Poiesis Medical To Present At The Innovating For Continence Conference In Chicago

Poiesis Medical has been selected to Present at the Simon Foundations Conference – Innovating for Continence: The Engineering Challenge in Chicago April 11-13, 2013

Poiesis will be presenting the revolutionary DuetteDual Balloon
Bladder Protection Catheter. The Duetteis first significant advancement in indwelling urinary catheters in 75 years and is designed to reduce the adverse effects of traditional Foley Catheterization.

The Innovating for Continence Conference Series (www.innovatingforcontinence.org) is a unique, international, biennial conference for engineers, physicians, nurses, people with incontinence and their caregivers, academics, industry executives, and those with a passion for increased development of creative and efficacious products for the management of incontinence.

The multi-disciplinary meetings attract speakers from a wide range of disciplines and is organized and hosted by The Simon Foundation for Continence (Chicago, IL). It is made possible through generous support from individual and industry sponsors.

Professor Alan Cottenden is the ongoing chair for the conference series. He is Professor of Incontinence Technology at University College London, England. Professor Cottenden is the Chair of the Organizing Committee for the biennial conference “Incontinence: The Engineering Challenge” hosted by the UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers along with the committee on Management Using Continence Products of the International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI). He has been involved in continence technology for almost 30 years, working on clinical and basic science aspects as well as product development and international standards work.