BMDSys was founded in April 2005 by Torsten Krümmel. In December 2005, Dr. Sergio N. Erné, today´s technical director, and the IMEDCO AG (Switzerland) joined the company as shareholders. Both directors have not only operationally but also financially been involved since the start-up of the company. They both contributed significantly to the development of BMDSys. The government of the Free State of Thuringia recognized the potential power of BMDSys and subsidized a first trendsetting research project involving BMDSys and the Biomagnetic Center of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena with 1.5 million €.
Between 2005 and 2007, BMDSys invested about 2.5 million € in the Free State of Thuringia and installed a first MFI system in the cardiologic department of the University of Jena. In June 2007, further investors participated in the first financing round .
After a constant growth, BMDSys now employs 16 team members of four different nationalities who are working on the production of additional MFI systems. With an international team, it goes without saying that the marketing strategy also aims at the global market – Germany is considered an important European reference market. Back home in Thuringia, BMDSys is highly recognized and was nominated for the Thuringia innovation award in autumn 2007.
In September 2008 an Apollo CXS MFI System of BMDSys has been installed in the department of cardiology at Asklepios Hosptial St. Georg in Hamburg, Germany under the supervision of Prof. Dr. K.-H. Kuck.
Young company with more than two decades of successful research
BMDSys can rely on a well attuned team with exceptional know-how and a long-term track record. As early as in the late 70ies, Dr. Sergio Nicola Erné concentrated on the further development and application of Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs), the world´s most sensitive magnetic sensors. It was already back then when he realized their applicability in medicine and biology where they are used to collect extremely weak magnetic fields caused by cell activities. 1982 he produced a magnetometer of the first generation which could collect the magnetic signals of cell activities. It was even earlier, in 1980, that he and his team started to program the first software for an evaluation of magnetic signals. Since that time, the sensors, data acquisition systems, and software were constantly advanced in cooperation with international scientists.
After the foundation of BMDSys, the system of the latest generation was developed and produced. The company sets high value on the system´s applicability in everyday practice. The new Apollo CXS is equipped with a time and areal high-resolution sensor array with 55 highly sensitive SQUID sensors and an analysis system. This allows a delivery of the results edited for diagnostics right after the examination of a patient.
Networking with scientific partners
BMDSys cooperates with numerous scientific partners in Germany and abroad. “We set special value on the cooperation with science and economy in the Free State of Thuringia”, says Torsten Krümmel, CEO and founder of BMDSys. The company takes pride in their long lasting successful cooperation with the Biomagnetic Center, the Clinic for Neurology of the University Hospital Jena.