northh medical

What northh medical does

northh medical GmbH is a Hamburg-based private medical device company founded in 2017 by Dr. Fabian Kording (CEO), Christian Ruprecht (CTO), and Kai Fehrs (CQO). The company develops and sells smart-sync, a Doppler ultrasound-based cardiac gating device that synchronizes the cardiac cycle with MRI acquisition at 1.5T and 3T field strengths, sold in a fetal variant for prenatal diagnosis of complex congenital heart disease and an adult variant for cardiovascular MRI where ECG gating is unreliable. The hardware is vendor-agnostic across Philips, Siemens, GE, Canon, and United Imaging scanners and is supported by a clinical evidence base of 27 scientific publications covering 772 scanned fetuses, with a 93% technical success rate and 91% diagnostic accuracy in complex CHD cases where echocardiography is insufficient.

The company's revenue model is enterprise hardware sales via quote-based, multi-year contracts to hospitals and academic medical centers, supplemented by training services and a research-use software platform. The 2024-launched Fetal MRI Post-Processing platform integrates King's College London's slice-to-volume reconstruction pipeline (auto-proc-SVRTK) and automated brain/lung segmentation algorithms. Distribution is exclusively direct enterprise field sales, with marketing driven by quarterly webinars, scientific publications, and a proprietary digital magazine ('Beating Hearts'). The company is EN ISO 13485 certified, TÜV approved, and operates with fewer than 20 employees across a reference network that includes Children's Hospital Colorado, the University of Bonn, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and the University of Lund.

Name

northh medical

Legal name

northh medical GmbH

Website

https://northh.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

northh medical GmbH is a Hamburg-based medical device company that sells smart-sync, a vendor-agnostic Doppler ultrasound-based cardiac gating system for fetal and adult MRI at 1.5T and 3T, sold via direct enterprise sales to tertiary hospitals and academic medical centers performing fetal cardiac MRI and adult cardiovascular MRI.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Imaging Equipment

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345), Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (3391)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Systems (HLAHABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ultrasound & Echography Systems (HLAHABAD), Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Monitoring (CTG, Infant Wearables) (HLAHACAF)

Keywords

• Cardiac MRI gating
• Fetal cardiovascular imaging
• Doppler ultrasound devices
• Medical imaging equipment
• Cardiac synchronization hardware

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. smart-sync Device Sales: Northh Medical generates revenue primarily through the sale of their smart-sync hardware devices - both fetal and adult versions. The devices are Doppler ultrasound-based cardiac gating systems for MRI. Pricing is quote-based, indicating enterprise hardware sales rather than standardized pricing.
2. Training and Support Services: The company provides training services including free 3-step training with hands-on remote scan support for customers using smart-sync. This suggests professional services revenue alongside device sales.
3. Fetal MRI Post-Processing Platform: Post-processing platform for fetal MRI is available for research purposes. The platform may generate future revenue through software licensing or subscription as it moves toward clinical use (currently investigational, not CE marked or FDA cleared).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Northh Medical manufactures and sells smart-sync, a Doppler ultrasound-based cardiac gating device that synchronizes the fetal or adult cardiac cycle with MRI acquisition at 1.5T and 3T field strengths. The company offers a Fetal smart-sync device for prenatal cardiac MRI diagnosis of complex congenital heart disease, an Adult smart-sync device for cardiovascular MRI where ECG gating is unreliable, and a research-use Fetal MRI Post-Processing platform that performs motion-compensated 3D volume reconstruction from 2D MRI stacks. All products are CE-marked medical devices (where applicable) and compatible with major MRI scanner manufacturers.

Product overview

Northh Medical offers a portfolio of Doppler ultrasound-based cardiac gating products centered around the smart-sync platform. The core offering includes Fetal smart-sync and Adult smart-sync, two FDA-cleared/CE-marked medical devices that provide ECG-free cardiac synchronization for MRI using Doppler ultrasound technology. Fetal smart-sync enables fetal cardiac MRI for prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease, while Adult smart-sync addresses cardiac gating challenges in adult CMR, particularly at high-field 3T. The company also offers Fetal MRI Post-Processing, an investigational software platform for research that provides motion-corrected 3D volume reconstruction using slice-to-volume algorithms. All smart-sync products are compatible with major MRI scanner manufacturers (Philips, Siemens, GE, Canon, United Imaging) at 1.5T and 3T field strengths.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 93% overall success rate based on 772 scanned fetuses across 27 scientific publications
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• King's College LondoncoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration with King's College London to integrate their slice-to-volume reconstruction algorithm (auto-proc-SVRTK package) into Northh Medical's fetal MRI post-processing platform. This provides motion-corrected 3D volumetric reconstruction from motion-corrupted 2D MRI stacks. Additionally, incorporated automated brain and lung volume segmentation algorithms developed by Uus et al. from King's College London.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Arterys (Tempus): Arterys, now part of Tempus, offered cloud-based medical imaging AI including cardiac MRI analysis. It is an emerging platform peer for AI-driven CMR post-processing workflows comparable to Northh's fetal post-processing pipeline.
• HeartVista: HeartVista focuses on AI-driven cardiac MR acquisition, including automated real-time scanning. It targets the same adult CMR workflow bottlenecks that Northh's Adult smart-sync addresses, making it an emerging technology peer in cardiac MRI.

Broad incumbents

• United Imaging Healthcare: United Imaging is a global MRI OEM and listed integration partner for smart-sync. It is a broad incumbent in imaging whose cardiac MRI offerings and pricing moves directly affect smart-sync's positioning in United Imaging–installed accounts.
• Canon Medical Systems: Canon Medical is another major MRI OEM that Northh's smart-sync integrates with. It is a broader imaging incumbent with cardiac MRI offerings that competes in the same end-customer accounts.
• Siemens Healthineers: Siemens Healthineers is a leading MRI manufacturer and a key integration partner for smart-sync. Its CMR product roadmap, including Compressed Sensing and ECG-gated sequences, is a broad incumbent alternative to Northh's specialized gating approach.
• Philips (Healthcare / SmartSpeed AI): Philips is one of the major MRI scanner OEMs that smart-sync integrates with. It competes broadly in CMR imaging and could bundle native cardiac gating improvements, threatening smart-sync's vendor-agnostic positioning in Philips-installed accounts.
• GE HealthCare: GE HealthCare manufactures MRI systems (1.5T and 3T) compatible with smart-sync. As a broad incumbent in cardiac imaging, it offers alternative gating solutions and represents both an integration partner and a potential competitive threat.

Direct peers

• Circle Cardiovascular Imaging: Circle CVI is a leading vendor of CMR post-processing software used clinically for cardiac MRI analysis. It directly competes with Northh Medical's investigational Fetal MRI Post-Processing platform and overlaps in CMR workflow tools sold to the same cardiology/radiology departments.
• Pie Medical Imaging: Pie Medical Imaging provides cardiovascular analysis software for both angiography and CMR, with established clinical use in cardiac imaging. It represents a comparable post-processing and quantification competitor in the same hospital cardiology departments Northh sells into.
• Medis Medical Imaging: Medis offers quantitative cardiovascular imaging software, including CMR analysis packages used in clinical and research settings. It competes with Northh's fetal CMR post-processing capabilities and targets overlapping hospital cardiology customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/northh_medical
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/northh-medical

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about northh medical