. At the beginning of 2022, the new Sales Director for the DACH region, Michael Spindeldreher, and the Product Manager, Thomas Lange, have also stepped into their roles. As of January 2022, the interdisciplinary team now comprises around 60 international specialists.
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Medical Director – Important Interface and Organization of Clinical Studies
The position of the Medical Director is staffed by Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Tobias Bingold with his long-standing clinical experience, sound technical expertise and versatile competencies. The future development of ADVITOS finds invaluable assets with this key role and the expertise of Bingold.
As Medical Director, Bingold forms a crucial interface between ADVITOS and the physicians in the hospitals. The focus of his activities lies on the planning and coordination of clinical studies. With Bingold, ADVITOS has gained more than 30 years of practical experience and solution-oriented expertise.
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Tobias Bingold brings Clinical Experience and Subject Matter Expertise to the Table
As a link between the company and the hospitals and physicians, Bingold is likely to benefit from various stations in his career. As Managing Senior Physician for Intensive Care Medicine at Frankfurt University Hospital and as Clinic Director of the Clinic for Interdisciplinary Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care at Helios Kliniken Wiesbaden (HSK) alone, Bingold can look back on more than ten years of experience in the medical management.
The professional proximity to the core competence of ADVITOS, as well as to the field of application of the ADVOS procedure has also been provided. In addition to his various roles in anesthesiology, intensive care medicine and pain therapy, Bingold’s range of qualifications also includes a focus on infectious diseases. His multifaceted commitment is also reflected in his contribution to various medical publications, and in his membership in medical specialty societies.
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New Director in DACH Sales
In the beginning of January, Michael Spindeldreher has also joined ADVITOS as Sales Director DACH. Spindeldreher takes up the sales activities entrusted to him in Germany, Austria and Switzerland not only with great experience and profound knowledge, but also out of genuine conviction and enthusiasm for the ADVOS therapy.
Spindeldreher brings more than 15 years of professional experience to his new sales role, including former positions in customer service management, product management and international sales. His most recent role was that of Director of Sales at The Surgical Company since 2017. Here he succeeded to build a field sales team, and help the company become a market leader. Spindeldreher had already been eyeing the ADVITOS developmental endeavours with interest since 2019. He is convinced of the trend-setting idea, the innovative power, and effectiveness of the ADVOS therapy, and would like to actively contribute to its commercialization using his expertise from now on.
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Additional personnel also in sales, marketing, and product positioning
The position of the new product manager has been filled by Thomas Lange since the beginning of January. With almost 30 years of practical experience and distinct competence in the field of medical technology, Lange’s ambition is to significantly expand the market share of the ADVOS therapy. Core competencies in sales and product management make Lange the ideal candidate for his position at ADVITOS, where he will be responsible for market-specific sales strategies, product-specific marketing plans and product positioning, amongst other things.
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This latest staff expansion by three established experts is a further sign of the determined course of ambition-fueled growth of ADVITOS. In 2022 and in the subsequent future, the company is looking forward to decisive developments in the market for medical products, which it intends to meet with motivation and drive, with expanded capacities and a high level of confidence. Tobias Bingold, Michael Spindeldreher, and Thomas Lange are convinced of the potential and effectiveness of the ADVOS therapy. As specialists experienced in medical technology, they are looking forward to making a sustainable contribution to its development and establishment.
On 7 October, we are one of the 15 finalists taking the stage in Lisbon to pitch our project for a chance to win one of the many prizes of the Social Innovation Tournament (SIT)!
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The SIT is a European Investment Bank Institute competition that rewards European entrepreneurs aiming to generate social or environmental impact with projects implemented in Europe.
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Audience can vote for three favourite projects.
Register now to attend the Final in Lisbon on 7 October or watch the livestreaming www.sit2021.org
Munich, 11th August 2021 – New blood purification procedure ADVOS rapidly normalizes acid-base imbalance, a major contributor to mortality in COVID-19 patients
Impaired oxygenation is the most common clinical presentation in COVID-19 patients, however, some of them also develop problems with carbon dioxide removal. This contributes to acid-base imbalance, one of the strongest risk factors for critically ill patients.
ADVOS procedure supports main organs of acid-base balance
The mortality rate of COVID-19 patients with multi-organ failure is high, especially when the main detoxification organs of liver, lung and kidney have limited function. These three organs are also the main organs to maintain acid-base balance in the physiological range.
