Elia Medical

What Elia Medical does

Elia Medical is a French private home healthcare provider (prestataire de santé à domicile) specializing in respiratory care, serving patients across all 12 metropolitan French regions through a network of local agencies. The company provides medical equipment installation, patient training, ongoing maintenance, and remote monitoring for four core treatment categories: continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP/PPC) for sleep apnea, home oxygen therapy for respiratory insufficiency, non-invasive ventilation (NIV), and nebulizer/aerosol therapy for asthma and bronchial diseases. Service operations are distributed via regional agencies staffed with technicians who perform in-home equipment setup, regular follow-up visits, and 24/7 emergency support, enabling patient mobility and continuity of care within metropolitan France.

The company operates the proprietary i-GEIA telemedicine platform, available as a smartphone and tablet application for both patients and physicians, which transmits daily treatment data from CPAP and ventilation devices to secure servers hosted in France. This platform supports remote patient monitoring (télésuivi), digital document management, appointment scheduling, and patient-physician communication. Elia Medical has also invested in clinical research, publishing a study on seasonality and age impacts on CPAP treatment quality at the Congrès du Sommeil 2022 in collaboration with CRO SLB Pharma, drawing on anonymized data from over 26,000 patients.

Revenue is generated through the French social security reimbursement system, with Sécurité Sociale covering 60% of treatment costs and mutuelles/complementary insurers covering 10-40%, with most mutuelles practicing third-party payment (tiers payant). The company operates as a network of regional entities under the Elia Médical brand, with the legal parent Elia Médical Paris Ouest SAS incorporated in 2007 and headquartered in Buc, France. Sole disclosed leadership is M. Souhail Bou Khaled as Mandataire and Directeur de la publication. No external investors, parent company, or M&A activity are disclosed.

Name

Elia Medical

Legal name

Elia Médical Paris Ouest SAS

Website

https://elia-medical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elia Medical is a French home healthcare provider operating a nationwide network of local agencies that deliver respiratory care—CPAP, oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilation, and asthma treatment—to over 26,000 patients across metropolitan France via in-home equipment provision and its i-GEIA telemedicine platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Healthcare Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Respiratory & Sleep Therapy Providers (DME-Integrated) (HLAFAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Home Respiratory & Ventilator Care (Skilled) (HLADAFAI), Home Ventilation, Oxygen Therapy & Respiratory DME Clinical Management (HLAKANAM), Oxygen Therapy Systems (Concentrators, Cylinders, Liquid O2, HFNC) (HLAHAGAD)

Keywords

• Respiratory home healthcare
• CPAP therapy services
• Oxygen therapy at home
• Sleep apnea treatment
• Non-invasive ventilation

Headquarters

HQ city

Buc

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Reimbursement: Elia Medical operates as a home healthcare provider reimbursed through the French social security system. Treatment by CPAP (PPC) is covered at 60% by Sécurité Sociale and 10-40% by supplementary health insurance (mutuelle). Most mutuelles practice third-party payment (tiers payant) where patients do not advance costs. For patients without supplementary insurance or those with ALD (affection longue durée) or disability status, additional coverage may apply.
2. Medical Equipment Provision: Provision and maintenance of respiratory medical equipment including CPAP machines, oxygen concentrators, non-invasive ventilation devices, and nebulizers for home use, with associated technical support and follow-up services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Elia Medical is a French network of home healthcare providers that delivers respiratory care treatments to patients in their homes, including continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP/PPC) for sleep apnea, home oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilation (VNI), asthma nebulizer treatment, and aerosol therapy. The company supplies and installs medical equipment, trains patients, performs regular maintenance visits through a nationwide agency network, and provides remote monitoring via its proprietary i-GEIA telemedicine application.

Product overview

Elia Medical is a French network of home healthcare service companies providing respiratory care treatments including CPAP/PPC for sleep apnea, oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilation, asthma treatment, and aerosol therapy. The company offers i-GEIA, a proprietary mobile application for remote patient monitoring that allows patients to track their treatment data and communicate with healthcare providers. The core offering consists of medical device provision, home installation, patient training, ongoing maintenance, and remote monitoring services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• i-GEIA: A smartphone and tablet application for remote patient monitoring (télésuivi), allowing patients to consult their treatment data, track progress, and communicate with their physician and home healthcare provider.

