Weinberg Medical Physics

What Weinberg Medical Physics does

Weinberg Medical Physics is a privately held medical device company founded in 2008 and based in Rockville, Maryland. The company develops a compact clinical MRI system that combines ultra-fast imaging with proprietary low-power electropermanent magnets, enabling installation in smaller clinical settings such as dental, oncology, and urology practices where conventional MRI systems are impractical. Clinical trials have reportedly demonstrated MRI gradient performance hundreds of times higher than conventional systems without patient discomfort.

The company's technology stack extends beyond imaging into therapy: the same high magnetic gradients that enable ultrafast MRI can also propel custom-shaped, magnetic-domain-defined nanoparticles through the body for targeted drug delivery. Supporting competencies include additive manufacturing of high-current electrical coils and magnetic materials, novel pulsed-power approaches, and new magnetic resonance pulse sequences. The product is classified as an investigational device limited by US law to investigational use, and the company has not yet disclosed commercial revenue or pricing.

Weinberg Medical Physics has operated as a lean research-stage organization with 1–10 employees, led by President Irving Weinberg. Capitalization to date has come primarily from two National Science Foundation grants (~$179K in 2012 and ~$1.05M in 2014), with no disclosed institutional investors, partnerships, or commercial customers. The go-to-market approach targets clinical practices directly via sales engagement for investigational and eventual commercial adoption.

Name

Weinberg Medical Physics

Legal name

Weinberg Medical Physics

Website

https://WeinbergMedicalPhysics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Weinberg Medical Physics is a Rockville, Maryland medical device company developing compact, ultra-fast MRI systems and magnetic nanoparticle drug delivery platforms for installation in dentistry, oncology, and urology practices. The investigational platform uses proprietary electropermanent magnets and additive manufacturing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Imaging Equipment

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510)

SIC

Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Systems (HLAHABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Portable, Mobile & Point-of-Care Imaging Systems (HLAHABAL)

Keywords

• Compact MRI systems
• Medical device development
• Nanoparticle drug delivery
• Electropermanent magnets
• Additive manufacturing medical

Headquarters

HQ city

Rockville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Clinical MRI Systems: Pre-revenue medical device company developing compact clinical MRI systems. The investigational device is limited by United States law to investigational use. Revenue generation model not yet established as product is undergoing clinical trials.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

Weinberg Medical Physics develops a compact clinical MRI system that uses ultra-fast imaging combined with low-power electropermanent magnets, enabling installation in small clinical practices such as dentistry, oncology, and urology offices. The system generates MRI gradients hundreds of times higher than conventional MRIs without patient discomfort. The company also engineers custom-shaped nanoparticles with defined magnetic domains that can be propelled by the high magnetic gradients to deliver drugs to targeted areas of the body.

Product overview

Weinberg Medical Physics develops a suite of medical devices centered on a compact clinical MRI system. The core offering combines ultrafast MRI imaging technology with proprietary low-power electropermanent magnets, enabling installation in dental, oncology, and urology practices. The system is enhanced by a nanoparticle drug delivery component that uses high magnetic gradients to propel therapeutic nanoparticles throughout the body. The company also offers supporting technologies including magnetic particle manipulation techniques, all built using additive manufacturing of electrical coils and magnetic materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Compact Clinical MRI System A clinical MRI system utilizing ultra-fast imaging capabilities and low-power electropermanent magnets, designed for installation in dentistry, oncology, and urology practices. Generates MRI gradients hundreds of times higher than conventional MRIs without causing patient discomfort.
• Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System Custom-designed shaped nanoparticles with defined magnetic domains that can be propelled through the body using high magnetic gradients to deliver drugs for treating diseases.

Quantifiable outcome

• MRI gradients hundreds of times higher than conventional MRIs without causing patient discomfort

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Healthineers: Siemens Healthineers is a dominant MRI incumbent with broad imaging portfolios, including higher-end compact 1.5T systems; it sets the enterprise benchmark against which any new compact-MRI entrant is evaluated.
• GE HealthCare: GE HealthCare manufactures the established portfolio of clinical MRI systems and component gradients that Weinberg's technology is positioned against, especially in oncology and urology imaging use cases.
• Canon Medical Systems: Canon Medical produces a range of MRI scanners including compact configurations; relevant incumbent peer for assessing the addressable share of new point-of-care imaging installations.
• Philips Magnetic Resonance: Philips is a leading MRI incumbent with broad installed base in hospitals and ambulatory settings; any point-of-care MRI adoption story eventually benchmarks against Philips' workflow, service network, and reimbursement muscle.

Emerging players

• Magnetic Insight: Magnetic Insight develops Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) systems and magnetic nanoparticle tracers — directly comparable to Weinberg's nanoparticle propulsion and drug-delivery research line for targeted therapeutics.
• Synaptive Medical: Synaptive provides specialized MRI hardware and surgical-imaging workflows, comparable as an emerging specialist pushing MRI into non-traditional clinical niches (e.g., neurosurgery, point-of-procedure).
• Bruker BioSpin: Bruker specializes in high-field and preclinical MRI with proprietary magnet engineering, sharing technological kinship with Weinberg's high-gradient compact system and gradient/contrast expertise.
• MR Instruments: MR Instruments designs specialized MRI RF coils and high-gradient subsystems; comparable as a small specialist addressing components of the same MRI hardware stack Weinberg builds via additive manufacturing.

Direct peers

• Aspect Imaging: Aspect Imaging produces compact, high-performance MRI systems for preclinical and clinical applications, directly comparable in compact-magnet MRI engineering and footprint-constrained installations.
• Hyperfine: Hyperfine develops portable, low-field MRI systems deployable at point-of-care — the closest direct competitor to Weinberg's compact clinical MRI concept targeting non-traditional settings such as clinics and smaller practices.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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