The ADVOS (ADVanced Organ Support) procedure takes a new approach. It is the world’s first blood purification procedure for combined multi-organ support of the liver, lungs, kidneys, and acid-base balance – in other words, a 4-in-1 therapy. Through the direct acid removal of the ADVOS procedure, all three organs can be directly supported for the normalization of the acid-base balance.
Study shows therapy success
In a new study conducted by the II Medical Clinic of the Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich, the focus was on the ability of the ADVOS procedure to support the role of the lungs in acid-base balance. The aim of the study was to evaluate the ADVOS system as a treatment option in predominantly elderly COVID-19 patients with multiple organ failure and problems with carbon dioxide removal.
For the patients in the study, rapid correction of acid-base balance and continuous carbon dioxide removal were achieved during ADVOS treatments. In addition, a significant normalization of blood pH was realized after the first ADVOS treatment.
Over the treatment period, it was thus possible to rapidly normalize one of the strongest risk factors for increased mortality in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure.
The study thus demonstrates that the ADVOS therapy can positively impact the treatment of critically ill COVID-19 patients.
If you would like to read the entire study, please visit Extracorporeal carbon dioxide Removal (ECCO2R) with the Advanced Organ Support (ADVOS) system in critically ill COVID‐19 patients – Allescher – – Artificial Organs – Wiley Online Library
Munich, 13th July 2021 – The city of Munich has awarded the “LaMonachia” prize for the third time. The business award for women honors successful female managers and entrepreneurs from Munich.
Due to the pandemic, the award ceremony had to be cancelled last year, so in 2021 four instead of two award winners were honored. Mayor Katrin Habenschaden presented the award to the female entrepreneurs: “I am very pleased about the many applicants and thank them on behalf of the city of Munich. With their business ideas, their innovative strength and above all their tireless entrepreneurial commitment, they enrich Munich as a business location. As economically successful women, they are important role models.”
One of this year’s award winners is Catherine Schreiber, Deputy Managing Director of ADVITOS GmbH. Together with company founder PD Dr. Bernhard Kreymann and her team, the engineering graduate has launched the world’s only 4-in-1 organ support therapy, which supports the liver, lungs and kidneys as well as corrects the acid-base balance.
“What a great honor and pleasure to be among the four 2021 awardees and to receive this award. I also owe this award to the great ADVITOS team and company founder Bernhard Kreymann – together we create something truly unique and overcome every challenge.”
The winners also include Rosie Schuster, founder and CEO of Techcast GmbH, Yao Wen, co-founder and CEO CIP Group and Katja Zukic, managing partner of Gustav van Treeck Werkstätten für Mosaik und Glasmalerei GmbH.
The jury, which included representatives from Munich’s city council, business community and chambers of commerce, selected the winners from 56 applications. The decision criteria were economic success, innovation, and commitment. Clemens Baumgärtner, Head of the Department of Labor and Economics: “The candidates were all inspiring and successful, whether in their own companies or as employed managers. They create jobs in predominantly medium-sized companies and a wide variety of industries. Munich has women power and we are proud to be able to show that with LaMonachia.”
LaMonachia is the Latin name and allegory of the female Munich, which is depicted in two large paintings in Munich City Hall. The symbol for the LaMonachia business award is the lioness – an international symbol of strength, serenity, and natural authority.
The award ceremony can be viewed on the YouTube channel of the Department of Labor and Economic Affairs at https://youtu.be/7CwjfpvtBSQ or at www.muenchen.de/lamonachia.
Department of Labor and Economics, 13.07.2021 La Monachia Award
Ceremony at the Deutsches Theater Photo: Marion Vogel
Munich / Paris / Frankfurt am Main, June 10, 2021
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ADVITOS GmbH (“ADVITOS”), a Munich-based medical technology company, today announced the completion of a EUR 20 million financing round. The financing round was led by Crédit Mutuel Equity via its two subsidiaries Crédit Mutuel Equity Germany and Crédit Mutuel Innovation. In addition, ADVITOS received funding from the European Union’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund as part of the EIC Accelerator Pilot blended finance program.
