LifePort announces Distributor Agreement with EpiGuard

WOODLAND, WA, April 16, 2020 – LifePort announced today that they have signed an agreement with EpiGuard (Fredrikstad, Norway) to distribute the EpiShuttle in the United States and Canada.

LifePort will be leveraging expertise and market penetration within air ambulance and broader aerospace while partnering with EpiGuard’ s proven patient isolation solution to support the fight against Covid-19.

LifePort will design, engineer, and manufacture components that allow the EpiShuttle to be secured in a wide variety of transportation vehicles. Aviation or ground applications are designed to enable a seamless interface while providing a secure method of attaching the EpiShuttle in the vehicle. Through LifePort, the EpiShuttle is currently registered with both the FDA and Health Canada, and will be accompanied by a structural engineering report for the interface brackets.

The EpiShuttle by EpiGuard is a single-patient isolation and transport system, designed to provide maximum patient safety and comfort while allowing critical care and treatment to be performed. The EpiShuttle is designed to protect both the environment and patient from contamination.

“Both crew and aircraft are protected against contamination with the patient placed in an EpiShuttle. At the same time, the patient can receive lifesaving treatment. An ambulance usually requires 2-4 hours of disinfection between every contagious transport, and with an entire helicopter, it takes almost a day. Because the EpiShuttle is underpressurized and sealed it reduces the need for disinfection, saving valuable time and resources. Saving one and protecting everyone, the EpiShuttle is ready to deploy in North-America” says CEO of EpiGuard, Ellen Cathrine Andersen.

“I am very excited to reach an agreement that leverages the sales, technical and manufacturing capabilities of EpiGuard and LifePort; which will result in increased product availability to the US and Canadian markets” says Jason Darley, CEO of LifePort. “I have no doubt that our partnership will increase the safety and functionality of our products in the transport of infected or potentially infected patients”.

“We chose to distribute the EpiShuttle in the US and Canada through LifePort because of their strong market presence, relevant users’ proven confidence and most of all because of the depth of knowledge and expertise we find at LifePort. We are certain that LifePorts’ understanding of the functionalities and benefits of the EpiShuttle, combined with their knowledge of the North-American market, makes for a great partnership. The EpiShuttle is already in service with the Royal British Air Force, the Royal Norwegian Air Force and the Royal Danish Air Force, and with LifePort on board, I am confident that the EpiShuttle will save and protect North-Americans as well” says CEO of EpiGuard, Ellen Cathrine Andersen.

EpiShuttle secured to LifePort Stanchion Litter System (SLS)

For more information, please feel free to contact LifePort or EpiGuard directly:

• LifePort General Phone number: (360) 225-1212 solutions@Lifeport.com
• EpiGuard General Phone number: +47.934.22.325 info@epiguard.com

About LifePort and Enflite

Headquartered in Woodland, Washington and Georgetown, TX, LifePort and Enflite are recognized as industry leaders in designing, manufacturing, and certifying innovative equipment for all ranges or aircraft. For over 25 years, LifePort and Enflite have provided innovative interior solutions for both civil and military customers around the world.

About EpiGuard

EpiGuard is a Norwegian company established in 2015 providing better solutions for safe transportation of contagious patients. Our team of medical experts and engineers developed the EpiShuttle based on analysis and clinical first-hand experience from previous global epidemics. Our medical background ranges from intensive care, infectious diseases, internal medicine and anesthesiology, and transport medicine. EpiShuttle improves patient safety and care, the safety for health care providers, reduce costs and increase operational efficiency. Saving one – protecting everyone.