Rheia Medical

A device to make pelvic surgery safer and faster

The Story Behind Rheia Medical

Rheia Medical was founded in August 2023 after the original team during their time at BioMedical Design, observed how surgeons often spent valuable operating room time searching for the ureters, compromising patient safety due to the lack of effective and user-friendly tools. Determined to address this issue, the founders established Rheia Medical with a clear mission: to prevent and detect ureter injuries during pelvic surgery, ensuring safer and more efficient procedures.

The Unmet Need

The ureters, the two tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder, are known to be the nemesis of pelvic surgeons, as they can be very difficult to visualize during surgery. Even though the surgeon spends up to 30 min looking for the ureters, injuries occur in 1-2% of the surgeries and >50% of injuries are detected post-surgery.
Patient consequences are severe and include additional surgery, sepsis, kidney failure and even death. For the hospital this translates into costly re-operations of patients, prolonged hospital stays, wasted time and lower surgical efficiency.

The Solution

Our medical device, UreGuide, prevents ureter injury by enabling fast and precise visual identification of the ureters through electrical stimulation. And even if an injury should occur, UreGuide can detect such injuries and warn the surgeon. This enables a quick repair of the injury, a significantly lower risk of complications and improved patient outcomes. And for the hospital reduced healthcare costs.

The Team