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Active Needle Technology Ltd

Active Needle | Precision targeting of needle placement.

Active Needle Technology Ltd is a UK company with status active founded in 2016 based in South East England.

CRN
09945801
Founded
2016
Age
10

Overview

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Legal name
ACTIVE NEEDLE TECHNOLOGY LTD
Region
South East England
Registered address
D5 CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE
ABINGDON ROAD
ABINGDON
ENGLAND
OX14 3DB
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Apr 2024 to 31 Mar 2025

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Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
4

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

10 events
31 Dec
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

26 Oct
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

25 Jun
2026

Legacy

Miscellaneous

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Published 25 Jun 2026 09:09

12 Oct
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Mar
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

31 Oct
2024

Resolution

Resolution

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Published 02 Nov 2024 07:39

25 Oct
2024

Confirmation Statement With Updates

Confirmation-statement

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Published 25 Oct 2024 09:22

24 Oct
2024

Capital Allotment Shares

Capital

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Published 24 Oct 2024 03:43

04 Oct
2024

Termination Director Company With Name Termination Date

Officers

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Published 04 Oct 2024 09:37

11 Jan
2016

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Spinout profile

2 entries

Company description

Active Needle Technology is a pre-revenue medical device company exploiting technology developed at the University of Dundee. The company aims to commercialise its award-winning "needle actuating device" technology into a well-segmented $4+ Billion special purpose needle market, especially $1Billion biopsy market, to enable precise needle targeting in ultrasound-guided needle interventional procedures.

Active Needle Technology produces a device for medical procedures involving the insertion of a needle into the patient. It aims to overcome the problem of needle visibility and guidance when using ultrasound, by using ultrasonic vibrations.

Project impact

ActiveNeedle makes standard needle visible in colour under Doppler ultrasound. Active Needle Technology reduces penetration force and thus tip deflection.

Active Needle Technology
2016
Active Needle Technology
2016

Public funding

5 awards
First funded
2018
Funded years
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Age at first award
1 years

Projects

2021 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Revolutionising the multi-billion pound tattoo industry with low pain, low trauma high efficiency ultrasonics

1 Aug 2021 to 30 Nov 2022

Awarded
£222,829
Total cost £495,176

This project aims to deliver a revolutionary new, low pain, low trauma tattooing system for the \>$2bn global tattooing market. It builds on a highly successful previous IUK grant which demonstrated proof of concept of ultrasonic low pain tattooing. The innovation is highly novel. There are no other tattoo machine based approaches to reducing pain and ski...

2020 Study

Intratumoral injection of nanoparticles for cancer treatment - translation to clinical practice

1 Dec 2020 to 30 Nov 2021

Awarded
£69,488
Total cost £99,268

Although great progress has been made in the treatment of some common cancers there remain many indications where there has been little improvement in care over decades. The most difficult tumours tend to be inoperable with treatment options limited to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Chemotherapy is administered systemically and a balance between toxicity ...

2019 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Investigation of novel pain reduced tattooing machine utilising ultrasonic energy

1 Apr 2019 to 31 Mar 2020

Awarded
£68,292
Total cost £97,560

"Active Needle Technology Limited ""ANT"" are the developers of a novel ultrasound needle ""driver"" technology that exploits the properties of ultrasonic vibration to aid the passage of needles through the tissues of the body. Crucially, the ultrasonic vibration is proven to reduce the needle insertion force and tissue trauma. ANT have developed a medica...

2018 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

A 'bridge to cure' for stratified cancer patients, using a novel, precision radiotherapy system.

1 Dec 2018 to 30 Nov 2019

Awarded
£81,046
Total cost £115,780

"Application defined by a partnership: the lead applicant has an advanced ultrasound ""driven"" needle that greatly improves the accuracy of delivering medicines to deep tissues (improved tissue penetration and highly visible on ultrasound scanners); the partner has a nanotechnology based agent that generates highly localised free radicals to enhance the ...

2018 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

R&D of RoHS compliant lead (Pb) free piezoelectric materials in active medical needle devices

1 Jan 2018 to 31 Oct 2018

Awarded
£65,455
Total cost £99,174

"Active Needle Technology Limited ""ANT"" are the developers of a specialised high frequency vibrating needle that aims to reduce needle placement errors associated with ultrasound guided interventional procedures. This will save time, lower the cost burden on the NHS and other healthcare providers and reduce the need for the patient to return because the...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies Study