About Vidacare

What We Do

One of the greatest challenges facing pre-hospital and hospital emergency medicine is rapidly establishing intravenous (IV) access in patients suffering from an acute injury or illness.

Every year, desperately needed IVs cannot be started in more than 6 million patients. As a result, thousands die needlessly, often on their way to the Emergency Department.

The medical community has long recognized that bone marrow acts as a non-collapsible vein, through which any drug or fluid can be rapidly and safely administered. Until recently, the problem was how to safely penetrate through the hard part of the adult bone to gain access to the bone marrow with a catheter.

Vidacare is leading the development of medical devices that greatly improve the ability of emergency health professionals to administer life saving drugs and fluids. Our FDA-cleared EZ-IO product system, consisting of the EZ-IO AD for patients weighing over 40 kg and EZ-IO PD for patients weighing between 3 and 39 kg, provides immediate access to the intraosseous space. The small battery-powered device safely penetrates through the bone in seconds with a specifically designed and patented beveled, hollow drill tipped needle. Users are able to select between the EZ-IO AD and EZ-IO PD needles based on the weight of the patient, therefore making the device a life saving tool for patients of all ages and sizes.

When traditional IV access is challenging or impossible, the EZ-IO product system offers great promise for every serious emergency that requires rapid and reliable vascular access.

Who We Are

Vidacare Corporation is a medical device company that owns the exclusive rights to innovative intraosseous technology developed at the University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio. Vidacare's technology is fully patent protected.