Innovations That Work!
Each year for the July issue, we invite manufacturers to tout their latest product innovations. Several of the products listed were launched this year (see asterisk), making their inclusion especially appropriate. The descriptions are presented alphabetically by product. Where available, product testimonials from experienced clinicians are provided. For ready, convenient access to comprehensive listings and information on wound, ostomy, and continence products and services, we encourage you to visit the Wounds 360 Buyers Guide, available at www.wounds360bg.com. Also check your email inboxes for monthly product bulletins. As always, your comments and feedback are welcome.
Product: Biatain® Silicone Foam Dressings*
Company: Coloplast Corp.
Website: www.biatain-silicone.us
The new Biatain® Silicone and Biatain Silicone Lite combine superior absorption (in vitro) and a secure fit. The new design features a perforated, soft silicone wound contact layer that delivers a secure fit without compromising superior absorption. The unique Biatain foam conforms closely to the wound bed, ensuring superior absorption and an optimal moist wound healing environment. The 3-piece, nontouch opening facilitates easy application.
Product: The CeraPlus Skin Barrier with Remois Technology*
*Remois is a technology of Alcare Co., Ltd.
Company: Hollister
Website: www.ceraplus.us
Hollister is pleased to add another innovative option to its full menu of skin barrier choices. The CeraPlus skin barrier is infused with ceramide, a naturally occurring lipid found in the skin that protects against dryness. Ceramide links the cells of the outer skin (epidermis) together to form a waterproof, protective barrier.
The CeraPlus skin barrier is designed to maintain adhesive properties and features a formulation to help protect the skin’s natural moisture barrier, maintain good peristomal skin health, and decrease transepidermal water loss from damaged or eroded skin. The CeraPlus skin barrier helps support healthy skin from the start to help your patients maintain good skin health.
Product: Debrimitt™ Wound Preparation Pad*
Company: Crawford Healthcare
Website: https://us.crawfordhealthcare.com/woundcare/
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Debrimitt™ is a soft, polyester-fiber pad with a finger pouch designed to complement other debridement techniques (such as surgical, sharp, enzymatic, autolytic). Hydrated with your normal wound cleanser, Debrimitt effectively cleans and debrides a variety of wound and periwound conditions to optimize speed and thoroughness of preparing the wound bed and surrounding skin. It gently removes nonviable tissue, hyperkeratotic skin, and debris in a manner that increases patient tolerance and acceptance. The soft pad is available in a small and large size. The unique finger pouch is designed to make the pad easier to hold and control. The finger pouch also allows the clinician to utilize the full surface of the pad, which aids the pad’s effectiveness and speed.
Product: Cuticell® Contact
Company: BSN medical
Website: BSN medical.us
Cuticell® Contact is a highly flexible, atraumatic, single-sided adherence silicone wound contact layer that has a perforated transparent structure and is highly conformable. This makes Cuticell® Contact an effective wound dressing for advanced wound management. It is indicated for use on cuts, abrasions, burns, chronic wounds (with and without under compression), lacerations, blisters, skin lesions, and radiation treatment where it is appropriate for skin protection.
Cuticell® Contact can be used in combination with antiseptics and is suitable for very sensitive and fragile skin. It can remain in place up to 14 days protecting the wound. Exudate can easily pass through the perforations with minimal risk of tissue ingrowth. Because the adhesive is only on the contact side, secondary dressings can be changed easily without causing trauma to the wound. Users have been impressed by its longevity and cost-effectiveness, atraumatic dressing changes, nonadherence to gloves, minimized risk of maceration, easy wound inspection, flexibility and conformability, and easy application, improving patient compliance.
Product: Cutimed® Siltec Plus*
Company: BSN medical
Website: www.BSNmedical.us
Cutimed® Siltec Plus is a super-absorbent silicone foam dressing designed to meet the moisture balance challenge. Superior fluid management is achieved via Lift & Lock technology: super-absorbent particles lock exudate away from the wound for higher absorption and retention, and the smart pore structure allows vertical absorption, reducing risk of maceration. The dressing adapts to various exudate levels through the combination of unique layers that allow high viscous exudate to pass through for absorption within the foam structure and be wicked away from the wound and surrounding skin. The silicone wound contact layer protects surrounding skin and allows pain-free, atraumatic dressing changes and ensures gentle adherence to periwound skin without adhesion to the wound. The highly breathable film facilitates a dynamic moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR). The foam core is layered with super-absorbent particles that ensure reliable absorption and fluid retention, even under compression.
Cutimed® Siltec Plus is indicated for venous leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, arterial ulcers, and skin grafts.
