Medical Device Invented by Milwaukee-area Nurse

Four years after its founding, RoddyMedical Inc. in Wauwatosa officially launched its first product: An armband designed to prevent medical tubes from being pulled out of hospital patients’ arms.

There are 11 hospitals nationwide — including three in Wisconsin — that are currently evaluating the product, which is called the SecureMove-TLC, RoddyMedical chief operating officer Pat Deno said. Hospitals interested in buying the patent-pending, FDA-registered device will issue purchase orders directly to RoddyMedical, she said.