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Groundbreaking emergency
treatment for vasospasm & stroke.
Two-minute non-invasive
magnetic stimulation treatment.
US FDA Humanitarian Use Designation
confirmed for vasospasm.
Testing device eggectiveness
against migraines.
Currently pursuing Humanitarian Device Exemption.CAUTION – Investigational device. Not yet approved by US FDA for sale. Limited by United States law to investigational use.
A groundbreaking
emergency treatment
for stroke & vasospasm
- Easy, non-invasive, magnetic stimulation treatment
- Relaxes cerebral arteries, allowing superior blood perfusion
- Just one, 2-minute stimulation
- Goal 1: Expand the “Golden Hour” for stroke victims
- Goal 2: Earlier treatments in ICUs, emergency departments, and ambulances
![Cerefast in use](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Cerefast-in-use.png)
Our Leadership Team
![Jeffrey Lietzke](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jefferey-Lietzke-300.jpg)
Jeffrey Lietzke
CEO
20 years of medtech founding, commercialization, and exit experience.
![Emilio Sacristan, PhD](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/emillio-photo-300.jpg)
Emilio Sacristan, PhD
PhD Chief Science Officer, Co-Founder and Director
Co-inventor of the CereFast.
![Stephanie Harrington, MS](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/harrington-photo-300.jpg)
Stephanie Harrington, MS
Chief Clinical and Regulatory Officer
20 years of experience in the medical device industry.
![Guy Jean L. Savoir](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Guy-Jean-Savoir-300.jpg)
Guy Jean L. Savoir
Director
Businessman, entrepreneur and investor in the pharmaceutical and health-care industries.
![Dr. John Andrefsky](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dr-John-Andrefsky-1-214x300.jpg)
Dr. John Andrefsky
Clinical Advisory Board
Vascular Neurologist at University Hospitals. Fellowship-trained in neurocritical care, Cleveland Clinic.
Pre-clinical &
Clinical Testing
- Completed healthy human subjects trial establishing safety, tolerability, and dose response
- Vasospasm patients’ human pilot trial: all patients resolved vasospasm (fully or partially) and all survived after a single stimulation
- NIH-sponsored early feasibility clinical trial for treatment of ischemic stroke in the emergency department – first patient enrollment expected during Q3 2024
- Ten scientific papers published to date
![consulting-Cerefast-1](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/consulting-Cerefast-1.jpg)
![Screenshot 2024-03-21 at 4.52.00 PM](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.52.00 PM.png)
Increase in brain perfusion index after one stimulation in blue; and after two stimulations 120 minutes apart in red.
Approach to Market
Publications
- Facial nerve stimulation as a future treatment for ischemic stroke
- Effects of Noninvasive Facial Nerve Stimulation in the Dog Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model of Ischemic Stroke
- Restored Brain Perfusion after Non-Invasive Stimulation of the Facial Nerve in a Canine Stroke Model
- Effect of pulsed magnetic stimulation of the facial nerve on cerebral blood flow
Groundbreaking emergency
treatment for vasospasm & stroke.
Two-minute non-invasive
magnetic stimulation treatment.
US FDA Humanitarian Use Designation
confirmed for vasospasm.
Testing device eggectiveness
against migraines.
Currently pursuing Humanitarian Device Exemption.
CAUTION – Investigational device. Not yet approved by US FDA for sale.
Limited by United States law to investigational use.
![Cerefast in use](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Cerefast-in-use.png)
A groundbreaking emergency
treatment for stroke & vasospasm
- Easy, non-invasive, magnetic stimulation treatment
- Relaxes cerebral arteries, allowing superior blood perfusion
- Just one, 2-minute stimulation
- Goal 1: Expand the “Golden Hour” for stroke victims
- Goal 2: Earlier treatments in ICUs, emergency departments, and ambulances
Our Leadership Team
![Jeffrey Lietzke](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jefferey-Lietzke-300.jpg)
Jeffrey Lietzke
CEO
20 years of medtech founding, commercialization, and exit experience.
![Emilio Sacristan, PhD](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/emillio-photo-300.jpg)
Emilio Sacristan, PhD
PhD Chief Science Officer, Co-Founder and Director
Co-inventor of the CereFast.
![Stephanie Harrington, MS](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/harrington-photo-300.jpg)
Stephanie Harrington, MS
Chief Clinical and Regulatory Officer
20 years of experience in the medical device industry.
![Guy Jean L. Savoir](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Guy-Jean-Savoir-300.jpg)
Guy Jean L. Savoir
Director
Businessman, entrepreneur and investor in the pharmaceutical and health-care industries.
