EpiShell Media Kit
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EpiShell has a simple mission:
Save lives by enabling people to take their
EpiPen® wherever they go, even when it’s
hot or cold outside.
Introduction
An EpiPen can save the life of someone suffering from a severe allergic reaction.
But EpiPens must be stored at about room temperature*, which means that some
people leave their EpiPens at home when they go out.
Simply put: an EpiPen can’t save a life when it’s left at home.
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Additional
Information
Please feel free to use any of the text in this Media Kit and the EpiShell graphics
at www.EpiShell.com/images to help explain EpiPens and EpiShell.
THE DILEMMA
THE DILEMMA
Doctor’s orders:
Take your EpiPen
wherever you go.
EpiPen orders:
Keep your EpiPen at about
room temperature.*
* EpiPens include the following safety instruction: “Store at 68° to 77°F.”
The following website says temperature excursions between 59° to 86°F are
permitted (and forbids storing EpiPens in refrigerators and vehicle glove
boxes): https://www.epipen.com/hcp/about-epipen/safety-and-storage
How can you take your EpiPen
outside and keep your EpiPen
at about room temperature?
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Quick Overview
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After Sandy and Eric Wengreen almost lost their son to a severe allergic reaction, they
knew they had to keep an EpiPen with their son wherever he went – no matter what.
“I just could not bear the thought of not having an EpiPen available when another
allergic reaction hit him,” Sandy explains. Having an EpiPen nearby at all times
sounded easy until she began to look closely at the EpiPen’s instructions –
specifically the requirement to “store at 68° to 77°F” or, at the extreme ends,
between 59° and 86°F.
See www.epipen.com/en/hcp/about-epipen/safety-and-storage
"That was a big problem for us,” Sandy says, “Because, like a lot of other people,
we live in a part of the country where outdoor temperatures are lower than 59°F
or higher than 86°F on a really regular basis.” The easy solution was to stay
home, but Sandy wanted better for her son. After several years of development
and testing, she created EpiShell.
EpiShell is a patented case that protects EpiPens from hot and cold temperatures
so anyone can take their EpiPen on the go – even if it’s colder than 59°F or hotter
than 86°F.
You can support Sandy and Eric’s Indiegogo campaign to manufacture EpiShell
via this link: https://igg.me/at/EpiShell
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Background
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Millions of people have an EpiPen to protect against life-threatening allergic
reactions, but, according to EpiPen’s manufacturer, EpiPens have to be kept within
a very narrow temperature range*. As a result, to avoid the cost of replacing an
EpiPen that gets too hot or cold, many people leave their EpiPen home when they
go camping, skiing, or to the beach. This can be a huge risk because an EpiPen
can’t save a life when it’s left at home.
After almost losing her son to a severe allergic reaction, Sandy Wengreen decided
to invent EpiShell – a protective container that allows her son to take his EpiPen
wherever he goes, even when it’s hot or cold outside.
A lot of people are surprised to learn that EpiPens have really clear instructions
that say you must “store at 68° to 77°F” with “temperature excursions” between
59° and 86°F.*
In many parts of the country, however, outdoor temperatures are often lower than
59°F or higher than 86°F – and this puts parents in a tough position. If a family
outing, school field trip, or vacation is coming up, what should a parent do? Listen
to their doctor’s advice to take their child’s EpiPen wherever their child goes OR
leave their EpiPen at home to protect it from hot and cold temperatures?
Choosing between these two options wasn’t acceptable to Sandy. Instead, she spent
three years working with her husband to develop EpiShell.
EpiShell is a patented container that protects EpiPens from hot and cold outdoor
temperatures. Luckily, Sandy’s husband, Eric Wengreen, is a Stanford-educated
engineer and serial inventor. Eric has a great track record with previous inventions,
including the Apple TV mount that’s sold in Apple Stores worldwide.
EpiShell makes your EpiPen outdoor compatible.
From the outside, EpiShell looks like a heavily-insulated, stainless-steel container.
The secret to EpiShell, however, is the patented EpiHeat System inside. This system
uses advanced EpiCells to slowly release heat when it’s cold outside and absorb
heat when it’s hot outside. Then, the EpiCells automatically “reset” to room
temperature when brought back indoors. EpiShell has been successfully tested in a
wide range of environments and temperatures, and it has worked flawlessly during
trips to places like Yellowstone and Mt. Rainier.
After first building an EpiShell prototype to help their son, the process of bringing
EpiShell to market to help other people is nearly complete. Custom manufacturing
equipment is the last thing they need to start mass production. They recently
launched an Indiegogo campaign to collect enough pre-orders to fund the purchase
of this equipment.
You can support their efforts via this link: https://igg.me/at/EpiShell
* See www.epipen.com/en/hcp/about-epipen/safety-and-storage
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How It Works
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The heart of EpiShell is the patented EpiHeat System.
EpiHeat System
The system releases heat
when it’s cold outside and
absorbs heat when it’s hot
outside.
It doesn’t use any batteries.
The EpiHeat system uses advanced EpiCells that “reset” to room temperature
when indoors and then release or absorb heat as necessary when outdoors.
The regular EpiShell protects one EpiPen. The Double EpiShell protects two
EpiPens.
Ultra-Vacuum Insulation
Blocks sweltering summer
temperatures and chilly
winter temperatures.
Deluxe Stainless Steel
Unique Lid
rovides extreme durability …
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Don’t worry about accidental drops.
Thermally speaking, lids are
typically the Achilles’ heel of
vacuum flasks, so the team
focused on making an
exceptional lid to protect
your EpiPen.
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Contact
Information
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If you would like to learn more about the story behind EpiShell, or Sandy and
Eric’s goal to save lives by enabling people to take their EpiPens wherever they
go, it’s easy to get in touch. Please see the contact information below.
Eric Wengreen
CTO, EpiShell Inc.
[email protected]
(206) 792-9594
www.EpiShell.com
www.linkedin.com/in/wengreen
Sandy and Eric Wengreen
Additional Information
• EpiShell is not affiliated with Mylan (the manufacturer of EpiPens).
• The regular EpiShell fits one EpiPen (and also fits the carrier tube that
comes with the EpiPen). The Double EpiShell protects two EpiPens.
• EpiPen storage-temperature information:
www.epipen.com/en/hcp/about-epipen/safety-and-storage
• Learn more about EpiPen: www.epipen.com/en/about-epipen
• Learn more about EpiShell: www.EpiShell.com
• Patents: EpiShell is protected by U.S. Patent 9,151,531 and many
additional pending patents.
• Indiegogo campaign: https://igg.me/at/EpiShell
EpiShell is a trademark of EpiShell Inc. EpiPen is a trademark of Mylan Inc. EpiShell Inc. is not affiliated with
Mylan Inc.
EpiShell Inc. does not make any claims regarding the adequacy or sufficiency of the EpiPen storage and
excursion temperatures from Mylan Inc. EpiShell can help shield your EpiPen from hot and cold outdoor
temperatures, but the internal temperature of EpiShell may deviate from room temperature depending on
the harshness of the outdoor temperature and the amount of time EpiShell is located in the harsh
temperature.
Please help save lives by spreading the word regarding
EpiShell, which will enable people to take their life-saving
EpiPens outdoors, even when it’s hot or cold outside.
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