Products and services

• i-GEIA Patient Application A smartphone and tablet application for patients to consult treatment data, track treatment evolution, communicate with their physician and home healthcare provider, and access appointment reminders and important documents. Available on iOS and Android.
• CPAP/PPC Treatment for Sleep Apnea Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (PPC) treatment for sleep apnea syndrome, delivered via a medical device that maintains airway pressure during sleep. Includes equipment provision, home installation, patient training, and ongoing maintenance.
• Home Oxygen Therapy Home oxygen therapy prescribed for respiratory insufficiency to maintain stable oxygen levels in the blood. Equipment delivered and installed in the patient's home.
• Non-Invasive Ventilation (VNI) Non-invasive ventilation (VNI) service that assists and facilitates breathing for patients with respiratory insufficiency, provided with home equipment installation and follow-up.
• Asthma Treatment with Nebulizers Nebulizer device-based asthma treatment using pneumatic nebulizers that deliver medication as fine droplets to the airways, provided with equipment and home support.
• Aerosol Therapy and Mucus Aspiration Aerosol therapy and mucus aspiration treatment services for bronchial and other respiratory conditions, provided as part of home respiratory care.
• Remote Monitoring Service (Télésuivi) Remote patient monitoring service transmitting treatment data daily from CPAP and ventilation devices to secure servers, enabling physicians to track treatment progress and adjust care as needed.

Quantifiable outcome

• CPAP treatment effectiveness starts from 4 hours of nightly use
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SLB PharmacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSLB Pharma served as the contract research organization (CRO) ensuring quality and biostatistics for two clinical studies conducted by Elia Medical on the impact of age and seasonality on CPAP treatment quality. The studies analyzed anonymized data from over 26,000 patients.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Adebio: French home healthcare provider delivering oxygen therapy, CPAP, and ventilation services - directly comparable prestataire de santé à domicile model serving chronic respiratory patients in France.
• VitalAire: Air Liquide Healthcare's home respiratory division in France, providing oxygen therapy, CPAP, and ventilation services to chronic respiratory patients - directly comparable offerings, target patients, and reimbursement model to Elia Medical.
• Vivisol: European home respiratory and sleep therapy provider (part of SOL Group) operating in France, offering CPAP, oxygen, and ventilation services with comparable in-home delivery and monitoring model.
• SOS Oxygène: French home healthcare company specializing in respiratory treatments (CPAP, oxygen therapy, nebulization) with a regional agency network - operates the same in-home service model for the same patient populations as Elia Medical.
• Bastide Le Confort Médical: Listed French home healthcare and medical equipment company providing respiratory care (oxygen, CPAP, nebulization) along with broader home medical services - directly comparable in core respiratory service lines and patient segments.
• LVL Médical: Independent French home respiratory care provider (now part of Santé Cie group) offering CPAP, oxygen, and ventilation services across France - comparable size, scope, and reimbursement-driven model to Elia Medical.
• Orkyn': French home healthcare provider (subsidiary of Air Liquide) offering respiratory therapies (CPAP, oxygen, NIV) and home medical services to patients across France, directly competing with Elia Medical in the same prestataire de santé à domicile category.

Others

• Philips Respironics: Major CPAP and ventilation device manufacturer that supplies Elia Medical and similar home respiratory providers; included as a key upstream vendor and ecosystem participant whose product roadmap and recall events directly shape Elia's service economics.

Broad incumbents

• Linde Healthcare: Global medical gases and home respiratory care division of Linde, providing home oxygen and related therapies across Europe - comparable patient populations and DME-driven service model, but at far broader scale.
• Air Liquide Healthcare: Global healthcare division of Air Liquide operating home respiratory services across multiple countries through subsidiaries (Orkyn', VitalAire); overlaps with Elia's portfolio but at much larger scale and geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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