Physiotika
Physiotika is a Besançon-based French SAS founded in 2024 that distributes physiological research equipment, preclinical imaging, and teaching platforms to life sciences research institutions and academic laboratories, operating as exclusive French partner for brands including ADInstruments and IonOptix.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2024
- HeadquartersBesançon, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Physiotika does
Physiotika SAS is a France-based distributor and integrator of third-party scientific equipment for physiological research, founded in 2024 and headquartered in Besançon. The company serves life sciences research institutions, academic universities and teaching institutions, and human exercise physiology researchers across France. Physiotika positions itself as a long-term collaboration partner, accompanying customers from initial needs analysis through solution selection, hardware installation, and ongoing technical support. The company's portfolio spans signal acquisition and analysis, preclinical imaging, telemetry, isolated organ systems, cellular and tissue engineering, and exercise physiology measurement.
The company's technology stack is composed entirely of third-party products distributed under exclusive French agreements. Core offerings include ADInstruments' PowerLab data acquisition platform paired with LabChart analysis software, which underpins signal recording across most workflows. Cardiovascular research is served by Millar solid-state pressure catheters, Transonic ultrasonic flow measurement systems, and VINNO D10 LAB preclinical ultrasound systems paired with VERMON PureWave high-frequency probes. Isolated organ and Langendorff systems are sourced from Radnoti, while Kaha telemetry solutions with integrated Millar sensors support conscious-animal studies. Cellular and tissue engineering is anchored by IonOptix systems covering calcium and contractility, cardiac slice mechanics, culture pacing, and high-throughput MultiCell characterization. Exercise physiology offerings include EQUIVITAL multiparametric belts, Novecento+ and Sessantaquattro+ HD-EMG systems, and Digitimer electrical stimulators, complemented by a teaching solution of PowerLab Sensors with ready-made pedagogical content.
Physiotika operates a B2B direct sales model with quote-based pricing tailored to specific research requirements, often structured as multi-year contracts with bundled installation and technical support services. The company is privately held by its two co-founders, Julien Imbert (President, previously Commercial and Scientific Engineer at ADInstruments from 2010 to 2024) and Cécile Imbert (General Manager, previously Director of Operations at Pixee Medical, Sales and Marketing Manager at EOS Imaging, and Product Manager at KOELIS), each bringing 15 years of biomedical industry experience. The business currently employs 1-10 people, has not raised external funding, and operates exclusively within France as an SAS with 10,000 EUR share capital.
Physiotika firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Physiotika
- Legal name
- PHYSIOTIKA SAS
- Website
- https://physiotika.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2024
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Physiotika is a Besançon-based French SAS founded in 2024 that distributes physiological research equipment, preclinical imaging, and teaching platforms to life sciences research institutions and academic laboratories, operating as exclusive French partner for brands including ADInstruments and IonOptix.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Physiotika industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Physiological Research Instrumentation
- NAICS
- Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (5419), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)
- SIC
- Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)
- akta.pro primary industry
- General Lab Equipment (Centrifuges, Incubators, Shakers, Ovens) (HLAGAIAC)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Lab Middleware, Instrument Connectivity & Automation (HLACAMAI)
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Where Physiotika is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Besançon
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Physiotika business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Physiological Research Equipment Sales: Physiotika distributes and sells specialized physiological research equipment and systems including signal acquisition platforms, preclinical imaging systems, telemetry solutions, organ bath systems, and cellular engineering tools. Products are sold directly to research institutions and academic laboratories.
- Educational Solutions: Sale of turnkey teaching solutions including PowerLab hardware, LabChart software with over 150 ready-made practical exercises, PowerLab Sensors, and interactive pedagogical content for physiology, pharmacology, and neuroscience education.
- Technical Support and Installation Services: Long-term customer support including needs analysis, solution selection, installation, and ongoing technical support services bundled with product sales.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Custom equipment packages tailored to customer research needs |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | PowerLab Sensors available as individual units, Core packs, or Advanced packs |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels3 records
Physiotika product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Physiotika distributes and integrates specialized physiological research equipment and teaching platforms for life sciences laboratories and universities in France. Its portfolio combines hardware systems (PowerLab data acquisition, sensors, amplifiers, pressure catheters, ultrasound imaging, organ bath, telemetry) with LabChart analysis software, and is supported by needs analysis, installation, and ongoing technical support services delivered directly by the founders.
Product overview
Physiotika is a distributor and integrator of third-party scientific equipment for physiology research, founded in 2024 in Besançon, France. The company offers a portfolio of complementary solutions including: PowerLab/LabChart data acquisition and analysis platforms, Millar pressure catheters and PV Loop analysis for cardiovascular measurements, Transonic ultrasonic flow measurement systems, VINNO D10 LAB preclinical ultrasound imaging with VERMON high-frequency probes, isolated organ systems (Langendorff, organ bath) from Radnoti, Kaha telemetry with Millar sensors for awake animal monitoring, EQUIVITAL wireless multiparametric belts, HD-EMG systems (Novecento+, Sessantaquattro+), IonOptix cellular/tissue engineering solutions (Calcium & Contractility, Cardiac Slice, Culture Pacing, MultiCell High Throughput), and teaching solutions with PowerLab Sensors. The company provides long-term collaboration from needs analysis through installation and technical support.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- PowerLab Data acquisition system for recording and synchronizing physiological signals (ECG, EEG, EMG, pressure, flow, and analog inputs) for life science laboratories.
