Devicare, with headquarters in the UAB Research Park, has recently announced business agreements in United States, United Kingdom, Malta and Algeria and is now present in 34 countries. The company has 5 products on the market (a medical device and dietary supplements), 49 patents, 6 clinical trials and 9 scientific publications.
Devicare participated in the National Meeting of the Lithiasis, Endourology, Laparoscopy and Robotics Groups (LELR), held on 24 and 25 January in Palma de Mallorca. The plenary sessions focused on the medical and surgical handling of urinary lithiasis which affects 10% of the Spanish population. The final results of the “Double J” clinical trial led by specialists from nine leading Spanish hospitals renowned for urology care and sponsored by Devicare were also presented during the event.
Dr Carlos Torrecilla, director of the Lithiasis Unit of the Bellvitge University Hospital and national coordinator of the Lithiasis and Endourology Group of the Spanish Association of Urology, is the principal investigator of a clinical trial sponsored by Devicare conducted in nine Spanish university hospitals (Bellvitge, La Paz, Río Hortega, Puigvert Foundation, San Cecilio, Valme, Álvaro Cunqueiro, La Fe and Santiago de Compostela)...
The multinational company Exeltis and the digital therapeutics company Devicare have signed an agreement to market the Lit-Control® family of products in Spain. Lit-Control® is the world's first digital therapeutics solution that allows the most common urological diseases to be prevented and treated effectively from home while also improving patients' adherence to the treatment. This collaboration brings together Exeltis' expertise and excellence in health care with Devicare's experience in product development, intellectual property and clinical research...
Devicare and nine leading hospitals in urology have started the pioneering international "Double J" study to evaluate the combined use of a medical device and a nutraceutical in controlling urinary pH and inhibiting crystallisation in order to prevent the calcification of double J stent catheters and reduce the number of associated complications.
The prestigious urologists Manoj Monga of the Cleveland Clinic and Olivier Traxer of the Sorbonne and Pierre and Marie Curie University are organising the first The Talents (The Trans-Atlantic Leaders in Endourological Technologies) symposium, from 5 to 7 April in Paris, in order to build bridges between young European and North American leaders in the field of endourology.
The 33rd European Urology Congress (EAU 2018) closed its doors yesterday in Copenhagen with excellent figures: 15,000 urologists, 160 companies and 2,000 business representatives. Devicare has been present in the exhibition area together with one of its international partners presenting Lit-Control®, the first medical solution which allows recurrent urinary diseases to be effectively addressed with an innovative solution enabling patients to check their own urinary pH with remote monitoring.
Devicare has obtained the patent in Spain for a new electrochemical ion sensor, which is the most advanced of its type on the market, improving the features of the Lit-Control pH Meter® medical device for self-monitoring chronic urological diseases (lithiasis, infections, overactive bladder, calcification of urinary catheters, etc.). Specifically, the sensor incorporates a reference electrode that prevents it from drying after its use.
Devicare has signed a participative loan worth 2 million Euros from the Innova Global line by Avançsa, assigned to the Business and Expertise Department, with the option to convert the investment into Series A stock in the mid-term. With this new economic injection, Devicare will continue the strategic development and validation plan of new medical solutions under the Remote Patient Monitoring concept...
Sensors are changing our lives, also in healthcare (for the better). During the opening ceremony of the Healthcare and Social ICT R+D+I Conference held in the University of Vic on 28 September, Marina Geli, coordinator of the Healthcare and Social Studies Centre (CESS), highlighted that sensor technology is essential to advance patient empowerment in the home.
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Master in Business Administration.
Master in International Business.
Master in Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
BSc. Industrial Engineering.
BSc. Electronic Engineering.
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