{"id":2030,"date":"2021-03-24T20:47:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T20:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selvedgeventure.co.uk\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2021-05-26T09:31:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:31:21","slug":"omp-receives-e1-3-million-for-sirona-self-expanding-hydrogel-weight-loss-capsule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selvedgeventure.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/omp-receives-e1-3-million-for-sirona-self-expanding-hydrogel-weight-loss-capsule\/","title":{"rendered":"OMP receives \u20ac1.3 million for Sirona self-expanding hydrogel weight loss capsule"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2030\" class=\"elementor elementor-2030\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59fe02ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59fe02ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b9858da\" data-id=\"6b9858da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd38ce0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cd38ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Oxford Medical Products (OMP) has raised \u20ac1.3 million to develop a safe and affordable weight loss capsule, which uses the same mechanism of action as a gastric balloon, but can be taken at home. The funding will be used to complete pre-clinical testing, upscale and outsource manufacturing and develop the company\u2019s workforce.<\/p><p>The company\u2019s non-surgical weight loss technology Sirona, is a self-expanding hydrogel capsule that once swallowed expands in the stomach, reducing hunger and, the company claims, leading to significant weight loss. The capsules stay in the stomach for several weeks before breaking down gradually and passing naturally over time.<\/p><p>Oxford Medical Products was founded in 2017 by Professor Jan Czenurska a world-renowned expert in hydrogels, and Dr Hutan Ashrafian a pioneering bariatric surgeon &#8211; with Dr Camilla Easter and Dr Nick Edwards, two medically trained entrepreneurs, joining Oxford Medical Products soon after.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-252e848 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"252e848\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-244bf90\" data-id=\"244bf90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bf5045 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bf5045\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bariatricnews.net\/nodeomp-receives-eu13-million-sirona-self-expanding-hydrogel-weight-loss-capsule\">read more.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford Medical Products (OMP) has raised \u20ac1.3 million to develop a safe and affordable weight loss capsule, which uses the same mechanism of action as a gastric balloon, but can be taken at home. The funding will be used to complete pre-clinical testing, upscale and outsource manufacturing and develop the company\u2019s workforce. 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