!!! New Study Publication!!!
"Active Chest Tube Clearance Added to an Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERAS) Program Improves Outcomes and Reduces Resource Utilization"


Adding PleuraFlow’s Active Chest Tube Clearance (ATC) to an ERAS cardiac surgery program reduced Retained Blood Syndrome by 41%, postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) by 17%, and ICU time by 30% in 684 patients compared to 650 controls, improving outcomes and resource utilization. (Gerdisch, et al, 2025)

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Initial Commercialization Efforts

Our lead product, the PleuraFlow® Active Tube Clearance® System is now available for marketing in the US, Canada and Europe. The board has worked with the executive team to lay out a strategy for the commercial roll out in 2011. The interest level by the surgeons and nurses is strong. The interest level by prospective distribution partners has been large and our global director of sales and marketing…

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Clear Catheter completed a $1.2M series B preferred financing in Q4, 2010

In October, 2010, the company announced it closed an equity financing round with total proceeds of $1.2 million. The financing was led by the Oregon Angel Fund (OAF), joined by additional Oregon based angel investors. The financing will support the clinical launch of the company’s lead product, the PleuraFlow® Active Tube Clearance® System and continued technology development.

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2009 EACTS TechnoCollege Innovation Award

The company was awarded the prestigious 2009 European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Techno-College Innovation Award for its PleuraFlow® Active Tube Clearance® System. The Techno-College Award is a worldwide competition to identify innovations that have the potential to change the standard of care in heart and lung surgery. The award was established by the EACTS to recognize the most important technological breakthrough related to thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

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