| 50 | million women estimated to have recurrent UTIs worldwide |
Dedicated to prevent urinary tract infections
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) are the second most common type of infection
| More than | 10 | billion USD world-wide and 150,000 to 200,000 deaths due to UTI related complications. |
For the patients using one of the
| 240 | million catheters per year, the situation is even worse. With each insertion of the catheter, they push bacteria into the bladder. |
The average catheter patient has at least 3 infections per year. 50% of infections acquired in long-term care facilities are a result of catherization.