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ADVITOS developed and markets the ADVOS multi-device (ADVanced Organ Support) to provide an integrated 4-in-1 multi-organ support therapy that enables simultaneous support of all three main detoxification organs – liver, lungs and kidney – and corrects blood acid-base imbalances. Pilot trials in critically ill patients have shown that this therapy increased survival in severe organ failure from 20% up to 50%.
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Multi-organ failure causes the deaths of approximately half a million intensive care patients in Western Europe and the USA every year. This is about 60 percent of all deaths in intensive care units. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this number has increased to around 750,000 patients in the past year. On the other hand, conventional extracorporeal procedures such as mechanical ventilation, ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), dialysis and liver-assist therapy only support the function of one or two organs. By treating all three organs simultaneously, and not consecutively like with existing solutions, it is a holistic approach giving the patients a much better chance to recover. The ADVOS therapy is CE marked, recognized by international experts, and is already in use in the intensive care units of over 20 hospitals throughout Germany, including a number of leading university hospitals.
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ADVITOS developed key proprietary components of the ADVOS therapy and the ADVOS multi-device on its own and holds several patents related to technology and process features. With the current financing round, the company intends to further increase medical evidence through clinical trials, expand its commercialization internationally and to add additional therapy features to increase ease of use of the ADVOS multi.
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ADVITOS was founded in 2005 by nephrologist Bernhard Kreymann, M.D., who is also the inventor of the ADVOS therapy. ADVITOS began as a start-up in a research laboratory in Garching near Munich. Catherine Schreiber complemented Bernhard Kreymann with her business and engineering background. Together they developed ADVITOS over the years with the help of several financing rounds with the participation of private investors, the KfW banking group and employees. The company presently employs 55 people. It has received numerous awards, including the 2020 Innovation Award Bavaria, and is listed in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards 2019.
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Bernhard Kreymann, founder and CEO of ADVITOS, said: “This financing round is a major step in the further development of ADVITOS. It will enable us to grow much faster in the future and to embark on several major development projects in both research & development and sales & marketing. Together with our new financing partners, we are also gaining an incredibly diverse set of competencies and expertise to support these projects and open new doors for ADVITOS.”
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Delphine Cardi, PhD, Investment Director at Crédit Mutuel Innovation in Paris, added: “With this round of financing, we are extremely pleased to support not only an economically promising company but above all to improve the medical care of critically ill patients.”
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Sébastien Neiss, Managing Director of Crédit Mutuel Equity in Germany, further comments: “It was important to us to make a sustainable contribution to the future of the company and its mission. To this end, ADVITOS not only receives venture capital from our colleagues at Crédit Mutuel Innovation in France, the EIC Fund and other co-investors. Through the participation of Crédit Mutuel Equity, we will also support the international development of ADVITOS by making available long-term growth capital that is not dependent on predefined time horizons. This will enable us to adapt to the growth dynamics of the company and, if required, enables us to reinvest in case of changes in the shareholder structure or future growth projects.”
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Laura González-Estéfani, EIC Fund Investment Committee member, said: “We are delighted to announce that the EIC Fund is supporting ADVITOS in this successful financial round. This allows this highly innovative company to further develop their product and bring it closer to the market”.
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Mathias Klingler, chairman of the supervisory board of ADVITOS and authorized representative of the main private investor, sees the financing round as a great opportunity to use the unique therapy from ADVITOS internationally for the further benefit of patients and thus save lives.
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About Crédit Mutuel Equity
Crédit Mutuel Equity (formerly CIC Capital) is the private equity subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale and carries out venture capital, growth capital and buyout activities.
Crédit Mutuel Equity supports business leaders at all stages of their companies’ development, from seed phase to buyout, by providing them with the means and the time required to implement their transformational projects. Crédit Mutuel Equity brings together a network of over 350 business leaders and entrepreneurs who share similar convictions and can benefit from one another’s experience, no matter the nature of their projects. Using its own funds (€3.0 billion), Crédit Mutuel Equity makes investments tailored to the time horizons and growth strategies of the companies in which it invests, whether in France, Canada, the United States, Germany or Switzerland.
