DeepEn

DeepEn develops the world's thinnest microendoscopes, capable of subcellular resolution observations within hard-to-access body regions while causing minimal damage to the surrounding tissue. The hair-thin instrument uses a single optical fibre as an imaging probe, with a 10 times smaller footprint than state-of-the-art endoscopes. The young company is a spin-off from Leibniz-IPHT in Jena, Germany, founded in 2024. The founder team includes world-leading experts in laser physics and biophotonics, a business economist, and a medical doctor. 

DeepEn equips neuroscience and biomedical laboratories with powerful tools to understand the brain's biology better, thus enabling more rapid development of effective therapies against brain disorders. Users can image microscopic cell structures, monitor blood flow, and record neural activity by reading out electric signals at high speed. DeepEn's vision is to enable minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of diseases with light in the future.