About Us
ABOUT THE TEAM
United Urologic Innovations
United Urologic Innovations. LLC’s mission is to improve the post-procedural or long-term experience of the Foley catheter user. UUI has developed two lines of products to improve patient quality of life. The Stand Tall™ Urinary Management System allows a man to empty his leg bag discreetly and normally – all while standing at a urinal. The Stand Tall system employs a proprietary Conceal and Carry™ Leg Bag, which rests on the thigh, rather than down on the lower leg, like all other leg bags.
UUI’s GlideWear® Catheter Pain Relief Underwear reduces the pain felt while wearing a Foley catheter by off-loading the friction and shear forces responsible for much of the pain felt as it exits the body. GlideWear is a proprietary medical grade dual-ply textile with an extremely low co-efficient of friction. Placed strategically between the catheter base and the street clothing worn by the Foley user, GlideWear off-loads the friction and shear between the two layers, greatly reducing the sensation of pain often felt at the tip of the penis.
UUI is a collaboration of Roland R. Ugarte, MD, a highly experienced urological surgeon, and a core team of veteran professionals in urological/gynecological device design/development and marketing.
Dr. Roland R. Ugarte
FOUNDER + CEO
UUI’s Founder and CEO, Dr. Ugarte is a regional leader in the fields of urology and endourology. As a past president of the Minnesota Urological Association, Dr. Ugarte has been in practice since 1988, and is well-known and respected in the Upper Midwest and nationally. He has been voted to Mpls/St Paul Magazine’s Top Doctors list.
Dr. Ugarte was instrumental in bringing new technologies, such as cryotherapy, microwave therapy and laser therapy to the metropolitan area as well as to greater Minnesota. He is Medical Director of a successful physician-owned partnerships such as Midwest Stone and Minvasive Surgical.
His areas of special interest include: urologic oncology, stone disease, female urology, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and cryosurgery. Dr. Ugarte has presented research at the American Urologic Association and World Congress of Endourology annual meetings. He has numerous peer reviewed journal publications.
Joe Hofmeister
UUI’s Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder, Joe is a veteran urology product development and strategic marketing executive. Serving in Director-level roles in Marketing, Research &Development and Business Development at American Medical Systems, (AMS), and Coloplast. He has managed the successful launches of six new technologies into the field of urology. Joe brings significant international experience to UUI, originally serving as Director of Business Development for Japan’s largest medical instruments dealer, Muranaka Medical Instruments. He speaks Japanase and German. Joe currently serves as CEO at Tamarack Habilitation Technologies, an innovative Minnesota medtech developer.
Paul Settle
UUI’s Vice President of Clinical Affairs and Co-Founder, Paul has spent the last 35 years in the field of urologic medical devices. Originally trained as a Urologic PA, he held Director level positions across three decades at American Medical Systems and Schneider. In his last role at AMS, he was Director of Phase IV Clinical Trials, and was active in developing and executing 25 clinical evaluations. He has lived and worked out of London and Paris. During the last 10 years, he has been a medical device consultant, specializing in furthering the advancement of advanced urologic devices.