H.S. Hospital Service

What H.S. Hospital Service does

H.S. Hospital Service S.p.A. is an Italian private medical-device manufacturer founded in 1980 that designs, produces, and sells devices for minimally invasive, image-guided interventional procedures, with a central specialization in interventional oncology. The company operates four product lines: an Interventional line covering histological and cytological biopsy needles, bone marrow biopsy sets, breast localization and HSG catheters, percutaneous drainage catheters, and cytotoxic therapy needles; a Critical Care line anchored by elastomeric infusional pumps; an Ablative Therapies line built around the HS AMICA platform — described by the company as the only TOTIPOTENT thermal ablation platform in clinical use — which delivers continuous, pulsed, or semi-automated radiofrequency and microwave energy through single or multi-probe applicators for CT-, ultrasound-, laparoscopic-, or intra-operative use; and a Surgery line newly anchored by the EPICO Gen RF bipolar coagulator. Manufacturing runs in ISO 13485:2021-certified Class 100,000 and Class 10,000 clean rooms at the company's Aprilia (Latina) operating site, with the registered office in Rome.

The business is B2B and sales-led: devices are sold directly to hospitals and healthcare institutions — primarily interventional radiology, interventional oncology, surgery, and critical care departments — through a quote-based commercial model and a website-driven 'request an agent visit' and contact-form motion. The value proposition rests on four decades of domain experience, vertical integration from R&D to clean-room manufacturing, and registered brand assets such as HS AMICA and TRAP EASY. The company maintains a bilingual Italian/English website and a LinkedIn presence, suggests a global footprint without disclosed distributor coverage, and lists CIVCO Medical Solutions as a partner; it does not disclose revenues, customer concentration, or external funding.

Name

H.S. Hospital Service

Legal name

H.S. Hospital Service S.p.A.

Website

https://hshospitalservice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

H.S. Hospital Service S.p.A. is an Italian medical-device manufacturer founded in 1980 that designs, makes, and sells minimally invasive image-guided devices — primarily the HS AMICA thermal ablation platform and a broad biopsy needle portfolio — directly to hospitals and interventional oncology, radiology, surgery, and critical care departments worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interventional Oncology Medical Devices

NAICS

Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112), Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Interventional Radiology & Image-Guided Therapy Systems (HLAHABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Open & Minimally Invasive Surgical Instruments (Handheld, Laparoscopic, MIS) (HLAHADAA)

Keywords

• Interventional oncology devices
• Thermal ablation systems
• Biopsy medical devices
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Medical device manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Aprilia

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Device Sales: HS Hospital Service generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of medical devices including radiofrequency and microwave ablation systems, biopsy needles, surgical accessories, and critical care products to healthcare institutions worldwide.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

H.S. Hospital Service manufactures and sells medical devices for percutaneous therapies and minimally invasive diagnostics under ultrasound guidance. Its four product lines cover interventional oncology (HS AMICA RF and microwave thermal ablation platform with generator, microwave applicators, and RF electrodes), interventional biopsy devices (soft-tissue, FNAC, and bone-marrow biopsy needles), percutaneous drainage catheters (general purpose, nephrostomy, and biliary), critical care products (elastomeric infusion pumps), and surgical devices (EPICO Gen RF bipolar coagulator). All products are made in Italy in ISO 13485:2021 certified clean rooms and supplied to hospitals and healthcare institutions globally.

Product overview

H.S. Hospital Service is a medical device manufacturer founded in 1980, specializing in interventional oncology and minimally invasive procedures. The company operates four product lines: (1) Interventional line - comprising histological biopsy devices (Biomol, Precisa, True-Cut, HS Nota, Top Cut, Top Cut M, Introducer needle), cytological biopsy devices (Ecojekt, Ecojekt Diva, Villojekt, ABS, MB Set, Cito-gun), bone marrow biopsy products (BMN J Type, Trapsystem Set, TRAP EASY, BMN I Type, Harvest needle), senology devices (ALM Set, HSG CATHETER), percutaneous drainages (HS general purpose series, HS nephro catheter series, HS Biliary, HS nephro malecot), cytotoxic therapy (Peit needle), and accessories (Ecojekt BS, Intro-kit); (2) Critical Care line - including elastomeric infusional pumps; (3) Interstitial Therapy/Ablation line - centered on the Amica platform with Amica GEN generator, Amica PROBE (microwave), and Amica PROBE RF (radiofrequency) for tumor ablation; and (4) Surgery line - featuring EPICO Gen RF bipolar coagulator. The company manufactures in ISO 13485:2021 certified clean rooms and serves interventional radiology, surgery, and critical care applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HS AMICA: Thermal ablation platform for continuous, pulsed or semi-automated RF or MW energy delivery, single probe or multi-probe operation for interventional oncology treatments.

