About Medichanical Engineering
Medichanical Engineering ApS (ME) was founded as a consequence of a new invention – X-pander – made by Poul Torben Nielsen (PTN); chief surgeon in orthopedics and responsible for hip and knee arthroplasties (implants) in Northern Jutland, Denmark. The idea for the invention emerged from existing challenges in the everyday work of PTN and other orthopedic surgeons, challenges regarding fixation of the pelvic component (the cup) of a hip implant.
For the early development of X-pander, PTN teamed up with engineers Eske W. Petersen (EWP) and Søren G. Buch (SGB) and together they developed the first prototypes of X-pander. After CE certification X-pander was launched in Denmark in 2016 and following subsequent FDA registration surgeons started using
X-pander in the United States in 2020.
Management
Eske W. Petersen
Co-founder and CEO
For 10 years Eske has gained experience as project manager, consultant and CEO within the med-tech field. As a young entrepreneur he was winning prestigious prizes in various national entrepreneurial contests. Today his main functions are to scale the medichanical business, secure funding and ensure strategic business development.
Career & education:
• CEO, Medichanical Engineering
• Board member at Life Science Innovation North Denmark
• Business development consultant and owner of Team-Mediconsult
• Business development & entrepreneurship with SEA
• Engineer – Manufacturing technology – Aalborg University
Søren G. Buch
Co-founder and COO
QA/RA responsible
By developing a price winning organization that manages and commercializes public Healthcare innovation (Ideklinikken at Aalborg University Hospital) Søren Buch has experience in the fields of strategy development, business development, project management, technology scouting, user-driven innovation and law.
Career & education:
• COO and head of QA/RA, Medichanical Engineering
• Compliance & Quality Manager at DESMI Ocean Guard A/S
• Business Developer & Project Manager, The Northern Region of Denmark
• Technology Scout, The Ideas Clinic – Aalborg University Hospital
• MBA Århus University
• Engineer - Manufacturing technology – Aalborg University
Paul C. Daniel
US President of Sales
Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry and Regenerative Medicine for the past 36 years. Skilled in Management, Medical Devices, Sales, Strategic Planning, International trade, and Product Launch. Most recently he was the ZimmerBiomet Distributor in Northern and Central Illinois. He grew the business from 5,000,000 to 150,000,000. US dollars of sales. He is the past President of the Zimmer Biomet Distributor Principle Network where he collaborated with the Distribution and sales areas of ZimmerBiomet that represented 4 Billion US Dollars of sales. He has a Masters degree in Sports Medicine.
Board of Directors
Renaat Vermeulen
Board member
Renaat Vermeulen is a 33-year veteran of the orthopaedic industry. Renaat started his career with a Belgian distributor and joined Biomet, a global leader in orthopedics, in 1994. He held general management positions in Belgium, France, Germany and Spain and became President EMEA of Biomet in 2010. Currently, and since Biomet was acquired by Zimmer in June 2015, Renaat does business through his private consulting firm. He has been a Board member of MedTech Europe, the European Trade Association of Medical Devices for 4 years.
Poul T. Nielsen
Co-founder and board member
Poul T. Nielsen has more than 30 years of experience as an orthopedic surgeon inserting artificial hip joints. Today (since 2003) he holds the title as Clinical Director and Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Northern Orthopaedic Devision, Aalborg University Hospital. Since 1998 he has been Ph.D-adviser on several projects and his bibliography of scientific papers on hip and knee science is extensive. Since 1993 he has been a member of the Org. Community of the National Danish Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Registers.
Mads Rasmussen
Board Member, CEO of Welfare Tech Invest
Mads Rasmussen has a long track record as pre-seed Life Science investor. With a back ground as business developer, entrepreneur and investor, Mads is today director in Welfare Tech Invest. The fund delivers management support, business development and corporate finance support to the portfolio companies. As part of the investor role, Mads has gained substantial experience as a board member in high tech Life Science companies. Prior to becoming head of Welfare Tech Invest, Mads was leading the Life Science team in a top 10 global accelerator.