Longeviti : Breakthrough in Neurotechnology-Longeviti Cranial Implants Gaining Momentum

Longeviti Neuro Solutions is a Baltimore based neurotechnology company with a focus on innovative surgical solutions for complex brain surgeries. From a garage dream three years ago, to becoming a global distributor of multiple neurosurgical products, Longeviti has come a long way in a very short amount of time and continues to gain global recognition.

The company was co-founded in 2016 by Jesse Christopher, a medical device industry executive with more than 15 years of industry-leading management, sales, and marketing experience; and Dr. Chad Gordon, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University, and Chief and Fellowship Director of Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The team, that was assembled by Christopher in three-short years, has been successful bringing two FDA-cleared neurosurgical implants to market, has 25 patents in various stages of approval, and is the first company to offer neurosurgical implants that address the complex clinical need, “Where can we safely implant this neurotechnology?”

Longeviti will be the first company to offer implants that both restore cranial shape to normalcy while housing functional implant therapies such as stimulation, drainage (shunts), and monitoring. The company’s collaboration with Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University provides Longeviti with key market advantages, including working with its new discipline of neuroplastic surgery towards commercial innovations. Neuroplastic surgery was created to specifically address growing global unmet neurosurgical needs.

“In the not too distant past, when patients contemplated undergoing neurosurgery, they often were more concerned about their survival than potential deformities, scars, lumps, or bumps left behind after the surgery,” said Christopher. “Now that outcomes are improving, patients are more confident in their chances of making it through surgery toremove tumors, relieve swelling, or implant medical devices, but they also have additional priorities—they want to look the way they did prior to the surgery.”

InvisiShunt’s innovative design and placement capabilities restore the natural contour of patients’ craniums without any cosmetic abnormalities. Because InvisiShunt is an off-the-shelf product, surgeons do not require CT scan data of a patient’s skull to implement it. They can safely and easily augment the device during a complicated surgery. “According to a survey of 562 Hydrocephalus patients conducted by Johns Hopkins, over 72 percent of neurosurgical patients experience pain with their shunt. Up until now, this was an undocumented issue. InvisiShunt is the solution to this and many other problems,” said Christopher.