For more information, see www.creditmutuel-equity.eu
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About Crédit Mutuel Innovation
Crédit Mutuel Innovation is the venture capital subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel Equity. Its objective is to invest in companies developing promising technologies. Crédit Mutuel Innovation selects companies with strong growth potential in dynamic sectors such as information technology, telecommunications, electronics, life sciences, new materials and environment. For more than 15 years, Crédit Mutuel Innovation has invested – and often reinvested – its own capital to support innovative companies all along their development. Crédit Mutuel Innovation’s policy is to provide long-term equity support to innovative startups to streamline their chances of success.
For more information, see www.creditmutuel-equity.eu
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About Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale
One of France’s leading bank insurers, operating through nearly 4,300 branches serving 26.7 million customers, Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale offers a diversified range of services to a wide range of customers, from private individuals and local professionals to businesses of all sizes.
One of Europe’s strongest banking groups, its shareholders’ equity amounted to €49.6 billion and its CET1 ratio was 17.8% at 30 December 2020.
Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale is made up of the following Crédit Mutuel federations: Centre Est Europe (Strasbourg), Sud-Est (Lyon), Ile-de-France (Paris), Savoie-Mont Blanc (Annecy), Midi-Atlantique (Toulouse), Loire-Atlantique et Centre-Ouest (Nantes), Centre (Orléans), Normandie (Caen), Dauphiné-Vivarais (Valence), Méditerranéen (Marseille), Anjou (Angers), Massif Central (Clermont-Ferrand) and Antilles-Guyane (Fort-de-France).
Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale also encompasses Caisse Fédérale de Crédit Mutuel, Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) and all its subsidiaries, including CIC, Euro-Information, Assurances du Crédit Mutuel (ACM), Targobank, Cofidis Group, Banque Européenne du Crédit Mutuel (BECM), Banque de Luxembourg, Banque Transatlantique and Homiris.
For more information, see www.creditmutuelalliancefederale.fr
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About the European Innovation Council Fund
Established in June 2020, the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund) is a breakthrough initiative of the European Commission to make direct equity and quasi-equity investments (between €500.000 and €15 million) in European high impact and deep tech start-ups and scale ups. The EIC Fund provides patient capital and invests in companies from any sector, across all EU countries and countries associated to Horizon 2020.
The Fund pays particular attention to empower and support female founders as well as contributing to reduce the innovation divide among EU countries.
The EIC Fund aims to fill a critical financing gap and its main purpose is not to maximize financial investment returns, but to have a high impact by accompanying companies with and disruptive technologies in their growth. Its objective is to crowd in market players, further sharing risks by building a large network of capital providers and strategic partners suitable for co-investments and follow on funding.
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About EIT Digital Accelerator
EIT Digital Accelerator supports international growth of European digital tech scaleups by helping them raise venture capital and access new markets. Since 2012, EIT Digital Accelerator’s team of venture financing and business experts has been working with 300+ companies across Europe who collectively raised over €1 billion in investment.
www.eitdigital.eu/accelerator/
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About ADVITOS
ADVITOS developed the CE-marked and globally patented ADVOS technology (ADVanced Organ Support) – the only therapy worldwide offering multi-organ support integrated in one single device. The ADVOS therapy improves survival of ICU patients by simultaneously supporting all three main detoxification organs: the liver, the lung, and the kidney. The solution allows fluid-based elimination of: water-soluble toxins (kidney), protein-bound toxins (liver and kidney), and CO2 (lungs). In addition, the ADVOS therapy enables treatment of acid-base disbalances through patient-individual correction of the blood pH value. The ADVOS therapy is used in intensive care units at 20 leading hospitals throughout Germany and is on its way to entering the international market. ADVITOS receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
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Participants in the transaction
Finance & Tax-Advisory: Eight Advisory (Marc Niclas, Jan-Ole Burchert, Manuel Wahl)
EIT Digital Accelerator (Daniel Michel)
Legal: Goodwin Procter LLP (Gregor Klenk, Joana Pamukova), Implid Legal (Benoît Lespinasse)
Heussen Rechtsanwaltgesellschaft mnH (Cornelia Weber; Gerhard Pischel), Field Fischer (Andreas Driver),
CMS (Henrik Drinkuth; Arian Nazari-Khanachayi, Frederike Volkmann), Oppenhoff (Johannes Janning)
IP: Franck Tetaz Intellectual Property, Graf von Stosch Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
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Press Contacts
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ADVITOS
Josephin Letsch
Tel. +49 (0) 170 45 83 38 3 // +49 (0) 89 4111842-27
E-Mail: marketing@advitos.com
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Credit Mutuel Equity – Credit Mutuel Innovation
Charles Barker
Georg Schattney/Jan P. Sefrin
Tel. +49 (0)69 79 40 90-44/26
E-Mail: cmequity@charlesbarker.de
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Munich, 14th May 2021 – ADVITOS GmbH has been selected by the EIB Institute as one of the 15 best social entrepreneurs out of 280 applicants from 28 countries in Europe
The European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute supports higher education and research and has launched the Social Innovation Tournament, which promotes innovative ideas and rewards initiatives that contribute to social, ethical or environmental impact.
