New Australasia distributor Murray Medical Solutions for CamPROBE prostate biopsy device
JEB Technologies and Medovate, two medical device development and commercialisation companies based in East Anglia, have signed a distribution agreement with Murray Medical Solutions Pty Ltd, granting them rights to distribute CamPROBE (The Cambridge Prostate Biopsy Device) across Australia and New Zealand.
Professor Vincent Gnanapragasam, a leading urology expert, along with his team at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust developed the CamPROBE device intended to facilitate transperineal prostate biopsies under local anaesthetic.
Cambridge Enterprise collaborated with healthcare innovation consultancy Health Tech Enterprise to secure intellectual property protection for the CamPROBE device.
They also assisted in obtaining a grant from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), which facilitated the refinement, clinical evaluation, and eventual commercialisation of the CamPROBE device.
The inventors of the CamPROBE collaborated with the product development and manufacturing company JEB Technologies to obtain CE marking for the device.
Stuart Thomson is Vice President of Business Development, Medovate and JEB Technologies Limited.
He said: “I’m thrilled to announce our new partnership with Murray Medical Solutions, a company that shares our commitment to delivering innovative, high-quality medical devices to healthcare professionals.
“We very much look forward to working with the Murray Medical team and we are excited to begin this journey with them.”
CamPROBE facilitates transperineal biopsy acquisition using simultaneous local anaesthetic delivery through an integrated needle.
It is an alternative to transrectal and other transperineal devices, using only two body entry puncture points, resulting in low pain scores, and improved patient comfort and patient acceptability.
Procedural access through the perineum reduces complications due to infections and sepsis, compared to transrectal procedures.
Murray Medical Solutions is an Australian-owned specialised medical device company based in Sydney, Australia.
Founded in 2015 Murray Medical Solutions specialises in supplying high-quality medical and surgical products and equipment to the Health and Medical sector
Stuart Keighran, Director, Murray Medical Solutions, said: “Murray Medical is delighted to have partnered with JEB Technologies and Medovate to become the exclusive distributor across Australia and New Zealand for the CamPROBE device.
“We have always paid great attention to doctors and urologists’ needs and feedback and that is why we are honoured to provide them with this revolutionary technology for performing a prostate biopsy.”
