Bambi Medical

What Bambi Medical does

Bambi Medical is a Dutch medical device company founded in 2016 (research originating in 2010 at Máxima Medical Center and TU Eindhoven) by neonatologist Prof. Dr. Sidarto Bambang Oetomo and his son Fabio Bambang Oetomo. The company develops and commercializes the Bambi Belt Solution, a wireless neonatal vital sign monitoring system intended for use in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) on premature and critically ill newborns from 24 weeks gestational age. The system replaces conventional adhesive ECG electrodes with a disposable silicone belt worn around the chest, capturing single-lead ECG and diaphragmatic electromyography (dEMG) signals that are transmitted wirelessly to standard patient monitors for central apnea detection. The complete solution comprises three CE-marked components under EU MDR (achieved November 2023): the Bambi Belt (single-use silicone sensor), the Bambi Bridge (wireless transmitter), and the Bambi Interface (connection to hospital patient monitors), plus the separately CE-marked ExG System electronic module.

The Bambi Belt's distinguishing technical feature is transcutaneous diaphragmatic EMG (dEMG), which measures diaphragm muscle activity directly and offers improved central apnea detection relative to standard chest impedance monitoring. The technology was validated through a First-In-Man study at Amsterdam UMC (2020-2021), a non-inferiority clinical trial comparing wireless monitoring to adhesive electrodes, a wet-skin study at Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis (the so-called "Golden Hour" study), and multi-center trials funded by an EUR 2.4 million EU Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 2 grant. The company is ISO 13485:2016 certified and is pursuing FDA clearance, with peer-reviewed publications in Physiological Measurement, Pediatric Pulmonology, and Early Human Development.

Bambi Medical monetizes through direct hardware sales of the Bambi Belt Solution to hospitals on a quote-based procurement model, with initial commercial focus on the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden. Máxima Medical Center (MMC) in Veldhoven became the first hospital customer in January 2024 and subsequently adopted the Bambi Belt as standard of care for all babies born before 29 weeks gestation. Strategic clinical partners include Amsterdam UMC and Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis; manufacturing and component partners include Freudenberg Medical, Dätwyler, Sioux Technologies, and ItoM Medical; a co-development partnership with Fritz Stephan (Prema-Vent project, November 2024) extends the dEMG platform into ventilator synchronization for premature babies. The company employs approximately 13 people at High Tech Campus Eindhoven, has raised roughly EUR 4 million in private capital plus EUR 2.9 million in EU grants, and is led by a founding family with a senior supervisory and advisory board drawn heavily from Philips Healthcare and ASML alumni.

Name

Bambi Medical

Legal name

Bambi Belt B.V.

Website

https://bambi-medical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bambi Medical is a Dutch medical device company that develops and commercializes the Bambi Belt, a wireless neonatal vital sign monitoring system using proprietary diaphragmatic EMG technology. It serves hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Units across the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Neonatal Monitoring Medical Devices

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal & Neonatal Remote Monitoring Platforms (HLACAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Monitoring (CTG, Infant Wearables) (HLAHACAF), Maternal, Neonatal & Pediatric Remote Monitoring (HLACAPAG)

Keywords

• Neonatal vital signs monitoring
• Wireless patient monitoring
• NICU medical devices
• Diaphragmatic EMG technology
• Premature infant monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Eindhoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Bambi Belt System Hardware: Sale of the complete wireless neonatal monitoring system including the Bambi Belt (disposable silicone belt), Bambi Bridge (wireless transmitter), Bambi Interface (connection hardware), and ExG System components.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Bambi Medical develops and sells the Bambi Belt Solution, a wireless neonatal vital signs monitoring system for premature and critically ill newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). The solution uses diaphragmatic electromyography (dEMG) via a disposable silicone chest belt to continuously monitor single-lead ECG, heart rate, and apnea, eliminating the need for adhesive electrodes and wired leads. It is intended for babies from 24 weeks gestational age and integrates with standard hospital patient monitors.

Product overview

Bambi Medical offers a unified wireless neonatal vital signs monitoring system called the Bambi Belt solution, consisting of three key hardware components: (1) the Bambi Belt - a disposable silicone belt that wraps around the baby's chest and captures physiological signals via diaphragmatic EMG and ECG; (2) the Bambi Bridge - a wireless transmitter attached to the belt that sends data; and (3) the Bambi Interface - hardware that receives the wireless data and connects to standard hospital patient monitors and alarm systems. The system replaces traditional wired adhesive electrodes with wireless monitoring, enabling skin-friendly vital signs monitoring for premature infants in NICU settings. The complete solution received CE marking under EU MDR, making it commercially available in the European market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bambi Belt: Skin-friendly wireless vital signs monitoring system for neonates, measuring ECG, heart rate, and diaphragmatic EMG for apnea detection.
• ExG System
• Bambi Bridge
• Bambi Interface

