CATHETRIX, innovative catheter solutions

CATHETRIX is an Israeli company based in Tel-Aviv. As an innovative catheter securement devices company, CATHETRIX aims to design, develop and produce smart catheter fixation devices and to deliver safety solutions for both hospital and home care.

Foley Safe 2.0, the world's first catheter stabilzer that actively prevents accidental extractions

CATHETRIX’s flagship product is the Foley Safe 2.0 Catheter Securement Device, the world’s first Foley catheter stabilizer which actively prevents possible damage to the bladder and urethra from accidental urinary catheter extraction.

Foley Safe 2.0 prevents accidental urinary catheter extraction, thus avoiding possible damage to the bladder and urethra. Once the Foley catheter is pulled with a force that can harm the patient, Foley Safe 2.0 will cut the sterile fluid tube and let the retention balloon deflate, permitting the catheter to slide out safely. Foley Safe 2.0 also prevents catheter dislodgement and minimizes movement, thus reducing the risk of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI). 

Medical studies have shown that 11–17 percent of all catheters are unintentionally torn out and 5% of all urological catheters are traumatically pulled. Some 25% of all hospitalized patients, as well as people confined to bed in hospice and nursing homes, have urinary catheters. Many of these inpatients tend to extract their catheter tube, thereby causing themselves unnecessary pain, injury and increased risk of damage and infections.

Genitourinary trauma is quite often the result of an inflated balloon during accidental pulling of the Foley catheter. Any unintentional pulling may cause severe damage to the bladder or urethra. Foley Safe 2.0 safely prevents surgery and expensive hospitalization. The device, which was developed together with Jenko, has been patented and has received U.S. FDA and EU CE Mark clearances.