July 2006
SLP is happy to announce the addition of Mr. Doron Patt as Co-chairman of the board.
Mr. Patt has joined the company’s Board of Directors as active Co-Chairman. Mr. Patt brings with him significant experience in venture capital, after holding the position of Vice President at the Challenge Fund – Etgar L.P., one of Israel’s leading venture capital funds, for nearly a decade. Prior to that, Mr. Patt served as an Associate with the U.S. law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, where he specialized in securities law. Mr. Patt holds an MBA from New York University and a J.D. from the American University, Washington College of Law.

May - June 2005

2 posters of a new study on SleepStrip were presented at recent ATS and APSS meetings in the USA.

The study was made by Prof. Strambi and Dr. Castronovo from the Sleep Disorders Center in S. Raffaele hospital in Milan. The ATS poster is available for download from the SleepStrip Clinical Info section in this web-site.

April 2005

S.L.P starts to sell BiteStrip product in Japan through its distributor Tokibo.

In parallel, S.L.P is sponsoring a large validation study of BiteStrip in Japan, which takes place at the University of Okayama by Prof. Kuboki and Dr. Minakuchi.

December 2004

S.L.P is proud to introduce SLEEPSENSE – a new top brand consolidating all of SLP’s sleep-lab sensors and accessories activities and products. As of Jan. 2005 SLP will be organized as three divisions: SLP-Israel will handle importing and distribution of sleep diagnostics and therapy products in Israel. SLP-MED will handle the “Strip” line of disposable home screener for various sleep disorders, and SLEPSENSE will continue the long time tradition of designing and manufacturing the best sleep-lab sensors for sleep labs around the world, currently distributed by Sleepmate, USA.  

September 2004

SLP Ltd. established its new US based company SLP Inc in St. Charles, IL. and appointed Ken Godish as vice president and general manager.

Godish brings more than 25 years of marketing and sales management experience in the medical device industry, and has played key roles in two successful companies, Innomed Technologies and ResMed Corporation.

May 2004

SLP has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the BiteStrip™, as an aid in the evaluation of excessive nocturnal jaw muscle activity, known as Bruxism. The device is generally indicated for use by orofacial pain professionals or dentists, to evaluate nocturnal masticatory muscle activity level, which may be related to the patient's bruxism, temporomandibular disorder (TMD) or other oral function disorders during sleep.
The actual sales and marketing activity of the BS in the States, is expected to begin during June.

March 2004

SLP has won a Gold Medical Design Excellence Award in an international competition organized by Canon Communications for its BiteStrip product. In 2002, SLP won the Golden Excellence Award for the SleepStrip, a disposable sensor for home diagnosis of sleep apnea.

April 2003

BiteStrip patent is granted in the USA. Patents in several other countries pending.

October 2002
SLP receives CE clearance for the BiteStrip Disposable Bruxism screener as a class 2a device.