Lincoln Advanced Technologies is the primary thought leader in respiratory based biosecurity

Inspired by the devastation of the September 11th terrorist attacks and anthrax letters, we realized that no existing respirators were capable of protecting the American public from bioterrorism.

Lincoln Advanced Technologies LLC is an early stage developer of personal protective equipment (PPE). Lincoln’s patented respirator, Respira™ is an extended wear bio-respirator mask specifically designed to be more effective during pandemic conditions than the currently used N-95 respirator, PAPR or military style gas mask (NBC). Respira™ is intended to protect the “critical infrastructure” segments of a country’s economy during an epidemic, comprised of health, defense, security, energy, finance, transportation, utilities and government at national, state and local levels.

Key Collaborators

David Freriks, JD

President/Founder

Biography

David Freriks, J.D., President/Founder, Lincoln Advanced Technologies LLC, is a 1976 graduate of the University of Illinois (B.S. Psychology) and 1980 graduate of IIT/Kent College of Law in Chicago (Juris Doctor). He also holds a Masters Degree in Library and Information Technology from Dominican University (MLIS, 1995). His father was a physician, his mother a nurse; both were survivors of the 1918 influenza pandemic. Mr. Freriks is a former attorney with 26 years of practice experience. He has provided legal, business management, and consulting to corporations in startup phase and international trade. He is also a former manager for Thomson Scientific, a division of the Thomson Reuters Corporation (NYSE:TRI).

Design Partners

Argonne National Laboratories (Argonne, IL) - CFD modeling of filtration cartridges

Custom Filter (Aurora, IL) - cartridge and media design

Dow Corning (Midland, MI) - Silicone gel seal technologies

HS Design, Inc. (Gladstone, NJ) - medical device engineering team

PolyOne Corporation (Romeoville, IL) - plastics and materials

Motorola Solutions (Schaumburg, IL) - telecommunications

Dr. Stephen Weber - Professor of Medicine, Chief Medical Officer; Vice President, Clinical Effectiveness Univ. of Chicago Hospitals

Edward T. Naurekas, MD - Prof. of Medicine, Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Univ. of Chicago

Lance B. Becker, MD, FAHA - Chair, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY. Former Prof. of Medicine, Univ. of Chicago Hospitals

Sarah Freriks - Univ. of Illinois, Engineering and Community Health