Maternal Newborn Health Innovations (MNHI) is a public benefit corporation formed to help caregivers throughout the world reduce avoidable pain, harm and mortality to mothers and newborns during childbirth.
MNHI manufactures the OdonAssist™ inflatable device for assisted vaginal births, designed to enable a gentle and safe way for obstetricians to assist the birth of newborns during circumstances of prolonged, complicated second-stage labor.
It is a new choice, the first truly breakthrough innovation in assisted birth in more than a century.
OdonAssist has been in development for over ten years with approximately $40 million in investment to bring it to the commercialization stage. It has been tested in simulated and human clinical studies.
OdonAssist has recently received CE certification and is available for sale at selected hospitals in Italy, the UK and France. MNHI will begin commercializing OdonAssist in other countries and jurisdictions around the world after local regulatory approvals and clearances have been obtained.
Bringing OdonAssist to the World starts with you.
Each year approximately 285,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes1, and ten million more experience complications from childbirth2. Additionally, over two million newborns die each year3, and there are a similar number of stillbirths4. Approximately 25% of newborn mortality5 and 46% of stillbirths6 occur during the process of childbirth. Maternal and newborn health outcomes are significant areas of focus for governments and health agencies, and key areas of unmet need for innovation in the medical device space.
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