Lkn Medical

What Lkn Medical does

LKN Médical is a French SARL (limited liability company) founded in 2010 by Didier PHILIPPON, headquartered in Montbrison, Loire (department 42), and operating in the medical device sector with a specific focus on dialysis care. The company supplies Class I, Is, and IIa medical devices to healthcare facilities across metropolitan France and the DOM-TOM overseas territories, with revenue mechanics driven by public hospital tenders, B2B distribution to dialysis centers, home healthcare providers, and physiotherapists.

The core product family centers on dialysis dressings under the PROTECATH™ brand, alongside ALGIPAD™ and STEPTY™ lines designed for catheter-site management. LKN Médical also holds exclusive distribution rights in France and DOM-TOM for the Actual Way Série II dialysis chair and distributes Melipharm's MELECTIS® medical-grade healing honey and Easycryo cold compression equipment. Manufacturing is outsourced to France Partenaires Medical and sterilization to Oxypharm, allowing the company to operate with a 4-person core family team while maintaining ISO 9001:2008, ISO 13485:2012, and ISO 11135-1 certifications and CE-marked product references.

The business model is best characterized as a niche B2B medical device manufacturer-distributor leveraging regulatory certifications, exclusive territorial distribution agreements, and public procurement tenders rather than as a software- or platform-enabled business. With only €200,000 in registered capital, no external funding, and a tightly held family ownership structure, the company's growth depends on extending its distribution relationships and CE-marked product range rather than on capital-raising or scale-driven economics.

Name

Lkn Medical

Legal name

LKN Médical

Website

https://lknmedical.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LKN Médical is a French family-run SARL founded in 2010 by Didier PHILIPPON, headquartered in Montbrison, Loire. It designs, manufactures (via partners), and distributes CE-marked dialysis dressings (PROTECATH, ALGIPAD, STEPTY), holds exclusive Actual Way chair distribution rights for France and DOM-TOM, and supplies wound-care and cryotherapy products to dialysis centers, home healthcare providers, and physiotherapists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dialysis Medical Devices

NAICS

Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113), Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112), Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers (4242)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAHAKAB

Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Systems & Supplies

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Medical Devices & Diagnostics/Renal & Dialysis Devices

SECONDARYHLAFAEAG

Home Dialysis Support & Training Providers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Home Health & Hospice Providers

Keywords

• Dialysis medical devices
• Catheter protection dressings
• Hemodialysis care products
• Wound care dressings
• Medical device distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Montbrison

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Device Distribution: Distribution of specialized medical devices for dialysis patients including catheter dressings, alginate compresses, dialysis chairs, and healing honey products. Revenue generated from sales to healthcare facilities, dialysis centers, home healthcare providers, and physiotherapists across France and DOM-TOM.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LKN Médical manufactures and distributes specialized medical devices for dialysis patients in France and DOM-TOM. The product portfolio includes a proprietary range of waterproof catheter protection dressings (PROTECATH™ family), hemostatic compresses (ALGIPAD™, STEPTY™) for arterio-venous fistula care, healing honey (MELECTIS®), and electric dialysis chairs (Actual Way Série II). Customers are dialysis healthcare facilities, home healthcare providers, and physiotherapists served through direct sales, public tenders, and channel partners.

Product overview

LKN Médical is a French medical device company founded in 2010 specializing in innovative dialysis care solutions. The product portfolio consists of three main categories: (1) Dialysis Dressings — a comprehensive range of waterproof catheter protection dressings (PROTECATH™, PROTECATH B/D™, PROTECATH HYPO™) for hemodialysis and specialized dressings (PROTECATH DP™, PROTECATH DP Pochette™) for peritoneal dialysis, plus hemostatic solutions (ALGIPAD™ alginate compress and STEPTY™ compressive dressing) for arterio-venous fistula care; (2) Dialysis Chairs — distributed Actual Way Série II electric chairs with multiple motor configurations and customizable options; and (3) Healing Honey — distributed MELECTIS® sterile honey wound care product. All dressing products are manufactured in France, primarily in the Rhône-Alpes region, with ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 quality certifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PROTECATH™: Impermeable catheter protector dressing for hemodialysis patients
• PROTECATH B/D™
• PROTECATH HYPO™
• PROTECATH DP™
• PROTECATH DP Pochette™
• ALGIPAD™
• STEPTY™
• MELECTIS®
• Fauteuil de dialyse Série II (Actual Way)