Products and services

• Amica GEN Microwave and Radiofrequency Generator Generator for microwave and/or radiofrequency thermoablation treatments used by interventional radiologists and oncologists for tumor ablation procedures.
• Amica PROBE Microwave Applicators Applicators for microwave thermoablation procedures used to treat tumors in liver, kidney, lungs, bone, thyroid, and uterus.
• Amica PROBE RF Radiofrequency Electrodes Radiofrequency electrodes for thermoablation of tumors, used with the Amica GEN generator in interventional oncology.
• Biomol Semiautomatic Biopsy Device Semiautomatic device for modified Menghini-type histological biopsy used by radiologists and pathologists for soft tissue sampling.
• Precisa Tru-cut Semiautomatic Biopsy Device Tru-cut semiautomatic device for histological biopsy used for soft tissue core sampling.
• True-Cut Tru-cut Semiautomatic Biopsy Device Tru-cut semiautomatic device for histological biopsy of soft tissue.
• HS Nota Automatic Tru-cut Biopsy Device Automatic device for tru-cut histological biopsy used for soft tissue core sampling in interventional radiology.
• Top Cut and Top Cut M Tru-cut Biopsy Needles Tru-cut needles for histological biopsy of soft tissue, offered in two variants (Top Cut and Top Cut M).
• Ecojekt and Ecojekt Diva FNAC Needles Needles for Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) and other cytological applications, offered in standard and Diva variants.
• Villojekt Villocentesis Set Set for villocentesis (chorionic villus sampling) procedures used in prenatal diagnosis.
• BMN J Type Bone Marrow Biopsy Set Bone marrow biopsy set for tissue sampling used in hematology.
• TRAP EASY Bone Marrow Biopsy Needle Bone marrow biopsy needle with integrated trapping device for efficient sample collection, including the related Trapsystem Set variant.
• BMN I Type Bone Marrow Aspiration Needle Bone marrow aspiration needle used for cytological sampling of marrow.
• Harvest Needle Bone marrow transplant needle for harvesting procedures in cellular therapy and transplant workflows.
• Peit Needle Alcoholization needle for cytotoxic therapy procedures used to inject alcohol into target tissues.
• ALM Set Breast Localization Needle Breast localization needle for senology procedures used to mark lesions before surgical excision.
• HSG Catheter for Hysterosalpingography and Hysterosonography Hysterosalpingography and hysterosonography catheter used in gynecological diagnostic imaging.
• HS General Purpose Percutaneous Drainage Catheter Percutaneous drainage catheter for general drainage applications, offered in kit, minipigtail, and straight configurations.
• HS Nephro Nephrostomy Drainage Catheter Nephrostomy drainage catheter for kidney drainage procedures, offered in standard kit and Malecot tip variants.
• HS Biliary Drainage Catheter Nephrostomy-style drainage catheter for biliary drainage procedures.
• Elastomeric Infusional Pumps Elastomeric infusion pumps for hospital or home infusion therapy treatments.
• EPICO Gen RF Bipolar Coagulator RF bipolar coagulator for surgical procedures, used for tissue coagulation and hemostasis in operating rooms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Precise, effective and safe treatments in any body district

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Medtronic: Medtronic (acquired Covidien/Emprint) is a global incumbent with the Cool-tip RF and Emprint microwave ablation platforms, the broadest interventional oncology commercial reach, and is a benchmark comparator for HS AMICA.
• Cook Medical: Cook Medical is a diversified interventional radiology incumbent with biopsy needles, drainage catheters, and interventional oncology accessories that overlap substantially with HS's interventional product lines.
• Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson): Ethicon owns the NeuWave microwave ablation system after acquiring the company, a top-tier competitor to HS AMICA in MW ablation and a broader surgical/oncology portfolio incumbent.
• Terumo: Terumo is a diversified interventional device company with RF ablation systems and biopsy needles; serves as a broad incumbent comparator to HS for both ablation and biopsy product categories.
• Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD): BD is the largest global manufacturer of biopsy needles (Core, fine-needle, bone-marrow), directly competing with HS's biopsy device product lines as a broad incumbent.
• Stryker: Stryker is a broad surgical and medical device incumbent that competes for hospital capital budgets in RF-electrosurgical and interventional segments, overlapping with HS's EPICO and biopsy offerings.
• Boston Scientific: Boston Scientific offers the RF ablation system (formerly from Covidien) and is a broadly diversified MedTech incumbent with strong global hospital sales coverage; competes for ablation capital equipment slots.

Direct peers

• Argon Medical Devices: Argon Medical is a focused direct competitor in biopsy needles, bone-marrow biopsy devices, and interventional accessories, with similar size and channel profile to HS Hospital Service.
• AngioDynamics: AngioDynamics directly competes in percutaneous RF/MW tumor ablation (Solero, NanoKnife) and also sells biopsy devices. Closest direct competitor to HS Hospital Service's interventional oncology portfolio.

Emerging players

• Emblation: Emblation is a smaller, emerging player in microwave-based medical ablation (e.g., Swift) with partial overlap to the HS AMICA MW modality; relevant emerging competitor in the same niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/h-s-hospital-service-spa

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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