![Dr. John Andrefsky](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dr-John-Andrefsky-1-214x300.jpg)
Dr. John Andrefsky
Clinical Advisory Board
Vascular Neurologist at University Hospitals. Fellowship-trained in neurocritical care, Cleveland Clinic.
Pre-clinical & Clinical Testing
- Completed healthy human subjects trial establishing safety, tolerability, and dose response
- Vasospasm patients’ human pilot trial: all patients resolved vasospasm (fully or partially) and all survived after a single stimulation
- NIH-sponsored early feasibility clinical trial for treatment of ischemic stroke in the emergency department – first patient enrollment expected during Q3 2024
- Ten scientific papers published to date
![consulting-Cerefast-1](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/consulting-Cerefast-1.jpg)
![Screenshot 2024-03-21 at 4.52.00 PM](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.52.00 PM.png)
Increase in brain perfusion index after one stimulation in blue; and after two stimulations 120 minutes apart in red.
Approach to Market
![ambulance-cerefast-use](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ambulance-cerefast-use.jpg)
Publications
![Doctor](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/portrait-doctor-scaled-1.jpg)
- Facial nerve stimulation as a future treatment for ischemic stroke
- Effects of Noninvasive Facial Nerve Stimulation in the Dog Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model of Ischemic Stroke
- Restored Brain Perfusion after Non-Invasive Stimulation of the Facial Nerve in a Canine Stroke Model
- Effect of pulsed magnetic stimulation of the facial nerve on cerebral blood flow
Groundbreaking emergency
treatment for vasospasm & stroke.
Two-minute non-invasive
magnetic stimulation treatment.
US FDA Humanitarian Use Designation
confirmed for vasospasm.
Testing device eggectiveness
against migraines.
Currently pursuing Humanitarian Device Exemption.
CAUTION – Investigational device. Not yet approved by US FDA for sale.
Limited by United States law to investigational use.
A groundbreaking
emergency treatment for stroke & vasospasm
![Cerefast in use](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Cerefast-in-use.png)
- Easy, non-invasive, magnetic stimulation treatment
- Relaxes cerebral arteries, allowing superior blood perfusion
- Just one, 2-minute stimulation
- Goal 1: Expand the “Golden Hour” for stroke victims
- Goal 2: Earlier treatments in ICUs, emergency departments, and ambulances
Our Leadership Team
![Jeffrey Lietzke](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jefferey-Lietzke-300.jpg)
Jeffrey Lietzke
CEO
20 years of medtech founding, commercialization, and exit experience.
![Emilio Sacristan, PhD](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/emillio-photo-300.jpg)
Emilio Sacristan, PhD
PhD Chief Science Officer, Co-Founder and Director
Co-inventor of the CereFast.
![Stephanie Harrington, MS](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/harrington-photo-300.jpg)
Stephanie Harrington, MS
Chief Clinical and Regulatory Officer
20 years of experience in the medical device industry.
![Guy Jean L. Savoir](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Guy-Jean-Savoir-300.jpg)
Guy Jean L. Savoir
Director
Businessman, entrepreneur and investor in the pharmaceutical and health-care industries.
![Dr. John Andrefsky](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dr-John-Andrefsky-1-214x300.jpg)
Dr. John Andrefsky
Clinical Advisory Board
Vascular Neurologist at University Hospitals. Fellowship-trained in neurocritical care, Clevland Clinic.
Pre-clinical & Clinical Testing
![consulting-Cerefast-1](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/consulting-Cerefast-1.jpg)
- Completed healthy human subjects trial establishing safety, tolerability, and dose response
- Vasospasm patients’ human pilot trial: all patients resolved vasospasm (fully or partially) and all survived after a single stimulation
- NIH-sponsored early feasibility clinical trial for treatment of ischemic stroke in the emergency department – first patient enrollment expected during Q3 2024
- Ten scientific papers published to date
![Screenshot 2024-03-21 at 4.52.00 PM](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-21-at-4.52.00 PM.png)
Increase in brain perfusion index after one stimulation in blue; and after two stimulations 120 minutes apart in red.
Approach to Market
![ambulance-cerefast-use](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ambulance-cerefast-use.jpg)
Publications
- Facial nerve stimulation as a future treatment for ischemic stroke
- Effects of Noninvasive Facial Nerve Stimulation in the Dog Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model of Ischemic Stroke
- Restored Brain Perfusion after Non-Invasive Stimulation of the Facial Nerve in a Canine Stroke Model
- Effect of pulsed magnetic stimulation of the facial nerve on cerebral blood flow
![Doctor](https://vacere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/portrait-doctor-scaled-1.jpg)