Newman (NEW MANner of artery compression) Bleeding arrest bracelet

2024: Market Entry

In mid-July 2024, the Russian company Newman Technologies announced the development of a special bracelet to stop bleeding from the radial artery. A device called NewMan (NEW MANner of artery compression - a new way of compression of the artery), according to the creators, is more efficient and cheaper than foreign analogues.

The device is intended for stopping bleeding after intravascular operations. When performing procedures such as stenting the coronary arteries, the surgeon needs to get into the patient's arterial system. To do this, a radial (on the forearm) or femoral artery is used: under local anesthesia, a puncture is made in it, after which an introducer is installed - a special tube for the subsequent introduction of all the necessary instruments. After the operation is completed, the bleeding must be stopped, for which a bandage with a roller is usually applied to the hole. But this could cause the radial artery to close permanently: Newman Technology claims it happens in one in ten patients. As a result, it will be impossible to repeat the operation (if necessary) through the radial artery.

source = "Newman Technology"

The NewMan device solves the problem described. It is a bracelet with two air injection pads. One of them is located in the radial artery zone, and the second - in the ulnar region. Due to the compression of the ulnar artery, the speed of blood flow along the radial artery increases, which allows you to maintain its functionality, avoiding occlusion.

Newman Technologies has received a registration certificate for the product. Unlike foreign analogues, the development does not require verification every hour - up to the removal of the bracelet. The risk of radial artery occlusion is reduced to 1-2.6%. In addition, the device costs about half as much as imported products.^[1]

2022: Russia has created a bracelet to stop bleeding after intravascular operations

In June 2022, it became known about the creation of a bracelet in Russia to stop bleeding after intravascular operations. The device was called Newman (NEW MANner of artery compression).

According to the developer of the endovascular surgeon bracelet Dmitry Ognerubov, the device reduces the likelihood of developing radial artery occlusion (closure due to thrombosis) by five times and costs 2.5 times cheaper than foreign analogues.

In Russia, created a bracelet to stop bleeding after intravascular operations

Intravascular surgeries, such as installing stents for the arteries of the heart or other large arteries of the body, are usually performed through a radial artery on the arm, Ognerubov explained. After surgical interventions, a hole about 2 mm in size remains in it, which must be closed. As a rule, a simple bandage with a roller is used for this. But the main problem is that in this way not only the bleeding stops, but also in every fifth patient the radial artery itself closes forever, and some people need to carry out up to six similar procedures during their lives, the surgeon noted.

Newman contains an additional air cushion that pinches the ulnar artery, increasing the rate of blood flow through the radial, which prevents it from closing, he said.

By the end of June 2022, the first prototypes of the bracelet were developed. By November 2022, the developer plans to complete the procedure for state registration of his medical device in the EAEU, which will allow him to supply the device to the countries of the union, and in parallel he is preparing documents for entering the market of Brazil, China and India.

The creation of a radial artery compression device took Dmitry Ognerubov about four years. Research and design work was carried out at the expense of a grant from the Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere (Bortnik Foundation).^[2]

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