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How it began
A practical solution
Our founder Dr. David Elsaesser is a urologist in Erlangen. As with all urologists, blocked catheters are part of his daily routine. A problem that is in itself banal often causes a lot of organizational effort. In addition, he was repeatedly confronted with situations in his work in which blocked catheters became a health risk for his patients. unnecessary risk, he found. After all, catheters are not a particularly complex technology at their core.
His impression: There is a real gap in supply here!
The CaDo, which has been developed and refined over several years®-System is a intelligent solutionto remove blockages in catheters with little effort.
Erlangen Medicine Prize 2023
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a strong team
In addition to Dr. David Elsässer, Prof. Dr. Michael Wiehl and Antonia Vitale to the core team of CaDo Medical Solutions. Together we work to make the CaDo®system to market maturity as soon as possible.
In addition to the technical development of the components to series production, the necessary steps are currently being taken to obtain approval for the CaDo system as a medical device in accordance with the strict requirements of the European Union. In addition, we are conducting intensive tests in our research laboratory using blocked catheters from emergency patients. In close coordination with our technical development partners, colleagues, companies from the industry and partners at the health insurance companies, we want to make our product as quick and easy as possible to as large a number of patients as possible.
Dr. David Elsaesser
Managing Partner and Founder
CEO
Antonia Vitale
shareholder
CFO
Prof. Michael Wiehl
shareholders
CTO
E. Michael Wenzel
shareholder and senior advisor
Lou Guthmann
B.Sc.
research laboratory
Thomas Neugebauer
Ing. grad.
special design and technical tests
Sara Ahmadian
social media and graphic design
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Our vision
CaDo Medical Solutions was founded in 2017 around the idea for our first product, the CaDo System. Every day, people in Germany and around the world suffer from blocked urinary catheters. Unforeseen stays in the emergency room are a burden for those affected and limit their quality of life.
Our vision is to develop a product that can reliably resolve this common medical emergency at any time. In the home environment, in a nursing home or even when travelling. Very close to those affected and their concerns. Technically perfect, with specialist medical support.
Modern urology by people for people.
German engineering for you.
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What happens next
What has happened so far – and what will happen soon
field study
Application study of the approved system to demonstrate effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in comparison to the standard solution (catheter exchange). Planning and implementation by an independent clinical research institute.
start of production, start of online sales B2C
Q3 2025CE approval
Q2 2025usability studies
Intensive testing of near-production prototypes in a realistic environment, final corrections of software and accessories
near-production prototypes
Creation of near-series prototypes with final tools for series production
series-like prototypes
Usable prototypes with all relevant functions for application tests, housings and essential technical components in 3D printing, software contains all essential elements in different expansion stages
Laboratory study with catheters from emergency patients
Proof of the excellent cleaning effect of the CaDo technique on blocked catheters of approximately 80 emergency patients
creation of functional models
Creation of usable functional models with the current CaDo technology in cooperation with the development partners VelixX Gmbh, Mannheim and Solectrix GmbH, Fürth
patent grant
Grant of the European patent for the CaDo system (EP 3 603 7209)