Alsteni Medical
Patient-controlled feeding tube that can trigger the body's own powerful appetite-suppressing hormones, including GLP-1, without drugs or surgery.
- Private company
- Los Angeles, CA, USUnited States
Patient-controlled feeding tube that can trigger the body's own powerful appetite-suppressing hormones, including GLP-1, without drugs or surgery.
alstenimedical.comCrawled Oct 15, 2026
On June 12, 1979, the first percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy was performed in Cleveland. Forty-seven years later, PEG remains the standard. A short history of the procedure that ended the surgical gastrostomy era, and the limitations no refinement has solved.
Long-form writing on the science, history, and clinical context of metabolic medicine from Alsteni Medical.
A survey of the nasoenteric feeding tube: from the late sixteenth century through John Hunter, Levin and Ryle, Wangensteen, and the Dobhoff. Two centuries of refinement at the front end of enteral access, and a procedure still rated the most painful routinely performed in the emergency department.
Every few decades, medicine doesn't get a better instrument: it gets a new way in. On Mühe's laparoscope, PEG, and why a new route to the gut is not a procedure but a platform. By Nicholas G. Demetriades, Alsteni Medical.
Chief Operating Officer of Alsteni Medical. 25+ years in medical device commercialization with $1.5B in cumulative revenue and 100+ products commercialized. 8 issued patents.
Founder, CEO, and inventor of the Alsteni System. Board-certified endocrinologist. Lead inventor on U.S. Patents 12,599,544 and 10,744,070. 45+ peer-reviewed publications.
President & Co-Founder of Alsteni Medical. Named inventor on U.S. Patent 12,599,544 (issued April 14, 2026). USC Techstars 2025. Former U.S. Marine (0311, Reserves).
Chief Technology Officer of Alsteni Medical. 51 issued U.S. patents in medical device design and orthodontic systems. Co-inventor on Alsteni's core device patents.
The Alsteni System is an intraorally-anchored, invisible feeding tube: a removable alternative to nasogastric and PEG tubes. No tube on the face, no surgical opening. Disappears when not in use.
USC Viterbi School of Engineering alumni present AI-driven solutions at Techstars Demo Day. One startup introduces an AI-powered platform designed to automate video production workflows, covering stages from concept development to scriptwriting and final delivery. The platform aims to enhance efficiency for creators and production teams.
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