Tulipon
Protects & Collects
A New Branch in Women's
Wellness & Health
Some Bloody Facts:
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Tampons, pads, and menstrual cups are the only available technologies in the market for managing "this time of the month". All are problematic in different ways.
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Pads and menstrual cups were invented more than 100 years ago at the end of the eighteen hundreds and tampons were invented in 1921.
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The invention of pads combined with the need for working hands in WW I, resulted in women officially joining the industireal workforce for the first time.
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Women spend a total of about 6 years of their lives bleeding.
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20% of perimenopause women experience heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), severely affecting their quality of life.
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The monthly bleeding is effectively a monthly biopsy which is currently simply being discarded
Some Bloody Facts:
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The pads invention in the 19th century combined with the need for working hands in WW I, resulted in women joining the work force.
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Tampons were invented 100 years ago in 1921.
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Women spend a total of about 6 years of their lives bleeding.
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Tampons, pads and menstrual cups are the only available technologies in the market for managing "this time of the month". All are problematic in different ways.
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20% of perimenopause women experience heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), severely affecting their quality of life.
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The monthly bleeding is effectively a monthly biopsy which is currently simply being discarded.
Tulipon by Gals Bio:
The monthly bleeding is not perceived or celebrated as the source of life, fertility, or health, but rather it is associated negatively with pain, stress, uneasiness, queasiness, disgust, burden, fear and alike.
In Gals Bio we are changing this reality, by changing the perspective from natural affliction to natural biopsy.
Gals Bio is developing Tulipon: the "Holy Grail" of vaginal hygiene devices that solves two eons old problems:
A new branch in women's wellness and health
Tulipon is an innovative, disposable, sustainable, vaginal platform used like a regular tampon with an applicator that:
Collects: Tulipon collects the vaginal effluents better/safer/longer than any other tampon.
Protects: Tulipon Pro will monitor and screen women's wellness & health based on biomarkers found in this "Mother Nature's Monthly Gift"
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Our Team:
Hilla Shaviv
Inventor, Founder & CEO
Hilla Shaviv is a biomedical engineer, a serial inventor and entrepreneur in the women's health arena, with more than 20 years of experience in medical device R&D. Over the last 13 years she focused on researching and developing women's health devices. Hilla’s education and experience concentrated on bio-fluid dynamics where she developed various devices, including a heart assist device, as well as carrying out computational blood flow and in-vitro simulations. Hilla entered the entrepreneur world in 2007 after having founded her first company GalMedics, where she developed a new kind of tampon that treats menstrual pain, based on her own invention. In 2016, she established GalsBio with the goal of developing Tulipon.
Hilla earned a BSc from Caltech (Mechanical & Fluid Dynamics Engineering, cum laude) and an MSc from Tel Aviv University (Biomedical Engineering).
Dina Niron
Business, Law & Management Expert
Dina held several executive management positions, acted as CEO for early stage companies, and lead numerous JV's and M&A transactions. Dina has a passion for innovation and extensive strategic experience consulting companies on business models, growth and fundraising. With over 9 years working in Wall-Street, she is a serial entrepreneur.
Dina holds an LL.M in Law and is admitted to both the
Israeli and the New York Bar Associations.
Omer Shezifi
CTO
Omer has more than 25 years of extensive experience in R&D and product development with various technology and medtech companies. Previously R&D manager, project manager and technical marketing manager of Stryker GI, a project manager with Aran and VP R&D of Endoaid Ltd.,
Omer holds a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from the Technion and MS in Engineering Management from Tufts University, MA, USA.
Dr. Amos Ber
OBGYN
Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, amniocentesis, abortions, contraception, gynecologic plastic surgery and menopause.
Received his MD degree in 1981 from Tel Aviv Univ., and for 30 years served as a senior gynecologist initially in the Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov) and later in Maccabi health centers.
Dr. Ber authored the bestseller "The Israeli Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth" and other books and articles including "The Israeli Guide for women aged 40 +" targeting women before and around menopause.
Dr. Amos Ber participated in many TV and radio interviews and is frequently cited and writes articles in the popular press and the internet on subjects involving gynecology, obstetrics, amniocentesis, contraception (the pill and IUD) plastic surgery of the vagina and menopause.
Dr. Ber is an active participant in forming position statement papers of the Israeli Medical Association giving guidelines to physicians in the fields of abortion and contraception.