ClearFlow, Inc.

09/10/2026

Improve cost and quality care for cardiac surgery patients.
PleuraFlow®ACT®System — a catheter system developed by cardiothoracic surgeons for better outcomes.

Get started here: https://clearflow.com/

09/08/2026

Surgery efficiencies, reduced costs, and overall better outcomes for your patients.

When you follow the evidence-based ERAS Cardiac Surgery Society around the use of Rigid Sternal Fixation systems, you improve your patients postoperative recovery, reduce complications, and save on your budget.

For the science behind plate fixation read: Orthopedic Principles to Facilitate Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery created by Marc Gerdisch, MD, FACS, FACC, FHRS, MD, Keith Allen, Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD, Mark Bonnell, MD, Kevin Landolfo, MD, John Grehan, MD, PhD, Kendra J. Grubb, MD, MHA, FACC, MD, David J. Cohen, MD, T. Sloane Guy, MD, Nirav C. Patel, MD, Vinod Thourani, MD.

For a demo of the ClearFix Rigid Sternal Fixation system,
reach out to Tony Mathiason here on Linkedin.

Check it out at https://lnkd.in/gMgY3_NU

09/04/2026

Enhance Recovery. Optimize ICU Resource Utilization.

See how PleuraFlow® Active Clearance Technology® can help free ICU resources and get patients home faster.

09/02/2026

Reduce readmissions, a strategy.

Approximately 20% of readmissions are caused by pleural or pericardial effusions.

The "Leave no clot behind" strategy appears to reduce the complications from effusions and impact outcomes.

Large volume clots must be surgically evacuated in a re-exploration procedure in the early days after surgery. Smaller, more focal clots that compress the heart can lead to hemodynamic compromise (pericardial tamponade) that can threaten the patient's life. These can require a subsequent drainage pr...

08/31/2026

Surgery cost savings that improve outcomes for all hospital patients.

When you use the ClearFix Rigid Sternal Fixation system at your facility, you improve postoperative recovery, reduce complications, and save on budgets that can be redirected to improve facilities and equipment which contribute to better patient outcomes and quality of care.

For the science behind plate fixation read: Randomized, multicenter trial comparing sternotomy closure with rigid plate fixation to wire cerclage created by Keith Allen, Vinod Thourani, MD, Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD, Kendra J. Grubb, MD, MHA, FACC, MD, Grehan, MD, PhD, Nirav Patel, MD, T. Sloane Guy MD, Kevin Landolfo, MD, Marc Gerdisch, MD, FACS, FACC, FHRS, MD, Mark Bonnell, MD, and David J. Cohen, MD.

For a demo of the ClearFix Rigid Sternal Fixation system,
reach out to Tony Mathiason here on Linkedin.

Check it out at https://lnkd.in/gtt28_jV

08/27/2026

Chest tubes frequently clot
—nurses know this.

There are better solutions
—hospitals may not know this.

Here are the challenges and solutions of chest tube clogging and the opportunities to reduce complications and costs of care. https://lnkd.in/gHzpuMvj



https://clearflow.com/the-challenges-of-keeping-a-chest-tube-free-of-clogging-after-heart-surgery/

The Challenges of Keeping a Chest Tube Free of Clogging after Heart Surgery Chest tubes are used on every case after heart surgery to drain blood from around the heart and lungs in the early hours of recovery.1,2 If there is any bleeding, or even oozing tissues, the blood must be immediately drained...

08/25/2026

Chest tubes clog in 36% of patients, and the inadequate evacuation of the shed blood can lead to worse outcomes and higher costs. Can you influence better outcomes? https://www.clearflow.com/post-op-bleeding-after-heart.../

08/21/2026

Surgery efficiencies, reduced costs, and overall better outcomes for your patients.

When you follow the evidence-based ERAS Cardiac Surgery Society around the use of Rigid Sternal Fixation systems, you improve your patients postoperative recovery, reduce complications, and save on your budget.

For the science behind plate fixation read: Randomized, multicenter trial comparing sternotomy closure with rigid plate fixation to wire cerclage created by Keith Allen, Vinod Thourani, MD, Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD, Kendra J. Grubb, MD, MHA, FACC, MD, John Grehan, MD, PhD, Nirav Patel, MD, T. Sloane Guy, MD, Kevin Landolfo, MD, Marc Gerdisch, MD, FACS, FACC, FHRS, MD, Mark Bonnell, MD, and David J. Cohen, MD.

For a demo of the ClearFix Rigid Sternal Fixation system,
reach out to Tony Mathiason here on Linkedin.

Check it out at https://lnkd.in/gMgY3_NU

08/19/2026

Reduce the incidence of Retained Blood Syndrome (RBS) with proper postoperative drainage.

⬆️ Improve outcomes
⬇️ Reduce costs

08/17/2026

Reduce patient ventilator time, and preserve critical ICU resources.
Maintain chest tube patency — reduce ICU length of stay, get patients home faster.
https://clearflow.com/icu/

A recently-published peer-reviewed study found that actively maintaining chest tube patency in early hours following cardiac surgery can reduce complications and lead to a 32% reduction in the ICU LOS and a 20% reduction in patient ventilator time.20