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TEXAS MEDICAL

CENTER SUPPLY

CEO

&

FOUNDER

OMRI SHAFRAN

hen shortages of personal protective
equipment began in March, Houston
Wentrepreneur Omri Shafran saw an
opportunity. With $1,000 in startup costs,
Shafran and co-founder Dimitri Menin began
Texas Medical Center Supply, a personal
protective equipment supplier that works with
city and state governments, public health
systems, school districts and corporate offices.
The company, which opened in late March,
provides items such as medical-grade surgical
gowns, latex gloves, hand sanitizer dispensers
and a robot that disinfects rooms.

hese devices are being used in grocery
stores, hospitals, hotels, gyms, malls,
Trestaurants. Texas Medical Center Supply
have devices like the SaniScreen that has facial
recognition, takes your temperature and does
a print out analysis, provides hand sanitizer
and has a digital marketing banner that can be
programmed to feature any ad, video, menu,
sales promotion of store brands, new service
or offer. SaniGate is another device that also
has facial recognition, takes your temperature,
but has a walk through sterilization gate that
sanitizes you head to toe with an innocuous,
virus killing, silica based fog. It also has tracking
ability so that establishments stay safe for
those who are not presenting with fever. This
analysis can be printed out. These products will
communicate to customers that businesses

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