Products and services

• PROTECATH™ (LKN001)

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduction in nursing manipulations and asepsis errors through simplified dressing protocols
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• France Partenaires MedicalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative manufacturing partnership for care kits and dressing kits. Located in Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset (69930). LKN Medical works closely with this partner to manufacture most of their dressing sets in proximity to their headquarters in Rhône-Alpes region.
• TheradialcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTheradial represents LKN Medical's product range in Reunion Island sector. Also offers care kit range with TauroLock™ locking solution in overpackaging through this partnership.
• MelipharmcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLKN Medical distributes Melipharm's healing honey product range (MELECTIS®) to dialysis healthcare professionals. Melipharm developed the product based on long clinical experience and research by their laboratories.
• Actual WaycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLKN Medical is the exclusive/named distributor for Actual Way electric dialysis chair range (Série II) across France and DOM-TOM. Actual Way is based in Portugal.
• EasycryominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a partner on the company website. Easycryo provides cold compression machines for distribution through LKN Medical.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mölnlycke Health Care: Swedish medical device company specializing in wound care (Mepilex, Mepitel) and surgical solutions including patient showering and skin-friendly dressings. Comparable because it sells advanced dressings — including waterproof and silicone-coated variants — to similar healthcare professional customers, overlapping with LKN's PROTECATH positioning.
• ConvaTec: UK-headquartered medical products company focused on advanced wound care, ostomy, continence, and dialysis catheter securement devices. Comparable because it sells dialysis-related dressings and wound care consumables to similar dialysis center and home healthcare customers across Europe.
• Coloplast: Danish medical device company specializing in ostomy, continence, wound care, and interventional urology products. Comparable because it sells specialized wound and skin-friendly dressings to similar clinical end-users managing chronic conditions at home and in clinic, with overlapping dressing categories.
• Medline Industries: Largest privately held medical supplies manufacturer and distributor with a growing European footprint and broad wound care, exam gloves, and surgical consumables portfolio. Comparable because it sells a wide range of medical consumables through direct sales and distributor channels to dialysis centers, hospitals, and home healthcare providers.
• HARTMANN Group: German family-owned medical device company with wound care, incontinence, and disinfection product portfolios sold across Europe. Comparable because it sells wound dressings and patient care consumables to similar healthcare facility and home healthcare customers in European markets where LKN operates.

Broad incumbents

• Fresenius Medical Care: Global leader in dialysis products and services, operating the largest dialysis clinic network and manufacturing dialyzers, machines, and related supplies. Comparable because it serves the same dialysis center customer base with overlapping consumables categories, though at vastly larger scale and breadth.
• Baxter International: U.S. medical device company with a renal care business spanning peritoneal dialysis solutions (Dianeal) and automated PD systems (HomeChoice). Comparable because it sells PD-specific consumables and equipment to the same home dialysis patient population, though within a much broader portfolio.
• B. Braun: German medical device company with the B. Braun Avitum division providing dialysis products and services across Europe. Comparable because it sells dialysis dressings, blood lines, and consumables to the same European dialysis center customers, though as one segment of a diversified multinational.
• 3M Health Care: Diversified technology company's health care division selling medical tapes, dressings, sterilisation products, and skin integrity solutions (Tegaderm, Micropore). Comparable because it sells surgical tapes and catheter site dressings to the same healthcare professional customer base LKN targets, though as one segment of an industrial conglomerate.
• Smith & Nephew: Global medical device company with a substantial Advanced Wound Management division selling hydrocolloid, foam, and specialty dressings (Allevyn, IV3000). Comparable because it sells wound and catheter site dressings to similar clinical customers, though as part of a much broader orthopedics and sports medicine portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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