Congratulations to Mediplus, who have today been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, under the innovation category, for their pioneering catheter insertion kit dubbed ‘a GPS for the bladder’.
The S-Cath™ System uses the Seldinger technique to facilitate a one tract entry into the bladder allowing clinicians to perform a safer introduction of a suprapubic catheter.
The innovative device, which was designed ‘hand in hand’ with clinicians, offers a more controlled, accurate and precise placement into the bladder.
Currently, a suprapubic catheterisation is performed in an operating theatre under general anaesthetic with clinicians using a ‘blind’ percutaneous trocar puncture to gain entry into the bladder.
Instead the S-Cath™ System locates the bladder with a patented safety guide wire, improving placement and guarantees insertion of the trocar along the anesthetised track.
For patients, it means they only need to attend a 30-minute appointment slot in clinic, reducing treatment time from 2.3 days to 22 minutes.
To read more visit: http://www.hospital-times.co.uk/mediplus-wins-queens-award-for-enterprise-innovation-for-pioneering-bladder-gps/
