Background
Forte Medical has introduced precision and reduced costs attached to routine and specialist urinary diagnostics.
Urine is full of information, with diagnostic parity to blood.
Yet there’s no standard protocol for collecting it accurately and hygienically. The result: unreliable or delayed diagnoses, over-prescribing of antibiotics, and significant unwarranted cost to healthcare providers.
Forte Medical designs urine collection systems built to meet the highest diagnostic and screening standards, across UTI and prenatal screening, early-stage cancers, sports dope testing, and evidential forensic medicine.
Why Midstream Matters for Prenatal services
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What clinicians are saying
Using the Peezy device in clinical practice has completely transformed how we approach caring for patients with UTI symptoms and provided a 66% saving on lab spend.Public Health Wales GP Surgery Trial Real-world primary care audit
With collection of the correct urinary fraction, the path to a sound diagnosis is completely opened up. Great work, Forte Medical.Dr Michael Murray, RTTP CEO, MetalloBio
We have used Peezy Midstream in clinic. It collects a better specimen with lower contamination, meaning fewer repeats.Prof. Frank Chinegwundoh Consultant Urological Surgeon
Research strongly indicates that using the Peezy Midstream device can dramatically reduce contamination.Louise de Winter Director of Research, The Urology Foundation
Where our work came from and why it matters.
The GP and his Urethra Moment
Seeing a high number of female patients in his surgery, Dr Vincent Forte noticed that diagnosis and treatment for women’s urinary tract infections (UTIs) was unreliable, undignified, and unhygienic.
Determined to solve the problem, Vincent had his “Urethra Moment” — the insight that led to the invention of Peezy Midstream.
This decades-old anomaly in basic specimen collection still drives costly repeat appointments, repeat laboratory tests, and unnecessary prescribing today.
Peezy Midstream fixes everything.
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Evidence and AMR
Between 34% and 60% of women presenting with UTI symptoms are prescribed antibiotics before diagnosis is confirmed.
This widespread practice of empirical antibiotic treatment puts women on the frontline of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
Over prescribing can also impact pregnancy outcomes and exacerbate cognitive issues in the elderly, risking preventable hospitalisation.
Visit our Clinical Evidence page.
Award-rich Peezy Midstream!
2025 Backed By Doctors Award from Medic Footprints Supported By the Harley Street Health District and Doctify
2024 Bladder & Bowel UK Product Innovation Award in recognition of “patient-centred design contributing to improved quality of life”.
2010 NHS Health and Social Care East of England Innovation Award
2009 Design Week Awards Best of Show (runners up: Apple MacBookAir & Microsoft)
2009 Design Week Awards Best Industrial Product
2002 Medical Futures Innovation Award: the one that started everything!
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The Team
