., (NASDAQ: NAOV), a medical device company that produces the UroShield®, PainShield® and WoundShield® Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Portable Ultrasonic Therapeutic Devices, today announced that an independent, real world patient study of its UroShield has commenced at Southampton University Health Sciences in partnership with Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS health service provider of community services in the United Kingdom.
“This is another step forward in our efforts towards NHS fully adopting UroShield as a unique preventative device,” stated Brian Murphy, CEO of NanoVibronix. “We are eager to receive the results of this independent study as there are an estimated 100,000 patients living in community settings in the U.K. who are reliant on indwelling catheters and at risk of developing a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). There are also an additional 154,000 patients hospitalized annually who are catheterized for more than 48 hours and are also at risk for infection. These populations represent a sizeable opportunity to both improve the health of a large number of patients and significantly accelerate the full commercialization of our device.”