{"id":222,"date":"2025-03-18T17:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocath.com\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:50:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advocath.com\/?page_id=222","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"222\" class=\"elementor elementor-222\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d45145b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d45145b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d03b27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d03b27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Commitment to Empowering Lives Worldwide<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66429ad4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66429ad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\" style=\"padding: var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 1.25rem;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\" style=\"padding: var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/advocath.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwentyfour\/assets\/images\/building-exterior.webp\" alt=\"Building exterior in Toronto, Canada\" width=\"91\" height=\"43\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:group --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:group {\"align\":\"full\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"margin\":{\"top\":\"0\",\"bottom\":\"0\"},\"padding\":{\"top\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"bottom\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"left\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"right\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\"}}},\"backgroundColor\":\"base-2\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"constrained\"}} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-2-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; padding: var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\">\n<p><!-- wp:group {\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"blockGap\":\"0px\"}},\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"orientation\":\"vertical\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"}} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"className\":\"is-style-asterisk\"} --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"166\"><strong data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"164\">About AdvoCath &amp; Flo-Check<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"615\">AdvoCath was founded by\u00a0 Billy Vickers and Christine McDunnough, and born from firsthand experience with the challenges catheter users face every day. As a T6 paraplegic, Billy brings personal insight; together, we\u2019ve spent years advocating for better outcomes through our nonprofit, Wheels in Motion.org.<br data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"470\" \/><strong data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"615\">Seeing\u2014and living\u2014the silent struggles of catheter users in homes, hospitals, and long-term care facilities, we knew something had to change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"989\">From this lived experience came a clear need\u2014and a bold solution: <strong data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"696\">Flo-Check<\/strong>, a first-of-its-kind screening tool designed to empower catheter users with timely information about their urinary health. Developed with precision and purpose, Flo-Check is protected by three issued patents and one pending, and is currently moving through the FDA 510(k) clearance process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1323\">AdvoCath\u2019s mission is to make Flo-Check the <strong data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1066\">new global standard of care<\/strong>\u2014reducing complications, preventing hospitalizations, and transforming both personal care and institutional protocols. With a multi-billion-dollar market and no direct competitor offering this level of accessibility and simplicity, the opportunity is clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1438\">We&#8217;re building more than a product\u2014we\u2019re building a movement to redefine urology. 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As a T6 paraplegic, Billy brings personal insight; together, we\u2019ve spent years advocating for better outcomes through our nonprofit, Wheels in Motion.org.Seeing\u2014and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-222","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocath.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/advocath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":620,"href":"https:\/\/advocath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222\/revisions\/620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocath.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}