Industry Corner Live With STIMIT CEO Ronja Mueller.

Abstract

In this IEEE Pulse Industry Corner Live interview, Editor-in-Chief Chad Andresen speaks with Ronja Muller-Bruhn, CEO and Founder of STIMIT, about the company's non-invasive transcutaneous magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation system for ICU patients. Surface coils applied to the neck activate the diaphragm in sedated or comatose patients, targeting prevention of ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction-a condition causing up to 50% loss of respiratory muscle function within days of mechanical ventilation onset. With Health Canada clearance secured and a U.S. FDA De Novo pivotal trial underway, STIMIT aims to fundamentally shift ICU ventilation paradigms toward active preservation of natural respiratory neuromuscular physiology.