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CloudCath's Patient Peritoneal Dialysis At Home Monitoring System 

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CloudCath's Patient Peritoneal Dialysis At Home Monitoring System 

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CloudCath, remote monitoring platform for Catheter-Based Treatments. CloudCath. (n.d.) https://www.cloudcath.com/. 

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CloudCath is a medtech company from San Francisco, California. Co-founders of this product and organization are CEO Aly ElBadry and CTO Eric Yu. Other team members include Amy Loomis (Research and Development Engineer), Andrew Pullin (Principal Embedded Firmware Engineer), Audrey Wong (Engineering Intern), Brian Fisher (Head of Quality and Clinical Affairs), Carlos Rovira (Head of Electrical Engineering), Chris Pell (Head of New Product Development), Concetta Carbonaro (Head of Clinical Operations), Ed Scanzano (Head of Software), Herman Girn (Head of New Product Quality), Joseph Vivolo (Head of Hardware), Keegan Schieve (Quality Engineer), Kelvin Zarate (Engineering Intern),

Lily Kaneko (Junior Product Engineer), Razaa Ali (Head of Customer Operations), Sam Lee (Head of Quality Operations), and Zi Jun Kwok (Engineering Intern).

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Date published: Cloud cath founded in 2017 with their first product being the Peritoneal Monitoring System

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Date published: Cloud cath founded in 2017 with their first product being the Peritoneal Monitoring System

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Published on Medgadget on July 14, 2021

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CloudCath, remote monitoring platform for Catheter-Based Treatments. CloudCath. (n.d.) https://www.cloudcath.com/. 

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CloudCath created a remote monitoring system designed to improve the peritoneal dialysis experience for end stage renal disease patients. Patients with kidney disease may eventually develop kidney failure or end stage renal disease, also known as ESRD. These patients either undergo hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Hemodialysis consists for four hours of treatment for three days a week which is performed by a dialysis nurse overseen typically by a nephrologist whereas peritoneal dialysis can be a treatment that patients undergo every night by themselves. In peritoneal dialysis, waste is removed from the blood. There is a fluid called dialysate that goes into a part of the patient's abdomen and stays there for a period of time until that fluid with the waste products is discarded out of the body. Patients who undergo peritoneal dialysis nightly are typically on it for 10-12 hours. There is lots of room for error for the body to make in that amount of time and now there is a way for their providers to oversee their treatment in real time. The CloudCath innovation essentially measures the discarded fluids after filtering through the kidneys which allows providers to get accurate data about the fluid right away. It constantly detects for infection such as peritonitis. Because these patients are at such a high risk for infection, this innovation could prevent many complications.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRG2yo4otPs&t=172s

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CloudCath - Fresenius Liberty Select Training Video

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1. Earlier interventions

2. Fewer hospitalizations

3. Easy set up
4. Increased patient safety

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1. Providers may have to monitor system more frequently
2. Additional expense
3. Patient information is more accessible
4. More testing to be performed

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The CloudCath’s system to remotely monitor peritoneal dialysis would be very beneficial to dialysis patients. Not only can doctors see the information quicker, but the patient also may understand the fluid and act on it possible infection sooner. After a few training sessions, patients typically perform their peritoneal dialysis by themselves at night. This allows them to do it on their schedule and have more freedom. However, these patients are not trained specialists. There is error that can occur due to a mistake from them, the peritoneal system or their body without them even realizing. The CloudCath system however would make life easier for the patient and the healthcare team following the patient. Mistakes or errors may be easily detected and fixed so the patient does not have to come into the provider's office or the hospital. The monitoring device essentially watches what the peritoneal dialysis and body is doing so the provider may intervene when necessary. After researching the device more, the pros seem to outweigh the cons. I think this device could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people now and in the decades to come.

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My strengths include developer, includer, responsibility, belief and harmony. As a developer I would introduce this product into our facility and help others learn how to use the system and learn how to share their knowledge. With responsibility, I would be committed to sharing the product and be truthful about the product’s intention. With my belief,  I would be passionate about the product and want to share it with as many people as I can in order to prevent any complications peritoneal dialysis may bring. As an includer, I want to make sure every team member understands every part of the product and want them to ask questions. Lastly, with harmony, I want the evaluation members to be and feel like a team. We will work together to benefit our patients.

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William, Carter, Faith, Angelica, and Abraham are members of my team. These members add value in influencing, executing and strategic thinking to my relationship building and executing strengths. William provides a woo strength to connect with the patients and get them to feel comfortable with the team and the product. Carter provides communication to provide the team to converse with each other and present our ideas and thoughts to a bigger group. Faith is futuristic and will inspire our group with the product and what it could potentially do for the world of dialysis patients in the upcoming years and decades. Angelic is analytical for she thinks about all of the factors that would go into the potential implementation of the products and be able to help us work through any barriers. Lastly, Abraham is an arranger that will pull all of the piece of puzzle together to make our team effective and efficient.

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CloudCath, remote monitoring platform for Catheter-Based Treatments. CloudCath. (n.d.) https://www.cloudcath.com/.

Hastings, C. (2021, July 14). Medgadget. https://www.medgadget.com/2021/07/remote-monitoring-for-peritoneal-dialysis-interview-with-aly-elbadry-ceo-of-cloudcath.html.