- LabChart Software platform for real-time recording, visualization, and analysis of physiological signals with specialized analysis modules for ECG, pressure, and PV Loop data.
- Millar Pressure Catheters Invasive blood pressure and intraventricular pressure catheters (1–5 French) with tip-mounted solid-state sensors for high-resolution preclinical cardiovascular measurements.
- Transonic Flow Measurement Ultrasonic transit-time flow measurement systems with perivascular and tubular probes for precise blood flow measurement from below 1 mL/min to 200 L/min.
- Langendorff Isolated Heart System Radnoti isolated heart perfusion system enabling reproducible ex vivo study of cardiac physiology, including heart rate, contractility, and electrical conduction.
- Organ Bath System Radnoti tissue organ bath system combined with force sensors for real-time evaluation of isolated tissue mechanical responses.
- Kaha Telemetry System Continuous data acquisition system for conscious animals using rechargeable Millar-integrated sensors, supporting pressure, ECG, EEG, EMG, autonomic nervous system, oxygenation, and temperature measurements.
- VINNO D10 LAB Preclinical Echocardiography Portable high-resolution preclinical ultrasound system with adaptive beamforming and multiple imaging modes (B-mode, M-mode, color Doppler, PW Doppler, PDI, TDI, harmonic imaging) for small animal imaging.
- Calcium & Contractility System IonOptix system for investigating excitation-contraction coupling in isolated cardiomyocytes via simultaneous calcium fluorescence photometry and cellular geometry measurements.
- Cardiac Slice System IonOptix system for acquiring and analyzing mechanical work data on living cardiac slices, enabling simultaneous calcium and force measurement with intact myofilament networks.
- Culture Pacing System IonOptix multimodal multi-channel culture stimulation system for mechanical stretching and/or electrical stimulation of tissues and stem cells during extended culture.
- MultiCell High Throughput System IonOptix automated high-throughput multiparametric cardiomyocyte characterization system capable of sequential measurements from hundreds of cells per hour.
- EQUIVITAL Multiparametric Monitoring Belt Wireless multiparametric monitoring belt recording two ECG channels, respiratory rate, triaxial acceleration, and skin temperature with up to 13 hours of battery life for human exercise physiology research.
- Novecento+ HD-EMG System Wired high-density EMG system supporting up to 960 simultaneous bioelectrical channels and 14 auxiliary channels for force, torque, angle, or position sensors.
- Sessantaquattro+ Portable HD-EMG System Portable HD-EMG system with 64 bioelectrical channels and 2 auxiliary channels designed for field studies and movement research.
- Digitimer Electrical Stimulator Constant-current, high-voltage electrical stimulator for transcutaneous nerve and muscle stimulation, delivering up to 999 mA for research applications including M-waves, reflexes, evoked potentials, and nerve conduction studies.
- PowerLab Sensors Teaching Solution Educational physiological signal acquisition sensor package (biopotential, blood pressure, respiratory belt, pulse, force, temperature, reflex hammer, spirometry and other sensors) bundled with LabChart software and more than 150 ready-made practical exercises for physiology, pharmacology, and neuroscience teaching labs.
Companies that use Physiotika
Customer profileSegments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Physiotika technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature13 records
Physiotika partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- IonOptixcorePhysiotika is the exclusive French distributor of IonOptix solutions including Calcium & Contractility systems, Cardiac Slice systems, Culture Pacing systems, and MultiCell High Throughput systems for cellular and cardiac research.
- ADInstrumentscoreDistribution partnership for PowerLab data acquisition systems and LabChart software platform, serving as the core technology for signal recording and analysis across Physiotika's solutions portfolio.
- VINNOcoreDistribution of VINNO D10 LAB preclinical echocardiography systems - portable, high-resolution ultrasound imaging devices designed specifically for small animal research.
- VERMONcorePartnership for high-frequency ultrasound probes with PureWave monocrystalline piezoelectric technology, manufactured in France and integrated with VINNO D10 LAB systems for preclinical imaging applications.
- MillarcoreDistribution of Millar pressure catheters (1-5 French) with solid-state sensors for invasive blood pressure and intraventricular pressure measurements in preclinical research.
- TransoniccoreDistribution of Transonic ultrasonic transit-time flow measurement systems for perivascular and tubular flow measurement in vivo, in vitro, and ex vivo applications.
