"The most powerful tools in medicine are locked in the least accessible places."
Advanced imaging lives inside hospital walls. It requires million-dollar machines, dedicated facilities, and trained specialists. For the vast majority of the world's patients – in ambulances, clinics, rural settings, conflict zones – these tools simply do not exist.
And when a diagnosis can't reach the patient, neither can the treatment.
Espy Imaging was founded to break that constraint.
The Breakthrough
Not incremental.
Fundamental.
Orbital angular momentum – the same physics that earned a Nobel Prize in 2014 – applied for the first time to radio-frequency medical imaging. The result: millimeter-scale resolution without ionizing radiation, without contrast agents, without facility-scale infrastructure.
What It Does
SEE
Medical imaging with millimeter resolution using spiraling electromagnetic fields.
UNDERSTAND
Characterize tissue by its electrical properties, not just its shape.
ACT
Deliver targeted energy therapy with real-time, closed-loop guidance.
Technology
The physics that allows super-resolution imaging.
In 2014, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for super-resolution microscopy using orbital angular momentum. Espy applies the same principle to radio frequencies – creating millimeter-scale RF imaging that didn't exist before.
How It Works
Step 1
OAM Antenna Transmits
Multi-frequency helical wavefronts carrying orbital angular momentum.
Step 2
Waves Penetrate Tissue
Spiraling fields pass through bone, air, and soft tissue simultaneously.
Step 3
Signals Reflect Back
Returned signals encode conductivity, permittivity, and structural boundaries.
Step 4
AI Reconstruction
Deep learning model solves the inverse problem in seconds.
Step 5
3D Diagnostic Image
Millimeter-resolution tissue map. Anatomy and physiology, in one scan.
What Makes It Different
Resolution
Millimeter scale via OAM-enhanced RF – previously considered physically impossible at these frequencies.
Safety
Zero ionizing radiation. Unlimited repeat scanning. Completely non-invasive.
Penetration
RF passes through bone, air, and soft tissue – reaching structures ultrasound cannot.
Tissue Characterization
Maps electrical properties (conductivity, permittivity) – a richer diagnostic signal than density alone.
Dual Capability
The same antenna that images can also deliver targeted therapeutic energy – integrated treatment.
Portability
Handheld. Wireless. AI-assisted. Any setting, minimal training required.
Protected IP
Espy Imaging's core technology is protected by 5 granted patents and multiple pending applications, covering the use of orbital angular momentum for medical imaging in the microwave band.
People & Culture
Small team.
Unreasonable ambition.
Espy is built by people who have spent careers at the frontier of what's possible – in biomedical engineering, semiconductor architecture, HealthTech investment, and clinical innovation. They chose this problem because it matters, and because the physics finally make it solvable.
Eran Toledo, PhD
CEO & Co-Founder
Over 30 years in healthcare, spanning academic research, industry leadership, and a decade of HealthTech investment. Talpiot alumnus. PhD in Medical Physics from Tel Aviv University. Eran brings the rare combination of deep scientific understanding and commercial instinct that early-stage deep tech demands.
Zvi Or-Bach
Chairman & Co-Founder
Founder and CEO of MonolithIC 3D Inc., a pioneer in monolithic 3D integrated circuit technology. Serial entrepreneur with two successful exits and over 460 patents. Principal inventor of the core technology behind Espy. BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technion; MSc in Computer Science from the Weizmann Institute.
Espy's strength is multidisciplinary collaboration – bridging deep technical rigor with real-world healthcare experience. The team executes rapidly, advances multiple tracks in parallel, and makes data-driven decisions. Calculated risk is embraced. Mistakes are viewed as part of disciplined innovation, not as failures.
This is not a company that waits for certainty. It is a company that builds toward it.
Espy is not currently advertising open positions, but is always interested in connecting with exceptional people. Scientists, engineers, and clinicians drawn to deep tech, high-impact healthcare, and multidisciplinary R&D are encouraged to reach out through the Contact form below.
Collaboration
The hardest problems demand the broadest thinking.
Espy Imaging was not built in isolation, and it will not scale in isolation. From its earliest days, the company has been shaped by collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and continents. This is not a peripheral strategy – collaboration is the operating model. The physics of OAM imaging live at the intersection of antenna engineering, medical physics, computational electromagnetics, and clinical medicine.
Our collaborations span multiple disciplines at the intersection of electromagnetics, computation, and medical imaging.
Areas of Collaboration
If your research intersects with ours, we want to hear from you.
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