Pronav L. L. C.

What Pronav L. L. C. does

Pronav L. L. C. is a privately held, Minnesota-based clinical services company that provides neuronavigation consulting and intraoperative image-guided surgery support to hospitals and surgical centers. Founded circa 2004 as an LLC, the company employs a small specialist team (approximately five named professionals, including co-founders Brian Owens as CEO and Jacob Bermudez, MD, PhD as CMO) with over 20 years of cumulative experience in neurosurgical and ENT image-guided procedures. The company serves cranial, spine, and ENT surgical cases — including complex procedures such as tumor resections, brain biopsies, epilepsy surgery, SEEG implantations, laser ablation, and robotic-guided stereotactic biopsies — for healthcare systems primarily in the Twin Cities metro area, with an emerging presence in Florida via an Orlando office.

Pronav's core offering is professional services: specialist technicians attend surgical cases in the operating room to direct surgeons on navigation systems and integrate preoperative functional imaging data (DTI, MEG, fMRI) into surgical plans. The company complements this labor-based service with a rental fleet of navigation and imaging equipment, including Medtronic StealthStation S7, Medtronic Fusion ENT, Brainlab Curve, Medtronic O-Arm, and Zimmer Biomet ROSA ONE, providing hospitals a capital-light alternative to purchasing OEM systems. Pronav supports both its own rental fleet and hospital-owned navigation systems, with a stated emphasis on 24/7 availability, quick response time, and cost-effectiveness relative to OEM vendor support contracts.

The business model combines professional service fees (per-case or contracted neuronavigation specialist support) with managed-services equipment rental, sold via direct enterprise field sales targeting hospital surgical departments. Named customers include Allina Health, Children's Minnesota, and Gillette Children's. The company has no disclosed institutional funding, patents, awards, or AI/ML capabilities, and operates as a bootstrapped, founder-led specialty services firm with a regional concentration in Minnesota and modest geographic expansion underway.

Name

Pronav L. L. C.

Legal name

PRONAV, L.L.C.

Website

https://pronav.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pronav L. L. C. is a Minnesota-based clinical services firm providing neuronavigation consulting, intraoperative image-guided surgery support, and rental of Medtronic/Brainlab/ROSA navigation systems to hospitals and surgical centers performing cranial, spine, and ENT procedures.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Surgical Navigation Services

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112), Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (3391)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Surgical Navigation, Tracking & Intraoperative Guidance (Ortho/Neuro/ENT) (HLAHADAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Surgical Navigation, Robotics & Patient-Matched Instrumentation (Ortho/Spine) (HLAHAEAL), Surgical Robotics & Computer-Assisted Surgery Platforms (HLAHADAF), Intraoperative Imaging & Guidance (C-arms, O-arm, IOUS, fluorescence) (HLAHADAH)

Keywords

• Neuronavigation consulting
• Image-guided surgery support
• Surgical navigation rental
• Neurosurgery clinical support
• Intraoperative navigation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Paul

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Neuronavigation Clinical Support Services: Provides specialized neuronavigation specialists for case support in operating rooms. Supports cranial, spine, and ENT surgeries with experienced technicians who direct surgeons during procedures. Revenue generated through service fees for each case supported.
2. Navigation Equipment Rental: Rental navigation systems available through the company for hospitals. Includes Medtronic StealthStation S7, Medtronic Fusion ENT, Brainlab Curve, and O-Arm imaging system. Provides immediate availability and cost-effective alternative to purchasing equipment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pronav provides intraoperative neuronavigation consulting and case support for cranial, spine, and ENT surgical procedures, with specialists who direct surgeons in the operating room using Brainlab and Medtronic Stealth navigation platforms. The company also rents navigation equipment (StealthStation S7, Fusion ENT, Brainlab Curve, O-Arm) and supports Zimmer Biomet ROSA ONE robotic procedures, including laser ablation, epilepsy surgery, SEEG implantation, and stereotactic biopsy, on a 24/7, case-based basis.

