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Sapiens

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Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation GmbH is an emerging medical device company whose mission is to deliver superior solutions for deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy. Sapiens’ ambition is to provide a unique, high-resolution, and MRI- compatible DBS system that will improve patient comfort and therapeutic outcome, initially for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Sapiens, with offices in Eindhoven, the Netherlands and Munich, Germany, is founded in 2011 as a spin-out of Royal Philips Electronics. Its steering brain stimulation (SBS) system and image-guided programming are based upon patented technologies.

Recent Milestones

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  Sapiens received $13.3M (€10M) in Venture Round funding. (11/28/11)
  Posted 11/28/11 at 7:25pm via finsmes.com
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  Sapiens received $18.7M (€13M) in Series A funding. (6/1/11)
  Posted 6/1/11 at 7:44pm via cisionwire.com
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  Sapiens added Sjaak Deckers as Founder and CEO.
  Posted 6/1/11 at 7:44pm

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Sources

1. Sapiens raises € 13m in a Series A financing to fund the development of a novel deep brain stimulation system (cisionwire.com) [edit]
2. Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation Raises €10M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]