GVDI Holds Patents on New Solution to Healthcare Workers’ Risk
March 05 2012 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
Golden Valley Development, Inc. (Other-OTC: GVDI)
(www.goldenvalleydev.com) is pleased to announce the development of
the PERCUGUARD™ needlestick prevention device, a tool currently
unavailable in the medical and dental industries, exceeding 1
billion potential annual applications worldwide.
PERCUGUARD™ – meaning “guard for the skin” – was developed and
patented by inventor and Golden Valley CEO Kevin Sorrels as
protection for health care workers who are required to use needles
to inject patients with medications.
Currently, there are 1.5 million reported needlesticks to health
care workers in the United States annually, with an estimated 100%
under reporting rate. Such needlesticks can transmit blood-borne
diseases such as Hepatitis and HIV to the health care worker.
PERCUGUARD is an inexpensive plastic medical device to prevent
such accidental injuries and disease transmissions. Designed to be
worn over a latex glove, PERCUGUARD targets an unaddressed area
where inadequate protection results in needlestick injuries. A
wholly-new device, it is puncture resistant, elastic, and allows
tactile sensitivity.
Developed primarily for dental workers, applications in related
medical fields exist for health care workers requiring the use of
“sharps”, in close proximity to the health care worker’s finger or
thumb.
According to American Dental Association statistics, there are
150,000 practicing dentists in the U.S. and Canada, each performing
approximately 4,000 procedures indicating some form of needlestick
protection. This translates into approximately 600 Million dental
procedures per year. OSHA currently requires the evaluation and
implementation of safe, effective and cost effective needlestick
prevention devices and modalities.
PERCUGUARD addresses three areas of risk: inadvertent
needlesticks to health care workers, OSHA regulatory requirements
and civil liability.
About Golden Valley Development,
Inc.
Golden Valley Development, Inc. is a publicly-traded Clearwater,
Florida-based product development and technology licensing company.
Through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, its business plan is to
manufacture and market patented products in the health care and
home consumer markets, beginning with its first two products, “Cut
Stop”™ and “PERCUGUARD”™.
Forward-Looking Statements
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statements and involve risks and uncertainties that could
materially affect expected results of operations, liquidity, cash
flows and business prospects.
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