Our Story
When Aurie CEO Souvik Paul’s sister-in-law sustained a spinal cord injury after a car accident, she learned she would need to use single-use intermittent catheters for the rest of her life—or at least that was the plan. But because her insurance didn’t cover the number of catheters she needed each month, she was forced to reuse old ones, which led to infections.
Souvik wanted to design a reusable catheter system that would not only reduce the chance of getting an infection, but also be more comfortable and sustainable. And that’s when Aurie was born.
Our Goal
Since 2018, Aurie has championed the perspectives of disabled people by designing products that help improve health, wellness, independence and freedom.
We believe the real product experts are the people who use catheters and ostomy supplies in their daily lives. That’s why we’re committed to actively partnering with—not just designing for—the disabled community to create systems that provide more options to live independently.
Our Team
4. Marjorie Nelson
(She/Her)Chief Operating Officer
Marjorie has 17+ years of experience in the medical device industry, leading several commercial product launches in Coronary/Peripheral Arterial Devices, CT Scanning, OCT Imaging, Telemedicine, Medical Kits, Combination Drug-Device and Gastrointestinal Devices.associated with the current “standard of care”, Marjorie became passionate about championing the mission to raise the bar and break down the challenges they face.
1. Souvik Paul
(He/Him)Founder & CEO
Souvik (pronounced Soh-vik) is an award-winning industrial designer and design strategist whose work has been displayed at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, as well as recognized by Core77 and the Industrial Designers’ Society of America. Prior to launching Aurie, he was a design strategist at Johnson & Johnson, where he focused on consumer medical devices. Souvik’s role at Aurie is to set high-level strategy for the design of freedom- and independence-enhancing products for people who need to use catheters every day.
2. Marjorie Nelson
(She/Her)Chief Operating Officer
Marjorie has 17+ years of experience in the medical device industry, leading several commercial product launches in Coronary/Peripheral Arterial Devices, CT Scanning, OCT Imaging, Telemedicine, Medical Kits, Combination Drug-Device and Gastrointestinal Devices.associated with the current “standard of care”, Marjorie became passionate about championing the mission to raise the bar and break down the challenges they face.
3. Souvik Paul
(He/Him)Founder & CEO
Souvik (pronounced Soh-vik) is an award-winning industrial designer and design strategist whose work has been displayed at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, as well as recognized by Core77 and the Industrial Designers’ Society of America. Prior to launching Aurie, he was a design strategist at Johnson & Johnson, where he focused on consumer medical devices. Souvik’s role at Aurie is to set high-level strategy for the design of freedom- and independence-enhancing products for people who need to use catheters every day.
4. Marjorie Nelson
(She/Her)Chief Operating Officer
Marjorie has 17+ years of experience in the medical device industry, leading several commercial product launches in Coronary/Peripheral Arterial Devices, CT Scanning, OCT Imaging, Telemedicine, Medical Kits, Combination Drug-Device and Gastrointestinal Devices.associated with the current “standard of care”, Marjorie became passionate about championing the mission to raise the bar and break down the challenges they face.
1. Souvik Paul
(He/Him)Founder & CEO
Souvik (pronounced Soh-vik) is an award-winning industrial designer and design strategist whose work has been displayed at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, as well as recognized by Core77 and the Industrial Designers’ Society of America. Prior to launching Aurie, he was a design strategist at Johnson & Johnson, where he focused on consumer medical devices. Souvik’s role at Aurie is to set high-level strategy for the design of freedom- and independence-enhancing products for people who need to use catheters every day.
User Advisory Board
Our user advisory board has been using catheters for more than 20 combined years. Aurie relies on their first-hand knowledge to help guide product development and make sure we're creating things that our users both want and need.
Carina Ho
Quemuel Arroyo
Quemuel Arroyo
Quemuel Arroyo
We'd love to hear from you.
We're always on the look-out for people with lived catheter experience who want to join our user advisory board. If you're interested in helping guide our mission and product, let's chat.