Meet Venus and Iris and creator Christine Goudie of Granville Biomedical
The Pelvic Health Product PodcastShow Notes
Episode summary : Christine Goudie : GranvilleBiomedical : Venus Do you know what your anatomy looks like? Are you fearful of how to insert a pessary or tampon? Are you a health professional looking for an accurate model to demonstrate examinations and pessary fittings to your patients? This is the podcast episode for you! What stood out from my conversation with Christine : Empowering women’s choices Reducing fear Normalising the human body Foster understanding of your body
The first seeds for creating the Venus and Iris models were planted when Christine was on medical outreach mission to Bangladesh. She identified the need for women’s health education tools after seeing a lack of hands on training tools. It all started as a project which developed into the creation of the models we see today with Venus being launched in 2021. and Iris this month. The team consulted with health professionals about the need for a vulval model with a vaginal canal and cervix. Hear the process of how they set about developing something that was as life-like as possible which involved actuator tests of organic tissue against the silicone recipes to develop the most accurate texture. They aimed for representation by skin tone, so it looks like or similar to you, being inclusive and culturally appropriate and to normalise the human body. The models can be used as a visual aide to help educate and reduce fear, making the insertion of pessaries, tampons and menstrual cups less intimidating. Femtechs are using the models to demonstrate their devices. If you would like to know more, or are interested in becoming a distributor in your country you can contact Christine via: Website: https://www.granvillebiomedical.ca Email: [email protected] Instagram: @granvillebiomedical
In Australia you can purchase Venus and Iris models from pelvicfloorexercise.com.au
My guest, Christine Goudie is a Canadian entrepreneur with in-depth experience designing medical devices and educational tools within the health tech space. She is currently a PhD student and Co-Founder of Granville Biomedical, which specializes in the design of anatomical pelvic health models to enhance clinical training and advance patient education within women’s health.
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