About us · Recife, since 2016
Continuity of care, from the hospital to the home.
Salvus develops connected devices, software and applied intelligence to improve continuity of care and healthcare operations across hospitals, care transitions and homes.
Salvus in numbers
- 2016year founded, in Recife
- 10 yearsof operation, from 2016 to 2026
- 10scientific and academic publications: 8 articles and 2 undergraduate theses
- 8awards and selections, from 2016 to 2025
Data as of November 2026.
Our origin
Measuring was only the beginning.
We started with sensors, connectivity and software to monitor medical oxygen. Over time we learned that information has to reach the right people, be read in the context of the patient and become part of the routine of those who give care and of those who manage it.
Timeline
Ten years of science applied to Brazilian health.
From Recife, we bring together science, engineering, health and operations, with universities, scientific institutions and funding agencies, to develop in Brazil technology that improves continuity of care.
- 2016
A concrete question
Salvus is born in Recife. How can a therapy that a person's life may depend on be followed remotely? ATAS, short for Sensor-based Measurement, Transmission and Analysis (in Portuguese), wins first place among startups at Campus Party Weekend, in Olinda.
- 2017 to 2019
From hypothesis to the field
Three prototype models and field tests. Visits and usability tests show what the lab does not. Funding programs and projects with research partners, including BNDES, structure the next stages.
- 2020 to 2022
A portfolio, not a product
ATAS O2 advances in home and hospital applications. HAI starts organizing plans, prescriptions, visits, professionals and records. ATAS Vital research widens the view to physiological signals.
- 2023 and 2024
Real use and integrations
With the products in operation, the challenge changes: implementing predictably, integrating hospital systems and sustaining service. Each product follows its own path.
- 2025 and 2026
Cases and maturing
Years of building cases and of finding each product's fit with the market. What years of implementation taught becomes a process and a capacity Salvus can repeat.
First internet of things pilot project approved by BNDES. Read the news (in Portuguese) (opens in a new tab)
What we do today
Different products, one vision.
Each product has its own users, cycle and challenges. All of them link records, people, devices and processes to support care management.
Hospitals
ATAS O₂
Connected device that records oxygen events and consumption at the point of use. It gives teams visibility and can integrate information with the medical record and the patient bill.
Learn about ATAS O2
Home care and health plans
HAI
Home care management system. It links care plan, schedule, professionals, visits and indicators, from the plan to the visit, so the health plan and the team see the same operation.
Home careHealth plansIn development
ATAS Vital
Research on following physiological signals throughout care. A working prototype exists and clinical validation is under way. It has no regulatory registration and is not for sale.
Awards, science and press
Recognized by those who follow health innovation.
- 100 Startups to Watch (opens in a new tab)Selected in the Health & Wellness categoryPEGN and Época Negócios, with EloGroup
- 50 startups changing Brazil (opens in a new tab)Selected by ExameExame
- ABDI Startups & Comunidades (opens in a new tab)Covid-19 sequelae monitoring project supported by the call for proposalsABDI
- BNDES first IoT pilot (opens in a new tab)Oxygen monitoring project selected, with R$ 1 million in non-reimbursable fundingBNDES Pilotos IoT
- Top 1 Health no 100 Open StartupsFirst place in the Health category of the ranking100 Open Startups
- Empreenda Saúde AwardTop 10 and, in later editions, Top 5 twiceEmpreenda Saúde
- Startup Makers1st placeStartup Makers
- Campus Party Weekend1st place in the main startup category, in OlindaCampus Party Recife
Scientific publications
- Aurum Revista Multidisciplinar, v. 2, n. 4 · 2026Validação clínica e conformidade com padrões internacionais de acreditação hospitalar do sistema ATAS O2Costa CHV (Salvus)87.75% of professionals found the device easy to handle, according to the text.Read the article (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Medical and Biosciences Research, v. 3, n. 2 · 2026Conformidade metrológica de fluxômetros de oxigênio analógicos e digitais sob variação de pressão da rede de gases medicinais: análise com critério composto e equações preditivas de fluxoCosta CHV, Tavares FCCJ (Salvus)In a simulation based on regression models, the digital flowmeter was compliant at all 4,500 points assessed; the analog one, at about 30%.Read the article (opens in a new tab)
