What timpel medical does

Timpel Medical is a private medical device company that develops and commercializes Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) systems for mechanical ventilation and respiratory care. Its flagship product, the ENLIGHT system (ENLIGHT 2100 model), is a bedside expert system that provides real-time visualization of patient ventilation and perfusion. The underlying EIT technology uses high-frequency, low-intensity electrical signals transmitted through electrodes embedded in a chest belt to generate live lung images via a clinically validated algorithm, offering a non-invasive, radiation-free alternative to CT imaging for continuous bedside monitoring. The platform integrates clinical decision-support tools — including PEEP titration, asynchrony detection (double and reverse trigger), trends visualization, and V/Q mismatch monitoring — and serves intensive care units, anesthesiology and perioperative care, respiratory therapy departments, and academic medical centers across pediatric, adult, and neonatal patient populations.

The company operates a multi-stream business model combining ENLIGHT hardware sales (monitor units, electrode belts, and accessories) with recurring software/clinical decision support revenue and professional services revenue from master classes, webinars (TIMPEL On Air), and continuing education programs offering AARC CRCE credits. Its go-to-market relies on enterprise field sales targeting hospitals and ICUs, complemented by educational demand-generation through co-branded academic partnerships and clinical expert-led content. Timpel Medical operates globally with headquarters in Eindhoven (Netherlands), a regional headquarters in São Paulo (Brazil), and a sales and marketing office in San Diego (USA), with academic master class partnerships established with the University of North Texas Health Science Center, the University of São Paulo, and the University of Cincinnati. The company is backed by FinHealth, a healthcare-focused private equity and venture capital firm, and has received research and development support from Brazilian public funding agencies FAPESP and FINEP. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is presumed to be quote-based on configuration and volume.

Name

timpel medical

Legal name

Timpel Medical

Website

https://timpelmedical.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Timpel Medical develops the ENLIGHT Electrical Impedance Tomography system, providing real-time, non-invasive, radiation-free bedside lung ventilation and perfusion visualization with clinical decision support tools for ICUs, anesthesiology, and respiratory therapy departments globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Respiratory Care Medical Devices

NAICS

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

SIC

Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Ventilators & Mechanical Ventilation Systems (ICU/Transport/Home) (HLAHAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Connected Medical Devices & Wearables (Sensors, Patches, Implantables) (HLACAPAB), Clinical-Grade Vital Signs Monitoring (ECG, SpO2, BP, Temp, Respiration) (HLACAPAI)

Keywords

• Electrical impedance tomography
• Respiratory care devices
• Mechanical ventilation monitoring
• Bedside lung imaging
• Precision ventilation systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Eindhoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ENLIGHT Hardware System Sales: Sale of the ENLIGHT 2100 medical device system, including the monitor unit, electrode belts, and accessories. The system is a physical medical device requiring capital equipment procurement by hospitals.
2. Software/Software-as-a-Service: Clinical decision support software integrated within the ENLIGHT system, providing real-time visualization, PEEP titration, asynchrony detection, and V/Q monitoring tools.
3. Professional Services and Training: Educational programs including master classes on ventilation guided by EIT. Courses are offered at partner institutions (e.g., University of North Texas Health Science Center, University of Sao Paulo, University of Cincinnati) and generate revenue through course registration fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Timpel Medical develops and sells the ENLIGHT system, a bedside medical device that uses Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) to provide real-time, radiation-free visualization of lung ventilation and perfusion for mechanically ventilated patients. The ENLIGHT 2100 model integrates clinical decision-support tools (PEEP titration, asynchrony detection, V/Q monitoring, trends) to enable personalized ventilation management in ICUs and perioperative settings.

Product overview

Timpel Medical offers the ENLIGHT system, a precision ventilation platform built on Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) technology. The ENLIGHT 2100 model represents the core product, which provides real-time, non-invasive lung imaging and clinical decision support tools. The system includes integrated modules for Ventilation Mapping, PEEP Titration, Trends Analysis, Asynchrony Detection, and V/Q Monitoring, enabling clinicians to personalize mechanical ventilation from intubation through weaning. The company also maintains a separate Timpel Academy for educational resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ENLIGHT: Precision ventilation system using electrical impedance tomography (EIT) technology for real-time bedside monitoring of patient ventilation and perfusion.
• ENLIGHT 2100

