Winners of ASPA Awards 2019

Somnics, Inc. nominated by Hsinchu Science Park (Taiwan)

1. Website: www.inapsleep.com

2. About the Company:

Somnics, Inc. is a medical device start-up focusing on developing innovative technologies for the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) based on a new technological concept in the field of Sleep Apnea. Its major product iNAP One Sleep Therapy System helps to improve OSA patients’ sleep qualities significantly.

The iNAP One Sleep Therapy System provides the unique and innovative negative pressure sleep therapy for OSA patients in the world. This technology gives OSA patients a new opportunity to obtain more comfortable sleep therapy and improve their sleep qualities and life with high compliance rates.

Benefits of the iNAP One Sleep Therapy System are:

1. Operation without mask
2. Portable and rechargeable
3. Excellent wearing comfort
4. Discreet and quiet

The business competitive advantages of iNAP One Sleep Therapy System result from the contribution of clinical data and patent protection for many years.

For the approval of safety and efficacy of the iNAP One Sleep Therapy System for OSA treatment, the multi-center clinical trial in Europe, America and Taiwan is estimated to be completed at the end of this year.

**Nominating Member: Hsinchu Science Park

Behinab Zenderood Research and Engineering Co., Ltd.

1. Website: www.behinab.ir

2. About the Company:

Behinab Zenrerood was established in 2005 in Isfahan Science and Technology Town (ISTT). The company is working in the field of water and wastewater treatment technologies. This company has a vital role in the sanitation of environment especially water quality and as a result for human health.

It has worked on the following technologies: Water and wastewater disinfection systems, Domestic wastewater treatment packages, Industrial wastewater treatment packages, Chemical wastewater treatment, Water and wastewater filtration, Water quality measurement devices and tools, Hospital waste landfill liners, Waste management.

The main work field of the company is water quality modification and measurement especially water disinfection.

The company has invented systems which work on the base of salty water electrolysis and the systems produce multi-oxidants disinfection solution on the base of electrolysis as on site generators. Multi-oxidants solution can be used for disinfection of drinking water, water parks, pools, wastewater, and industrial water. Also the solution can be used for sanitizing in different field such as urban environment, cattle field and industries.

**Nominating Member: Isfahan Science and Technology Town (Iran)

Arya Nanoseez Company

1. Website: www.nanoseez.com

2. About the Company:

Arya Nanoseez Company, operating as a biotechnological and nano technological center, started its activities in Fars Science and Technology Park, Iran in 2014. The company has technical laboratories which are equipped with the latest product analyzing instruments, and the biggest agricultural database is gathered by the research and development department consisting of experts and professors of well-known universities in the country.

**Nominating Member: Fars Science and Technology Park

LLC Scientific-Productional Center «Hotu-Bakt»

1. Website: -

2. About the Company:

LLC Scientific-Productional Center «Hotu-Bakt» develops and manufactures innovative effective and safe medicines for veterinary use that contribute to the production of organic animal products: Inactivated vaccines against infectious diseases of horses

probiotic preparations based on strains of bacteria Bacillus subtilis isolated from the natural environment of Yakutia.

The drugs are approved, their production is licensed by the Rosselkhoznadzor of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
Preparations have no analogues in Russia. The scientific novelty of the developments is protected by 42 patents of the Russian Federation for inventions.

The company was established in 2013 with the aim of commercializing the scientific developments of scientists of the Yakutian Research Institute of Agriculture named M.G. Safronov. Director of LLC Scientific-Productional Center ?Hotu-Bakt? is Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Science of the Russian Federation, author of scientific developments, participant of the Skolkovo Foundation -Mikhail Petrovich Neustroev.

**Nominating Member: Technopark Yakutia (Russia)