- KahacoreDistribution of Kaha telemetry systems with Millar-integrated sensors for continuous data acquisition on conscious animals, supporting pressure, ECG, EEG, EMG, ANS, oxygenation, and temperature measurements.
- RadnoticoreDistribution of Radnoti organ bath systems and Langendorff isolated heart perfusion systems for controlled ex vivo tissue and organ physiological and pharmacological studies.
- EQUIVITALminorDistribution of EQUIVITAL wireless multiparametric monitoring belts for human exercise physiology research, recording ECG, respiratory rate, acceleration, and temperature.
- DigitimerminorDistribution of Digitimer high-voltage constant current electrical stimulators for transcutaneous nerve and muscle stimulation in human physiology research contexts.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves5 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Physiotika competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- TSE Systems: German-headquartered manufacturer and supplier of telemetry, metabolic, and behavioral physiology platforms for preclinical research. It overlaps directly with Physiotika's Kaha/Millar telemetry and Phenomaster-style offerings on the same European academic buyer side.
- World Precision Instruments: WPI manufactures and distributes a broad portfolio of physiology and cell-biology research instruments (pressure, flow, micromanipulators, electrodes) and competes for similar research budgets at French universities and INSERM/CNRS labs.
- BIOPAC Systems: BIOPAC manufactures and sells physiological data acquisition and analysis systems (MP36, AcqKnowledge) for human and animal research. It competes head-to-head with the PowerLab/LabChart stack that Physiotika distributes, for the same physiology teaching and research buyers.
- Kent Scientific: Kent Scientific supplies small-animal physiology research equipment (non-invasive blood pressure, ECG, telemetry, surgical platforms) to the same academic and pharma research buyers in Europe that Physiotika targets.
- Aurora Scientific: Aurora Scientific manufactures physiological research instrumentation for muscle, nerve, and isolated tissue mechanics (in-vitro, in-situ, in-vivo). It overlaps with Physiotika's organ-bath, force-transducer, and exercise-physiology product lines at the same research buyers.
Regional players
- Bioseb: Bioseb is a French distributor of preclinical research instruments focused on pain, neuropathy, mobility, and cardiovascular measurement. It serves the same academic and pharmaceutical research buyers in France with overlapping product categories.
- EB Neuro (SPES): Italian manufacturer and distributor of clinical and research electrophysiology equipment (EEG, EMG, PSG), comparable to Physiotika's EQUIVITAL and Digitimer-based biosignal offerings. It serves the same Southern European university and hospital research markets.
- emka TECHNOLOGIES (emka ELECTRONIQUE): French/European manufacturer and distributor of preclinical physiology equipment (telemetry, ECG, cardiovascular, plethysmography) with direct sales across France. It is the most direct in-country competitor to Physiotika's cardiovascular, telemetry, and whole-organ physiological research portfolio.
Broad incumbents
- Harvard Bioscience (Harvard Apparatus): Harvard Apparatus distributes a broad range of physiology and preclinical research instruments globally. It competes in the same buyer category (academic cardiovascular, organ-bath, surgical-prep work) and runs its own European distribution channels that overlap with Physiotika's addressable market.
- ADInstruments: ADInstruments is the global manufacturer of PowerLab/LabChart and is also Physiotika's principal and supplier. It overlaps directly with Physiotika in France but operates as a large, multi-product, multi-region specialty data-acquisition company with its own direct sales force — the principal incumbent whose brand Physiotika resells.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
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Physiotika leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Physiotika funding detail
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Frequently asked questions about Physiotika
What does Physiotika do?
Physiotika distributes and integrates specialized physiological research equipment and teaching platforms for life sciences laboratories and universities in France. Its portfolio combines hardware systems (PowerLab data acquisition, sensors, amplifiers, pressure catheters, ultrasound imaging, organ bath, telemetry) with LabChart analysis software, and is supported by needs analysis, installation, and ongoing technical support services delivered directly by the founders.
Is Physiotika a public or private company?
Physiotika is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Physiotika founded?
Physiotika was founded in 2024. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Physiotika based?
Physiotika is headquartered in Besançon, France, in the Europe region.
How does Physiotika make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Physiological Research Equipment Sales are the primary driver. The others are educational Solutions and technical Support and Installation Services.
Who are Physiotika's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are TSE Systems, World Precision Instruments, BIOPAC Systems, Kent Scientific and Aurora Scientific. Regional players are Bioseb, EB Neuro (SPES) and emka TECHNOLOGIES (emka ELECTRONIQUE). Broad incumbents are Harvard Bioscience (Harvard Apparatus) and ADInstruments.
Does Physiotika have an API?
No public API is recorded for Physiotika.
What industry is Physiotika in?
Physiotika's product category is Physiological Research Instrumentation. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLAGAIAC, General Lab Equipment (Centrifuges, Incubators, Shakers, Ovens), with a secondary code of HLACAMAI, Lab Middleware, Instrument Connectivity & Automation. Its NAICS code is 5419 and its SIC code is 3826.