Company Details

Name Art of Xen
Year founded 2002
Category Medicine
University partner Cardiff
Biofusion shareholding 31.6%
Biofusion investment to date £0

Contact Details

Contact details  Wendy Ross
Art of Xen Limited
RACD
30-33 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0DE
Telephone +44 (0) 29 2087 4837
E-mail rossw@cardiff.ac.uk

Company Background

Art of Xen holds a number of patents and patent applications for cost efficient delivery systems for the anaesthetic noble gas Xenon. Xenon is showing promise in research as a neuroprotectant that can protect against and reduce brain damage with an almost complete lack of side effects. In addition to anaesthesia, potential clinical applications include cardiac surgery, birth asphyxia, stroke and neurosurgery.

For the non-technical

Art of Xen exploration of Xenon gas as an alternative anaesthetic gas for use in operations, means that patients in future could experience little or no side effect from anaesthesia, and there are potential other applications too.


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