The final round of the 2021 Social Innovation Tournament included 15 applications from Denmark, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. They were selected from 280 applications from 28 countries.
A selection committee composed mainly of EIB Group experts in innovation, environment and other relevant disciplines also selected Munich-based ADVITOS GmbH with its innovative 4-in-1 organ support therapy into the top 15 in Europe. The ADVOS therapy (ADVanced Organ Support) is the only therapy worldwide that supports all 3 main detoxification organs (liver, lung, kidney) simultaneously with only one device as well as corrects the acid-base balance in the blood.
Deputy CEO of ADVITOS GmbH Catherine Schreiber is very happy about the recognition: “Being one of the 15 finalists of the Social Innovation Tournament 2021 is a great honor and opportunity for us. The selected projects show a great range of important social innovations. We are especially looking forward to the EIB Institute’s high quality mentoring and expert network as well.”
On 07 October 2021, the final of the Social Innovation Tournament 2021 will take place in front of a jury of social innovation experts from academia and business in Lisbon. Until then, finalists will participate in a tailored training program to help them prepare for the final pitching competition. More information about the Social Innovation Tournament and the 15 finalists 2021 can be found here: https://institute.eib.org/2021/05/sit-2021-europes-15-best-social-entrepreneurs-selected-2/
Munich, 24th November 2020 – The Munich-based medical technology company was selected from 189 nominations by an independent jury and won the 1st main prize
The Bavarian Innovation Award is a joint initiative of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Association of Bavarian Chambers of Industry and Commerce and the Association of Bavarian Chambers of Trade. Since 2012 it has been awarded every two years to Bavarian companies in recognition of outstanding innovative products, processes and technology-oriented services.
Bavaria’s Secretary of Economic Affairs, Roland Weigert, awarded the prize to ADVITOS at the virtual event on November 23, 2020. “In intensive care units, 60 % of patients die of multiple organ failure. There is a technology from Upper Bavaria that will save lives here. For the first time in the world, it has been possible to combine multiorgan support of the liver, lungs and kidneys and the direct correction of the blood pH in a single device. This is so outstanding that the ADVITOS is being honored”.
ADVITOS, which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 880349, is based in the Munich Technology Centre (MTZ), which focuses on supporting and maintaining technology and innovation-oriented companies and promoting start-ups in the region. From there the 55 employees develop, produce and market the innovative ADVOS procedure for the treatment of multiorgan failure.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Kreymann, founder of ADVITOS and himself a nephrologist, emphasises that it is not enough to simply have an idea. “You can have an idea, but its implementation is all the more important. That is why this prize is a huge acknowledgement for the entire team, who put a lot of hard work into our product”. Kreymann further emphasizes that especially in times of COVID-19 it is important to relieve the nursing and medical staff in the hospitals. The ADVOS procedure can make this possible and is already being used to treat COVID-19 patients.
Munich, 28th September 2020 – Patients with severe multiple organ failure due to COVID-19 have been treated with the ADVOS (ADVanced Organ Support) device at the Munich University Hospital rechts der Isar and a first case has been reported in detail. The team around Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Huber consider a multiple organ support with low invasiveness a promising approach for severely ill patients with organ dysfunction.
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Patients with severe COVID-19 develop lung failure and require oxygenation, which is often managed in Intensive Care Units. In addition, further complications include Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), hemodynamic disbalance and shock. The subsequent multi organ dysfunction and failure is the main cause of death in coronavirus infections.
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The multidisciplinary team around Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Huber report on their first case of severe COVID-19 that has been treated using the ADVOS (ADVanced Organ Support) therapy. In addition to applicable medical care the patient was treated with the ADVOS multi device – providing a multi organ support therapy based on blood purification for liver, lungs and kidneys and rapid correction of acid-base balance disorders, including CO2 removal.
