NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diamond Equity Research, a leading equity research firm with a focus on small capitalization public companies has initiated coverage of Inspira Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: IINN). The in-depth 22-page initiation report includes detailed information on the Inspira Technologies’ business model, services, industry, valuation, management, and risks.
The full research report is available here. Highlights from the report include:
- Innovative Product Pipeline Setting a New Standard of Care - The company’s product pipeline is comprised of innovative and disruptive respiratory support technology that has the potential to improve patient outcomes substantially. The company is developing a novel oxygenation therapy, the INSPIRATM ART system, designed to rebalance oxygen saturation levels while patients are awake and breathing spontaneously (for patients with acute respiratory failure). The system aims to reduce the need for invasive mechanical ventilation and the potential complications associated with it. The INSPIRATM ART System is designed in a way to incorporate state-of-the-art technology components that supports multiple benefits, including minimizing medical risks, and reducing the need for perfusionists and operational errors in comparison with currently available extracorporeal blood oxygenation systems. Other products within the company’s pipeline include the non-invasive HYLATM Blood Sensor and ALICETM cardio-pulmonary bypass (heart-lung) device. The HYLATM blood sensor aims to contribute to improved hospitalized patient care by providing non-invasive continuous blood measurements in real time of key blood parameters with the intention to alert physicians of signs of changes in a patient's clinical condition, enabling earlier medical response and intervention. The company’s innovative product pipeline has the potential to set a new and improved standard of care for millions of patients across the globe while generating long-term value for its multiple stakeholders, including clinicians, hospitals, and investors.
- Multiple Industry Growth Catalysts Propelling the Multi-billion Dollar Market - There are an estimated 20 million patients annually receiving invasive mechanical ventilation, with 69% of the patients being attributed to acute respiratory failure. In the U.S. alone, 5.7 million patients are admitted to ICUs, with 40% of them being placed on invasive mechanical ventilation (“IMV”). The benefits of the company’s solutions and technology over the current standard of care enhance its competitive positioning, allowing it to target a share of the growing $22.5 billion IMV market and point-of-care blood analyzer market. An increase in the prevalence of respiratory diseases, respiratory comorbidities following COVID-19, and the growing geriatric population are a few of the major catalysts that are expected to propel the market in the coming years.
- Strategic & Exclusive OEM Agreement – Inspira has signed an exclusive OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) agreement with Terumo Cardiovascular, a division of Terumo Corporation, a leading global medical device company. Terumo Corporation operates in over 160 countries and regions around the world, providing patients in a variety of medical settings with over 50,000 products and services. The agreement provides for the manufacture of a flow mechanism that is intended to be integrated into Inspira products for use in the extracorporeal circulation of the blood during the oxygenation process.
- Clinical Study Planned for Q1 of 2023 – Inspira has signed an agreement with Sheba Medical Center, an Israeli hospital ranked 10th in the world, to be the first site for the HYLATM blood sensor’s clinical study. Sheba Medical Center is internationally known for its groundbreaking medical research partnering with the MedTech industry to develop diagnostic tools, imaging modalities, drug delivery systems, medical devices, and therapeutic solutions.
- Progressing Towards FDA Submission in 2023 – The Company began the manufacturing process for the ALICETM CPB (Cardiopulmonary Bypass) device to undergo the Verification and Validation phase prior to its planned 2023 submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 510(k) clearance. If FDA clearance is obtained, the ALICETM device production line will be extended for Low-Rate Initial Production (LWRIP), which is an important operational stage in developing infrastructure to support serial manufacturing, quality control, and shipping. Additional units are expected to be assembled for the targeted future first deployments of the ALICETM devices in the U.S. and Israel. The ALICETM device is being contract manufactured by an end-to-end solution provider that offers New Product Introduction (NPI) services to mass production capabilities for leading medical electronic device companies.
- Product Market Validation - Inspira’s disruptive product portfolio has gained a lot of attention in the past year from multiple regional distributors in the U.S.A, Europe, and Israel. The company was also awarded the 2021 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Leadership Award, providing recognition for the development of an innovative and minimally invasive alternative to invasive mechanical ventilation. To date, the company has entered into multiple regional distribution agreements for the potential sale of its INSPIRATM ART and HYLATM devices which amount to over $485 million over a period of up to 7 years, contingent on the completion of product development and successful regulatory approval.
- Pre-clinical Study Results Supporting Product Capabilities - The company has completed a phase of animal studies for its INSPIRATM ART and HYLATM devices. The company had earlier announced the results of its in-vivo pre-clinical research studies involving the assessment of the INSPIRATM ART system in a hypoxemic swine model. The results indicated an increase from 85% to 93% in oxygen saturation levels in the carotid artery and an increase from 46% to 72% in the pulmonary artery. It also exhibited a statistically significant decrease in PaCO2 levels. The robust preclinical results are expected to be followed by human clinical studies for both devices.
- Valuation – Using a risk-adjusted discounted cash flow model assuming a discount rate of 15%, we have valued the company at $64.36 million or $5.81 per share contingent on successful execution by the company.
About Inspira Technologies Ltd.
Inspira Technologies is a specialty medical device company developing innovative respiratory care solutions as an alternative to invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) for the treatment of respiratory failure. The company was formerly known as Insense Medical Ltd. and changed its name to Inspira Technologies Oxy B.H.N. Ltd. in July 2020.
For more information, visit https://inspira-technologies.com/
About Diamond Equity Research
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