Products and services

• ENLIGHT System (ENLIGHT 2100) A bedside expert system that uses Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) to provide real-time, non-invasive, radiation-free visualization of lung ventilation and perfusion. The system includes a monitor unit, electrode belts, and integrated clinical decision-support tools (Ventilation Map, PEEP Titration, Trends Screen, Asynchrony Tool, V/Q Tool) for personalized mechanical ventilation management in adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients. Sold as capital equipment to hospitals and intensive care units.
• Timpel Master Classes and Educational Programs In-person and virtual educational courses on EIT-guided mechanical ventilation, offered through Timpel Academy at partner academic institutions (e.g., University of North Texas Health Science Center, University of Sao Paulo, University of Cincinnati). Courses award AARC CRCE credits (16 credits) and are open to intensivists, anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, and respiratory therapists. Revenue is generated through course registration fees.

Quantifiable outcome

• Enables detection of hidden lung problems at the moment of their occurrence, long before clinical manifestations are detected by routine examinations, allowing problems to be treated before they become serious complications.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• University of North Texas Health Science CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for a Master Class on Mechanical Ventilation Guided by EIT scheduled for April 9-10, 2026. The course features Timpel speakers (Glasiele Alcala and Caio Morais) and awards 16 AARC CRCE credits. This represents a co-branded educational partnership for clinical training and market development.
• University of Sao PaulocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for a Master Class on Mechanical Ventilation Guided by EIT scheduled for October 28-30, 2026 in São Paulo, Brazil. Represents a significant educational partnership in Timpel Medical's home market, building clinical adoption through academic channels.
• University of CincinnaticoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for a Master Class on Mechanical Ventilation Guided by EIT (dates to be announced). This partnership extends Timpel Medical's educational footprint in the US academic market.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Drägerwerk (Dräger): A global leader in ICU mechanical ventilation, patient monitoring, and anesthesia equipment. Dräger is the most direct large-scale competitor to Timpel because it sells integrated ventilator-plus-monitoring ecosystems into the same ICU customer base that ENLIGHT targets.
• Getinge (Maquet): Provides ICU ventilators (Servo series), anesthesia machines, and perioperative monitoring — directly overlapping with Timpel's ICU and perioperative ventilation use cases. Getinge competes for the same hospital capital budgets and clinician relationships.
• GE HealthCare: A major supplier of patient monitoring, anesthesia, and respiratory care solutions to ICUs worldwide. GE competes for the same hospital monitoring budgets and has the scale to integrate ventilation decision-support directly into its monitoring platforms.
• Philips Healthcare: Provides ICU patient monitoring, ventilators, and connected care platforms to hospitals globally. Philips' IntelliVue and respiratory offerings overlap with Timpel's bedside ICU monitoring positioning and target the same hospital procurement channels.
• Medtronic (Respiratory Interventions): Operates a respiratory interventions business addressing ventilated and chronically ill respiratory patients, and competes for hospital ICU and respiratory-therapy budgets across the same care continuum where Timpel positions ENLIGHT.
• Vyaire Medical: Specializes in respiratory care products including ventilators and consumables for ICUs, neonatology, and pulmonology. Vyaire competes directly with Timpel for respiratory-therapy department budgets and clinician mindshare.
• Nihon Kohden: Global patient monitoring company whose bedside and ICU monitors overlap with the monitoring layer that ENLIGHT adds on top of standard ventilator workflows. Nihon Kohden is a relevant adjacent competitor for ICU capital sales motions.
• Mindray: Major supplier of patient monitoring, ventilators, and anesthesia machines globally, including to emerging and cost-sensitive markets. Mindray competes for the same hospital ICU capex where Timpel is trying to establish ENLIGHT as a complementary monitoring layer.

Direct peers

• Hamilton Medical: Specializes in intelligent ICU mechanical ventilators (HAMILTON-C series) and is one of the closest functional comparables to Timpel's ENLIGHT, targeting the same ICU ventilated-patient population with adjacent ventilation decision-support features.
• Sentec / Swisstom: Swiss-based developer of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) systems (e.g., Swisstom BB²/PulmoVista 500) for ICU ventilation monitoring. This is the closest technology peer to Timpel's ENLIGHT, operating in the same EIT modality with overlapping ICU clinical use cases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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