DeviceAlliance: MedTech Radio

Roger Holmes: Reaching Across the Pond | Ep.52


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In an ideal world, no one would have a catheter, but the reality is that 100M patients worldwide rely on an indwelling urinary catheter.  Catheterized patients often experience problems, such as catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), catheter blockages, leaking and bladder spasms.  FLUME estimates the healthcare burden of Foley catheter complications to be equivalent to $80 on average, for each of the 28m placed annually in the US - a total burden of around $2.2bn - and close to $60 even for short term placement.

Join Co-Founder & Chief Executive at The Flume Catheter Company Limited Roger Holmes, and DeviceAlliance MedTech Radio Host Scott Johnson as they discuss....   - The catheter problem impacting 100M people - The 2.2B burden in the U.S. - Flume Catheter's goal to impact millions for a philanthropic purpose - Roger's life lessons in entrepreneurship
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