- International Health Sciences Review, v. 2, n. 1 · 2026Performance evaluation of an internet of medical things digital flowmeter in a mechanical ventilator: A bench studyTavares FCCJ, Silva JHAD, Costa CHV (Salvus)On the bench, the ATAS O2 VM preserved ventilatory parameters, with variations below 10%, in mechanical ventilation in PCV mode.Read the article (opens in a new tab)
- Discover Health Systems (Springer), v. 5, art. 70 · 2026Discrepancies in oxygen consumption between automated monitoring and electronic medical recordsMonnaka VU et al., Hospital Israelita Albert EinsteinPer bed, ATAS O2 recorded 566.9 hours of oxygen and the medical record, 163.6.Read the article (opens in a new tab)
- Revista Pesquisa em Fisioterapia (Bahiana), v. 16 · 2026Precisão e exatidão de fluxômetros de oxigênio analógicos e digitais em condições padronizadas de pressão: estudo comparativoDa Costa C, Tavares FThe digital group met the normative criterion at all 15 flow points; the analog group failed at 12 of them, from 4 L/min upward.Read the article (opens in a new tab)
- International Health Sciences Review, v. 1, n. 5 · 2025Temporal analysis of oxygen flow adjustments using the ATAS O2 digital flowmeterCosta CHV, Tavares FCCJ, Gomes da Silva Júnior M (Salvus)Across about 290,000 flow adjustments recorded from 2021 to 2025, there was a circadian rhythm, peaking at 10:27 a.m.Read the article (opens in a new tab)
- RevistaFT, v. 29, ed. 150 · 2025Assessment of the accuracy and stability of medical oxygen flow through an analog and digital flowmeter under pressure variation in the medical gas networkCosta CHV, Tavares FCCJ, Gomes da Silva Júnior M (Salvus)On the bench, ATAS O2 stayed within ±10% (ISO 15002) at the three network pressures tested.Read the article (opens in a new tab)
- RevistaFT, v. 29, ed. 147 · 2025Precisão de fluxômetros de oxigênio analógicos e digitais: estudo comparativo em condições padronizadas de pressãoCosta CHV, Tavares FCCJ, Gomes da Silva Júnior M (Salvus)The digital flowmeters showed a deviation between 0.5% and 1% across 15 flow rates tested.Read the article (opens in a new tab)
- Trabalho de conclusão de curso, Medicina · 2022Análise da aplicabilidade de uma solução IoT inovadora para otimização do uso do oxigênio medicinal em um hospital universitário brasileiroTavares JFCJ et al., Faculdade Pernambucana de SaúdeRead the article (opens in a new tab)
- Trabalho de conclusão de curso, Fisioterapia · 2022Avaliação da jornada de desenvolvimento de um dispositivo de monitoramento remoto de oxigênio medicinal em um hospital escola do Nordeste brasileiroNeves CT et al., Faculdade Pernambucana de SaúdeRead the article (opens in a new tab)
- EloGroup, PEGN e Época Negócios“100 Startups to Watch 2025: Salvus Tecnologia entre as vencedoras em Health & Wellness”
- Época Negócios“O dispositivo dessa startup poderia ajudar na crise do oxigênio”
- Pesquisa FAPESP“Oxigênio sob controle”
Investment, funding and development partners
More press coverage
- Jornal do Brás · Ecossistema CESAR com duas startups na lista 100 Startups to Watch 2025: Salvus reconhecida em healthtech e IoT (opens in a new tab)
- Exame · 50 startups: Salvus leva o hospital para a sua casa e quer crescer 400% em 2021 (opens in a new tab)
- Grit Daily (Estados Unidos) · Breathing New Life into Healthcare: Brazilian Innovators Revolutionize Oxygen Management (opens in a new tab)
- Folha de Pernambuco · Startup desenvolve equipamento para monitorar sequelas da Covid em comunidades da RMR (opens in a new tab)
- Projeto Draft · Conheça a Salvus e saiba como ela está usando Internet das Coisas para impactar o mercado de saúde no Brasil (opens in a new tab)
- Startupi · Após aporte, startup investe mais de R$ 3,5 milhões para expandir soluções de IoT na área da saúde (opens in a new tab)
- Diário do Comércio · Startup desenvolve inovação para evitar a falta de oxigênio medicinal (opens in a new tab)
- Saúde Business · CESAR e Salvus criam solução que permite medir uso de oxigênio (opens in a new tab)
- Agência Brasil · Dispositivos digitais abrem novas possibilidades na saúde (opens in a new tab)
- Teletime · BNDES libera verba para primeiro projeto-piloto de IoT (opens in a new tab)
- Folha de Pernambuco e CBN · Salvus é destaque na Folha de Pernambuco e na CBNRegistro no blog da Salvus (opens in a new tab)
What our history taught us
Health technology only creates value inside the routine of care.
Start from the real problem
Understand the routine of those who give care before defining the solution.
Health technology does not end at the screen
It includes installation, connectivity, registration, training, integration, maintenance, support and the operation's response.
Handle the exception
The product also has to work when the operation leaves the ideal workflow.
Information needs context
A record makes sense when linked to the patient and the care context, and when it leads to a clear action.
Let's talk for 30 minutes.
Tell us how your operation works. We show you, with fictitious data, how the record reaches your operation's management.
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