Products and services

• Bambi Belt Solution (wireless neonatal vital signs monitoring system) An integrated wireless neonatal vital signs monitoring system for premature infants in NICUs. The system comprises the disposable silicone Bambi Belt placed around the chest, the Bambi Bridge wireless transmitter, the Bambi Interface that connects to standard hospital patient monitors, and the CE-marked ExG System electronic component. It continuously measures single-lead ECG, heart rate, and apnea via diaphragmatic EMG (dEMG), eliminating adhesive electrodes and wires for babies from 24 weeks gestational age. Designed for hospital NICU procurement as standard monitoring for premature and critically ill newborns.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% successful signal acquisition within 2-minute window in wet skin study (39/39 infants)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Fritz StephancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2024German ventilator manufacturer collaborating on the Prema-Vent project. Combines Bambi Belt's dEMG technology with Fritz Stephan's ventilation systems for synchronized breathing support for premature babies to reduce ventilator-induced lung conditions like BPD.
• Maxima Medical Center (MMC) VeldhovencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 February 2024MMC is the first hospital in the world to monitor premature babies with the Bambi Belt and the first customer of Bambi Medical. The hospital conducted clinical trials and has adopted the Bambi Belt as standard of care for babies born before 29 weeks. MMC collaborated on First In Man study, non-inferiority clinical trials, and provided feedback during product development.
• Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmsterdam UMC led the First In Man study (September 2020 - June 2021) and the non-inferiority clinical trial for the Bambi Belt. The center's neonatology department was instrumental in clinical validation.
• DätwylersupportingTechnology or IntegrationProvider of SoftPulse soft dry electrodes for gel-free bio-signal acquisition, used in the Bambi Belt technology for comfortable vital signs monitoring.
• Freudenberg MedicalsupportingOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerGlobal partner for design, development, and manufacture of medical device technologies. Exhibited the Bambi Belt at MEDICA trade fair on their booth.
• Sioux TechnologiessupportingTechnology or IntegrationDevelopment partner contributing high-tech expertise in Software, Mathware, Electronics and Mechatronics for the Bambi Belt system.
• ItoM MedicalsupportingTechnology or IntegrationDevelopment partner that collaborated with Bambi Medical on a government-funded MIT-R&D project for Bambi Belt development.
• V.O. Patents & TrademarkssupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPatent attorney firm supporting Bambi Medical to maximize the value of their Intellectual Property. One of the largest patent attorney firms in Europe.
• Jeroen Bosch ZiekenhuissupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducted wet skin study on healthy newborns immediately after birth to test Bambi Belt functionality on wet skin with vernix present.
• HighTechXLsupportingOthersAccelerator program based at High Tech Campus Eindhoven. Bambi Medical graduated from the program and received the Alumni Award for outstanding performance.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• EarlySense: Developer of contact-free patient monitoring sensors for hospital beds. Comparable as an emerging MedTech commercializing wireless/contactless monitoring as an alternative to traditional wired electrodes, addressing a similar 'less invasive' clinical value proposition.
• Mindray: Chinese MedTech with rapidly expanding patient monitoring portfolio, including neonatal monitors, sold globally at competitive price points. Comparable as a price-aggressive new entrant in NICU monitoring that Bambi will increasingly encounter in European tenders.

Broad incumbents

• Dräger: Established NICU equipment vendor offering warmers, incubators, and patient monitoring (e.g., Babyleo TN500). Comparable because Dräger sells integrated monitoring and respiratory solutions into the same European NICU buyers that Bambi targets.
• GE HealthCare: Major patient monitoring provider with neonatal-capable monitors and a global hospital installed base. Comparable as an incumbent competitor for NICU monitoring procurement and as a potential strategic acquirer of wireless neonatal capabilities.
• Philips Healthcare: Dominant incumbent in NICU patient monitoring with the IntelliVue platform and integrated alarm/EMR workflows. Comparable because it sells the wired monitoring systems that Bambi Belt aims to replace or complement in European NICUs, and is a recurring board talent feeder for Bambi.
• Medtronic (Patient Monitoring): Global MedTech incumbent with a patient monitoring business targeting high-acuity care. Comparable as a competitor for NICU monitoring budgets and as a potential strategic acquirer; an advisor to Bambi is also employed at Medtronic Netherlands.

Direct peers

• Masimo: Specialist in SET pulse oximetry and rainbow sensors widely used in NICUs. Comparable because Masimo competes on accuracy of vital signs measurement in neonates and has a portfolio of single-patient-use sensors analogous to Bambi's disposable belt model.
• Fritz Stephan: German manufacturer of neonatal ventilators and CPAP systems. Comparable because Fritz Stephan is a strategic partner of Bambi Medical on the Prema-Vent project, jointly developing synchronized ventilation for premature infants, and competes in adjacent NICU capital equipment budgets.
• Natus Medical: Specialty MedTech company focused on neurology, newborn care, and NICU products (hearing screening, EEG, phototherapy). Comparable as a dedicated neonatal/neuro MedTech competitor with overlapping hospital buyers and a similar 'specialty neonatal' go-to-market profile.
• Nonin Medical: Specialist in pulse oximetry and capnography sensors, with a strong presence in neonatal and pediatric monitoring. Comparable as a focused vital-signs sensor company competing for NICU patient monitoring sockets with single-patient-use consumables.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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