Offner Technologies develops non-invasive medical devices using Non-Linear Standing Wave Interferometry (NL-SWI). The platform uses harmless acoustic waves to achieve near-molecular precision — independent of wave frequency. The company chose to begin with three applications — radiation-free imaging, non-invasive glucose measurement, and brain stroke detection — because each addresses an unsolved problem that causes suffering to millions of people every year. The technology earned 26 patents in its older generation — which demonstrates the strength of the underlying physics. Offner has developed a new approach that enables more advanced use of the technology and precise control of its characteristics.
What Does Offner Technologies Do?
Offner Technologies is a technology company in which the entire scientific core, the technological foundations, and every scientific advance have been conceived and developed internally. The devices are built on a unique acoustic measurement platform. They use harmless acoustic waves — no radiation, no magnets, no contrast agents — and achieve precision measured at near-molecular levels, independent of wave frequency.
The company's core scientific advance is the ability to decouple measurement precision from wave frequency, and to control the acoustic wave's penetration into and out of tissue at the level of approximately 5 nanometers per step. This advance is significant because it enables virtual penetration into any organ in the body using the optimal frequency required — without sacrificing precision. It allows precise focusing and detailed non-invasive analysis of tissue structure at depths and resolutions that were previously inaccessible.
Additionally, the method produces images from multiple angles and in three dimensions. The equipment is lightweight and requires no special environmental conditions — it works in a hospital laboratory, on a chair, at home, anywhere.
This enables re-examination of tests, detailed study of drug effects, monitoring surgical instrument insertion, examining arterial plaques, observing individual cells such as an ovum in the uterus, and analyzing branching and structure at the cellular level — all while reducing dependence on specialist-only diagnoses, long waiting queues, and inflated imaging costs. This is a new era of preventive, therapeutic, and monitoring medical equipment.
What Is the Scientific Background?
Offner's development is based on physical principles that open new horizons in the field of measurement, utilizing a discipline known as standing wave interferometry. These principles are applied in fields that demand the highest precision, such as defense — which we believe is why NASA investigated a similar technology. The technology earned 26 patents in its older generation — which demonstrates the strength of the underlying physics. Offner has developed a new approach that enables more advanced use of the technology and precise control of its characteristics.
The result is a fully computer-controlled system, one that could not have been developed without the assistance of artificial intelligence, achieving precision that is generations ahead of anything available on the market today.
How Does NL-SWI Achieve Near-Molecular Precision?
The platform is based on Non-Linear Standing Wave Interferometry (NL-SWI) — a method that uses the physical behavior of standing waves to measure minute changes in body tissues. The acoustic waves are harmless — the same type of waves used in medical ultrasound for decades.
The same underlying physics — ultrasonic phase measurement at sub-micron resolution — has been independently demonstrated by others in different fields, including research at NASA Langley Research Center (Haldren et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 89, 054902, 2018).
Why Acoustic Waves Instead of Radiation?
Acoustic waves are harmless — the same type used in medical ultrasound for decades. Unlike radiation-based imaging (X-ray, CT, PET), acoustic waves allow continuous viewing over extended periods at zero risk. There is no cumulative exposure concern, no protective equipment needed, and no limit on how often a measurement can be repeated.
The equipment is lightweight, portable, and requires no special environmental conditions — no shielded rooms, no cryogenic cooling, no helium supply. It works in a hospital, a clinic, a chair, or at home.
What Medical Devices Are Being Developed?
The platform can be applied to many fields, but the company chose to begin with three medical applications — because each one addresses an unsolved problem that causes suffering to millions of people every year.
Diagnostic Imaging — Near-Passive Vision Into the Body
Seeing inside the body without harmful radiation, with the ability to reveal details not accessible with existing technologies. Continuous viewing over time, with focus on specific areas, at zero risk. Even while sitting in an office chair. One device replaces the capabilities of MRI, CT, and ultrasound — without their limitations.
Learn more about diagnostic imaging →Non-Invasive Glucose Measurement — Through Closed Eyelids
Acoustic waves pass through closed eyelids and measure glucose-related changes in the eye's vitreous humor — a homogeneous fluid chamber of approximately 16 mm that provides an ideal acoustic path. The measurement takes less than one second, with precision derived from the platform's ability to resolve transit-time differences of approximately 10 picoseconds. No needles, no blood, no pain. For the hundreds of millions of people living with diabetes, this is the difference between daily suffering and a painless measurement with eyes closed.
Learn more about glucose measurement →Brain Stroke Detection — Accurate Brain Ultrasound
Low-frequency acoustic waves penetrate the skull with sub-millimetre precision — something conventional ultrasound cannot do. The device detects brain events anywhere, without radiation, without waiting or preparation. Two million neurons die every minute during a stroke. Current diagnosis requires reaching a hospital with a CT or MRI scanner — a process that can take hours. This device is designed to close that critical gap and enable rapid detection at the point of care.
Learn more about stroke detection →What Is Offner Technologies Looking For?
Offner Technologies is a technology company that knows how to invent. The company is looking for strategic partners with clinical expertise, regulatory experience, and global distribution capabilities — who can take breakthrough science and turn it into a product.