About

1 in 4 hospitalized patients require an indwelling urinary catheter.

Mobile or Altered Mental Status patients are at high risk of a traumatic,
accidental catheter removal if the long catheter tubing is pulled, damaging the urethra and surrounding anatomy.

The Problem

There are more than 450,000 incidences of traumatic removal in the US/year, leading to:

+ 9.4 additional days in the hospital

+ $10,000 in added treatment costs

+ Risk of life-threatening infection

+ Caretaker burden

The novel CathConnect device is a simple technology to transform the existing standard Foley Catheter into a safe and effective solution.

The Solution

  • Is easily installed in <1 minute

  • Disconnects before trauma occurs

  • Can be easily reconnected for seamless continued use

  • Provides peace of mind for patients and caretakers

How We Know It Works

Through 100+ interviews and user tests with clinicians, we developed a device that customers love.

90%

78%

of clinicians say CathConnect would solve the problem

of clinicians say they would use CathConnect on every patient

Internal bench tests validate functionality and consistency of device performance