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During the continuous treatment using the ADVOS therapy the patient showed a noticeable improvement of the circulatory parameters, which led the team at the University Hospital rechts der Isar to conclude that less invasive approaches, like the ADVOS therapy, might be a viable treatment option for old-age-COVID-19 patients with multi organ failure.(1)
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. med Bernhard Kreymann, founder and CEO of ADVITOS, which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 880349, and his team are working closely with the hospitals using the ADVOS therapy. “By working together, we can ensure that the benefits of the ADVOS therapy are maximized when treating patients. We have recently improved the therapy to remove even more CO2 from the blood and therefore buy these patients more time to treat superinfections and the coronavirus itself.”
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Similar results have been reported by Prof. Dr. med. Valentin Fuhrmann et. al. in their case series with 34 critically ill patients with multi organ failure.(2) In these cases, the ADVOS multi device was able to correct acidosis (low blood pH), remove CO2 from the blood and eliminate water-soluble and protein-bound substances significantly. As a result, a lower mortality rate than expected could be observed in multi organ failure patients treated with the ADVOS multi.
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The ADVOS therapy is designed to address the consequences of different failing organs at once by means of blood purification. As such it provides patient fluid management, renal replacement, liver and lung support in one set up. Especially the removal of CO2 from the patient’s blood and the direct blood pH correction are likely to be of benefit for patients with respiratory failure and acidosis.
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(1) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0391398820961781 
(2) https://annalsofintensivecare.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13613-020-00714-3
Munich, 30th June 2020 – ADVITOS, which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 880349, is one of 36 companies to receive funding from the European Innovation Council to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
In March 2020, the European Innovation Council (EIC) launched an urgent call for innovative companies to apply for EIC Accelerator funding as a response to the Corona outbreak. Almost 4,000 start-ups and small businesses applied – with over 1,400 focusing on testing, treating, and preventing the coronavirus. Following virtual interviews with the shortlisted companies, 36 projects were selected to receive funding to keep fighting the coronavirus. ADVITOS is one of only four selected companies from Germany.
Most people dying from the coronavirus suffer from a severe multiorgan dysfunction. That means that the main organs of the patients – the liver, lung, and kidneys – are not functioning correctly, adding a serious pathology to the lung failure caused by the viral infection. To positively influence the treatment of Covid-19 patients, it makes sense to involve a device capable of handling all these organs simultaneously for better results. The ADVOS therapy does exactly that. It supports the liver, lung, and kidneys as well as the direct pH correction of the blood in one single device and therefore has the potential to increase the chances of survival in severely ill Covid-19 patients.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Kreymann, inventor of the ADVOS therapy and CEO of ADVITOS, said: “We are honored and proud to receive the support of the European Innovation Council. This funding will further develop the ADVOS therapy and in this way facilitate the availability of this highly reliable treatment option for intensive care patients affected by Covid-19.”
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, said: “The enormous talent and pioneering ideas of innovative European companies give us hope. By increasing our support for the European Innovation Council, we are unlocking their potential and can better tackle the corona virus and help build Europe. The EIC has responded quickly to the corona crisis and has demonstrated the flexibility and effectiveness of EU funding.”
The EIC is supported through the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
For more information about the EIC visit: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1007
We mourn for our long-time colleague and friend Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Huber.
Prof. Dr. Huber was an extraordinary personality and an outstanding doctor and researcher. During years of cooperation he was significantly involved in the development of the ADVOS therapy. Without him our therapy would not exist in this form today.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Kreymann, nephrologist and CEO of ADVITOS, says: “Throughout the past decades Prof. Dr. Huber was a reference in critical care medicine and clinical development. He was a true expert in extracorporeal organ support. During his career, he has followed innovation and excellence in the treatment of his patients and was a great teacher for his students, his staff and partners.
In fact, he was one of the pioneers in the clinical ADVOS therapy application. He contributed a lot in the development of the ADVOS therapy as a sound believer in its therapy concept and potential benefit for critically ill patients. The ADVITOS family loses a great partner, but above all, we lose a friend. Thank you, Wolfgang! Rest in Peace.“
Our deepest sympathy goes out to his loved ones.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00063-020-00697-w