Smart Reactors Ltd.

Smart Reactors is a Galway-based medical technology company specialising in advanced surface and coating technologies for medical devices. Founded in 2019, the company combines expertise in medical devices, polymer chemistry, biomaterials and surface science to address some of the key challenges associated with blood-contacting and implantable devices.

The company’s flagship technology, Camouflage™, is a proprietary hemocompatible coating designed to improve the interaction between medical devices and circulating blood. The ultra-thin, passive, non-heparin coating is designed to reduce thrombus formation and inflammatory response while supporting endothelialisation and longer-term healing.

A significant milestone for Smart Reactors was the FDA 510(k) clearance of the Camouflage™ Coated Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Circuit Tubing Set, indicated for cardiopulmonary bypass procedures for up to six hours. This represents an important validation of technology developed in Galway and its progression towards commercial medical-device applications.

Building on Camouflage™, Smart Reactors is developing a broader portfolio of advanced medical-device surface technologies across three core areas: hemocompatible, hydrophilic and antimicrobial coatings. The company has a particular focus on cardiovascular and neurovascular applications, including flow diverters, intracranial and vascular stents, catheters, guidewires, vascular grafts, structural heart devices, ECMO, cardiopulmonary bypass and other blood-contacting technologies.

Smart Reactors works directly with medical-device manufacturers from early-stage development through to commercialisation. Its capabilities include coating selection and feasibility, prototype coating, design and development, testing, process optimisation, manufacturing transfer and scale-up, regulatory support and ongoing technical support.

Headquartered in Galway, Ireland, Smart Reactors works with medical-device companies internationally and commercialises its technologies through development partnerships, technology licensing and long-term supply arrangements. Its ambition is to establish Galway as a centre for the development and commercialisation of next-generation medical-device surface technologies.

Smart Reactors – Advanced Coating Technologies for the Next Generation of Medical Devices.