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TransUrethral Catheter Safety Valve - TUCSV

Providing a safe solution to a worldwide problem

Award Winning - Innovation of the Year 2022

Proven to Improve Patient Safety - (O'Connor et al., 2023)

Easy to Use 

Potential to Avoid all Catheter Balloon Inflation Injuries - (Davis et al., 2018)

SIMPLICITY THAT WORKS

TUC Safety Valve

Although medical professionals have been performing urinary catheterisations for close to 90 years, catheter related injuries are still an everyday occurrence. The TUC Safety Valve prevents the risk of urethral catheter balloon injury, which can lead to stricture and urosepsis.
TUC Safety Valve

TUC Safety Valve

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THE PROBLEM

1 in 4 of all hospitalised patients undergo catheterisation

1-7% of patients will suffer a Catheter Balloon Injury - (Davis et al., 2018)

1.7M catheters placed annually in the NHS

Majority of catheterisations take place in the community setting

THE SOLUTION

Bridging the Gap in Healthcare and
Fulfilling a Clinical Need

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AWARD WINNING INNOVATION

Irish Times Innovation Award 2022 Winner
Irish Times Innovation Award 2022 Winner
Trans Urethral Catheter Safety Valve

Preventing Urethral Trauma due to Incorrect Balloon Placement.

TESTIMONIALS

I see this device as having a very important role in limiting the risk of catheter balloon urethral injury and giving confidence to both doctors and nurses that the balloon is actually in the bladder prior to inflation.
Dr David A Bloom, University of Michigan Medical Centre

Dr David A. Bloom

Professor of Urology, University of Michigan Medical Centre, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

This device has the potential to eliminate the near daily consults our service receives to deal with patients who have suffered urethral injury due to inadvertent catheter balloon inflation.
Ronald L. Hrebinko MD, UPMC

Ronald L. Hrebinko MD

Urological Surgeon, UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The TUC Safety Valve has undoubted clinical potential in inpatient and outpatient settings for decreasing morbidity associated with urethral catheterisation. I think it should become a compulsory component to the catheterisation process.
Mr Greg Jack, The Austin Hospital, Melbourne

Mr. Greg Jack

Consultant Urologist, The Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

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