Product overview

PRONAV is a neuronavigation consulting and services company offering clinical support for image-guided surgical procedures. The portfolio includes rental equipment from Medtronic (StealthStation S7, Fusion ENT, O-Arm) and Brainlab (Curve), plus robotic navigation via Zimmer Biomet ROSA ONE. The company provides core services including case support, preoperative planning, functional data integration (DTI, MEG, fMRI), and 24/7 technical support for cranial, spine, and ENT procedures. The company directly supports hospital-owned navigation systems as well as rental navigation systems with specialists who know both the technology and surgical procedures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Image-Guided Surgery Case Support Intraoperative case support for neuronavigated procedures in the operating room, with Pronav specialists directing surgeons using Brainlab and Medtronic Stealth navigation systems for cranial, spine, and ENT surgeries.
• Specialized Neuronavigation Services Advanced neuronavigation support integrating functional data such as DTI, MEG, and fMRI for complex procedures including laser ablation, epilepsy surgery, SEEG implantations, and robotic-guided stereotactic needle biopsy.
• Rental Navigation Systems Rental of navigation equipment including Medtronic StealthStation S7, Medtronic Fusion ENT, Brainlab Curve, and Medtronic O-Arm, with technician support and 24/7 availability for hospitals that prefer not to purchase equipment.
• ROSA ONE Robotic Navigation Support Specialist support for Zimmer Biomet ROSA ONE robotic navigation procedures, including ROSA SEEG implantation, ROSA LITT ablation, and robotic-guided stereotactic needle biopsy.

Quantifiable outcome

• Smaller incisions due to precise tumor location identification
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Allina HealthstandardOthersListed as a partner on PRONAV's website. Allina Health is a large health system in Minnesota. PRONAV provides neuronavigation support services to Allina Health facilities for cranial, spine, and ENT procedures.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• KARL STORZ: Major endoscopic and surgical equipment manufacturer with strong ENT/sinus surgery presence (the FESS market Pronav supports). Adjacent ecosystem participant — KARL STORZ equipment is often used alongside the navigation systems Pronav operates in ENT cases.

Broad incumbents

• Stryker: Major surgical navigation and spine equipment manufacturer whose platforms (e.g., SpineMap, Q Guidance) compete for the same hospital budgets as Brainlab/Medtronic. Stryker's services organization is a comparable large-scale incumbent in the navigation services space.
• Medtronic: Manufacturer of the StealthStation S7, Fusion ENT, and O-Arm navigation platforms that Pronav services and rents. Medtronic also sells its own clinical-support hours, directly competing with Pronav's core service while also being the source of much of its rental fleet.
• Agiliti Health: Large-scale medical equipment rental and clinical services company serving hospitals nationwide. Agiliti's surgical navigation rental and technician support portfolio directly competes with Pronav's rental-and-specialist bundle, particularly for hospitals looking to outsource non-core OR equipment.
• Brainlab: Manufacturer of the Brainlab Curve navigation system that Pronav supports in the OR. Brainlab's clinical services team is the most direct large-scale competitor to Pronav's image-guided surgery support offering.
• Zimmer Biomet: Maker of the ROSA ONE robotic navigation platform for SEEG, LITT ablation, and stereotactic biopsy — procedures Pronav explicitly supports. As robotic navigation scales, Zimmer Biomet is both a supplier and a competitor for clinical service hours.

Direct peers

• Soma Tech International: Specialty provider of new, refurbished, and rental surgical and imaging equipment including surgical navigation systems. Overlaps with Pronav on rental navigation equipment and could emerge as a competing supplier to Pronav's hospital customers.
• Renovo Solutions: Independent third-party provider of imaging and surgical equipment service, maintenance, and clinical staffing to hospitals. Operates in a closely adjacent service model to Pronav — outsourced clinical/technical support for capital-intensive surgical equipment — and competes for similar hospital procurement budgets.

Emerging players

• Synaptive Medical: Developer of the Modus V and BrightMatter navigation/surgical-planning platforms for cranial and spine procedures. As an emerging technology provider, Synaptive offers an alternative ecosystem that hospitals using Pronav's services might adopt — relevant for the trajectory of navigation hardware.
• 7D Surgical (now Proprio Vision): Machine-vision surgical navigation technology for spine and cranial procedures. Represents the next generation of navigation that could displace older platforms Pronav supports, and a potential future fleet composition for the company.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pronav

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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 Pronav L. L. C.