January 2024

The SafeCirc® Newborn Male Circumcision Center of Excellence Opens

In a historic first, the SafeCirc® Center of Excellence opens to offer the AccuCirc® technology and to provide one of the first and only dedicated outpatient male newborn circumcision centers in the World. Offering state-of-the art male newborn circumcision care, education, and training.

December 2023

SafeCirc® Partners with DandleLion Medical

DandleLion chosen as established, veteran health care partner to help research, develop, and manufacture the AccuCirc® technology.

January 2021

SafeCirc® Begins Evaluating the Minimally Invasive AccuCirc® Electrosurgical and Electrocautery

In the continued pursuit of improved safety and better outcomes, SafeCirc® begins developing an electrosurgical male newborn circumcision device that takes advantage of the latest advances in electrosurgery.

September 2020

Providence Business News Names SafeCirc® as Top Company for Innovation

AccuCirc® device described as a game-changer for newborns. SafeCirc® announces plans to open a dedicated center of excellence for newborn male circumcision.

July 2018

Public Library of SCIENCE (PLOS1)

“Because of its inherent design in which the glans is protected, the AccuCirc should be considered for use in National early infant male circumcision programs.”

“In our study, providers unanimously expressed the view that the AccuCirc would be the safest and most appropriate for a national early infant male circumcision program.”

“In our study, we found the AccuCirc kit to be extremely convenient, requiring minimal purchasing and inventory of consumables, and no need for timely instrument disinfection process”

“In a large early infant male circumcision program, simplification of supply chain management and the elimination of the need for reusable inventory and sterilization will be significant advantages of the AccuCirc.”

February 2018

Public Library of SCIENCE (PLOS1)

“This evaluation of the AccuCirc is the largest to date and indicates that the device is safe and acceptable, achieving high levels of parental satisfaction.”

August 2017

Public Library of SCIENCE (PLOS1)

“All providers agreed that AccuCirc would be the device they would recommend for a national program.”

“The AccuCirc device may be the safest and most preferred device for use in National Early Infant Male Circumcision Programs.”

July 2016

Global Health: Science and Practice 2016

"Early infant male circumcision (EIMC) conducted by nurse-midwives using the AccuCirc device proved safe, feasible, and acceptable to parents in Zimbabwe.  The AccuCirc device has the potential to facilitate widespread scale-up of safe EIMC in sub-Saharan Africa."

August 2015

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (JAIDS)

"Early infant male circumcision has a lower unit cost when using AccuCirc compared with Mogen clamp."

Auguest 2015

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (JAIDS)

"The first randomized trial of AccuCirc versus Mogen clamp demonstrated that early infant male circumcision using these devices is safe and acceptable to parents."

May 2014

 The Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (JAIDS)

"The AccuCirc is safe and it should be considered for programmatic early infant male circumcision in resource limited settings."

December 2009

THE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS

Names the AccuCirc device as one of the: "Best New Products for Pediatricians"

Summer 2009

INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE

The atraumatic circumcision device (AccuCirc) – a comparison of postoperative outcomes at two weeks.  

Summer 2008

INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE

The atraumatic circumcision device (AccuCirc) - a new technology for the prevention of complications of male circumcision and HIV risk through contaminated parts in African children.  

March 2008

DISCOVER MAGAZINE

“Ingenious new device means lower HIV rates, safer penises.”  “Finally! A Nearly Foolproof Circumcision.”

September 2007

ACCUCIRC CLEARED BY THE FDA FOR USE IN THE UNITED STATES

The AccuCirc device is cleared by the FDA for unrestricted use in the United States.

Winter 2006

NIGERIA ACCUCIRC CLINICAL TRIAL

After successful evaluation of the device at Brown University and Hasbro Children’s Hospital, three sites in Nigeria were chosen to evaluate the AccuCirc for use in resource-limited areas.

March 2008

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) AND UNAIDS ISSUE STATEMENT ABOUT MALE CIRCUMCISION AND HIV PREVENTION

"The efficacy of male circumcision in reducing female to male transmission of HIV has been proven beyond reasonable doubt. This is an important landmark in the history of HIV prevention."

Summer 2007

TWO OTHER LARGE RANDOMIZED TRIALS CONFIRM THAT MALE CIRCUMCISION HELPS PREVENT FEMALE TO MALE TRANSMISSION OF HIV

"Male circumcision significantly reduces the risk of HIV acquisition in young men in Africa. Where appropriate, voluntary, safe, and affordable circumcision services should be integrated with other HIV preventive interventions and provided as expeditiously as possible."

Summer 2005

HASBRO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ACCUCIRC TRIAL

The AccuCirc is evaluated in a series of clinical trials.  Multiple improvements are made and the design is finalized.

Early 2005

CLINICAL INNOVATIONS BEGINS MANUFACTURING THE ACCUCIRC

As an experienced medical device manufacturer based out of Utah, Clinical Innovations is selected to start manufacturing the AccuCirc in preparation of clinical trials.

Summer 2005

FIRST RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPLETED SHOWING THAT MALE CIRCUMCISION DOES IN FACT HELP PREVENT FEMALE TO MALE TRANSMISSION OF HIV.

“Male circumcision provides protection against acquiring HIV infection, equivalent to what a vaccine of high efficacy would have achieved. Male circumcision may provide an important way of reducing the spread of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa.”

Spring 2004

TEAM ASSEMBELED TO HELP IMPROVE NEWBORN MALE CIRCUMCISION CARE

A team of physicians, engineers, and scientists is put together to address the limitations of the existing newborn male circumcision devices.  They specifically set out to design a device that can protect patients from injury and easily be used anywhere in the world.  It was clear that for male circumcision to be effective at preventing HIV, the procedure must be safe and available in resource poor areas.

Summer 2004

DATA EMERGES THAT MALE CIRCUMCISION PREVENTS FEMALE TO MALE TRANSMISSION OF HIV

Initially it seems hard to believe that male circumcision can help prevent a male from contracting HIV from a women.  But, as scientist study the HIV epidemic, it becomes very clear that there is a link between circumcision and protection from HIV.

Winter 2004

IMPROVING NEWBORN MALE CIRCUMCISION CARE

While serving in the United States Navy as a Board Certified Family Physician, Dr. Tomlinson, has a near miss while using a Yellen style (Gomco) clamp.  Having graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a degree in mechanical engineering prior to going to medical school, he designs a modified Yellen style clamp that eliminates the possibility of mismatching the various device parts.