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About Us
NUA Surgical is an award winning start-up that has emerged from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Dedicated to innovating in women's health, the company has developed the SteriCISION C-section Retractor to improve access and visualisation during Caesarean Delivery.
Founding Team
Barry McCann
Marie Therese Maher
Padraig Maher
CEO | Founder
Barry is a former BioInnovate Ireland Fellow specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology. He has a B.Comm and MSc in Medical Device Innovation from NUI Galway, and has over 15 years commercial and fundraising experience.
Padraig Maher
Marie Therese Maher
Padraig Maher
CTO | Co-Founder
Padraig holds a BSc in Polymer Engineering and has over 20 years industry experience with start-ups and multinationals. He also established and managed his own company in the sector for 7 years.
Marie Therese Maher
Marie Therese Maher
Marie Therese Maher
COO | Co-Founder
Marie Therese holds a BEng degree, is PMP certified and has over 15 years industry experience in a medical device multinational bringing products from concept through to commercialisation.
Achievements
- In October 2018, our founding team were awarded an Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund to bring the project from early stage concept to commercialisation.
- In January 2019, NUA Surgical was chosen as one of seven start-ups between Ireland and the U.S. to participate in the Blackstone-backed accelerator 'LaunchPad Lift' powered by Techstars.
- In November 2019, our CEO was named 'Best Senior Entrepreneur' at the EIT Health Alumni Needs-Led Innovation Showcase in Lisbon, Portugal.
- On June 2nd 2020, NUA Surgical were one of 16 UK and Ireland Start-ups to be awarded €40,000 through the EIT Health Headstart Programme.
- In July 2020, NUA Surgical were announced as one of 15 winners for the national HIHI Healthcare Innovation Call 2020.
- In November 2020, the start-up was announced overall winner of the InterTrade Ireland Seedcorn 'Investor Readiness' Competition, securing €100,000 to help accelerate our innovation in women's health.
- In September 2021, NUA Surgical were announced winners of the Healthy Mom and Baby Innovation Competition 2.0, a global competition run by Parkview Health and MATTER (USA).
