About Us

Innovativ. Effektiv. Meschenzentriert.

Timo Papesch

Founder & CEO – B. Eng. Industrial Engineering (Electrical Engineering), inventor, leadership, product development

Maja Lehmann

Co-founder & CTO – B. Sc. Medical Engineering, regulatory and quality management, co-creation

Pascal Saße

Co-founder & CSO – M. Sc. Medical Physics, clinical research, study coordination, risk management

Nicola Balbas

External Advisor – M. Sc. Business Administration, marketing

About Us

We are a young medical technology startup from Lower Saxony specializing in active cooling products combined with compression. PNProtect was founded as a spin-off project of the Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) and NEXSTER, the entrepreneurship center of Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, with the goal of bringing scientific ideas to the market.

Since then, we have made it our mission to further develop our ideas and create a new approach to cooling technology.

That is why we developed a long-term cold therapy.

The name PNProtect stands for “polyneuropathy (PN) – protect” and reflects the original idea behind our company: the development of an active cooling system for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).

Due to an acute clinical need, we searched for a way to actively cool the hands and feet over an extended period during chemotherapy, thereby helping to prevent nerve damage.

Our goal was to create an effective and safe cold therapy that is also suitable for extended application periods.

Our mission

We have made it our mission to sustainably improve mobility, health, and quality of life through our cooling technology. To achieve this, we aim to establish the next generation of cooling — cooling that truly makes a difference.

Our values

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Innovative

We are developing the next generation of cold application, thereby replacing outdated cooling methods.

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Effective

Our long-term cooling is designed for particularly extended application times, thereby enabling more effective cooling.

Human-centered

In every development, the human being is at the center of what we do. The health and well-being of our customers are always our top priority.

Contact

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