Product: Cutimed® Siltec Sorbact®*
Company: BSN medical
Website: www.BSNmedical.us
Cutimed® Siltec Sorbact® is an innovative combination of reliable absorption and effective infection management. The super-absorbent particles within the foam layer effectively adjust to absorb and retain moderate to high viscous exudate, even under compression. DACC Technology binds versus kills bacteria and renders them inert unlike other silver and antimicrobials, which allows for natural wound healing. The smart pore structure and super-absorbers ensure vertical absorption of exudate, reducing the risk of maceration. The dynamic MVTR allows fluid to transpire while maintaining a moisture balance.
Product: Cutimed Sorbact® Hydroactive B*
Company: BSN medical
Website: www.BSNmedical.us
Cutimed Siltec Sorbact® is an innovative hydropolymer gel dressing that provides absorbency with balanced hydration. The dressing binds and inactivates bacteria with DACC Technology as the wound contact layer; the hydropolymer gel matrix helps maintain a moist wound environment and stimulates autolytic debridement of fibrin and necrotic tissue, making it ideal for absorption of thin exudate. Combined, these features promote autolytic debridement, reduce the bacterial load, and offer fast, effective wound healing.
Product: Debrisoft®
Company: Lohmann & Rauscher
Website: www.lohmann-rauscher.com
Debrisoft® is a unique monofilament fiber technology for gentle and rapid debridement and wound bed preparation. It provides rapid, virtually painless debridement, with visible results in 2–4 minutes. The monofilament pad consists of 18 million beveled fiber tips, which when fully hydrated and applied to the wound in a circular motion with moderate pressure, gently loosen nonviable material but spare granulation and epithelial tissue. This process is safe for the patient and easy to use for the clinician.
Intended for use in wound bed preparation, Debrisoft® is a highly effective debridement method in the treatment of superficial wounds and the surrounding skin, including diabetic foot ulcers, leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, postoperative wounds, sloughy wounds, wounds containing soft necrotic issue, hyperkeratosis, removal of exudate and cellular debris, removal of dressing and product residue, and for healing by secondary intention.
Debrisoft® is a new and innovative way to approach debridement and wound bed preparation. Come join the debridement revolution because every wound deserves a clean start.
Product: FastCast OLS System
Company: Hollister
Website: www.hollister.com
Hollister’s FastCast OLS System is an off-loading and wound management convenience kit that provides a VIP treatment for patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). The November 2014 Off-loading Consensus Guidelines state vascular management (V), infection management and prevention (I), and pressure relief (P) are essential to DFU healing. The FastCast OLS system was designed to address key aspects of VIPs.
The FastCast OLS System includes a compression sock layer that provides low-level compression to help manage edema and a padded sock layer for patient comfort. The 2 sock layers aid in shear reduction and help reduce the risk of skin maceration by wicking moisture into the socks and away from the patient’s skin. To address infection management and prevention, the Hydrofera Blue Ready foam (cover dressing) offers broad-spectrum antibacterial activity to help manage and prevent infection; plus, the Endoform dermal template, as a primary dressing, provides a native extracellular matrix and matrix metalloproteinase reduction to aid in wound closure. Pressure relief is provided by the clamshell cast and ToeBoggan footplate. The curved end of the ToeBoggan footplate protects the sensitive toe area and helps eliminate toe impingement, compression, and ischemia secondary to pressure, and it can be custom-cut to provide offloading. The clamshell cast is comprised of 7-layer fiberglass construction for durability and features an open-toe as opposed to a closed-toe design for air circulation to assist in moisture management that may help reduce the risk of fungal infection, dermatitis, and maceration. The cast can be removed using the bivalve removal technique, the standard cast-removal method. The cast roll provides additional strength and structural support, and the CAM Boot is extra wide for foot stability. There is no wait to ambulate; the patient can immediately walk once the CAM boot is in place.
Products: Invia® Motion™-15 Days* and Invia® Motion™- Endure*
Company: Medela, Inc.
Website: www.medela.com/US/en/healthcare/products/negative-pressure-wound-therapy/invia-motion.html
Medela now offers 2 pumps for the patient’s own personal use to help promote improved patient mobility and freedom — an innovative product pair in that they are personal and owned by the patient. Invia® Motion™–Endure delivers the convenience of a discrete personal negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device while providing a choice of pressure settings, therapy modes, and compatibility with both foam and gauze dressings. In addition, Invia Motion-Endure conforms to a patient’s lifestyle needs throughout the course of treatment by promoting mobility and freedom.
Invia® Motion™–15 Days, also a discrete personal device, delivers up to 15 days of uninterrupted NPWT treatment while offering a choice of pressure settings, therapy modes, and compatibility with both foam and gauze dressings. Invia Motion – 15 Days can help manage wounds of short duration and expedite patient transition from the hospital to a post-acute setting.
Product: JOBST® Compri2*
Company: BSN medical
Website: www.BSNmedical.us
The new JOBST® Compri2 is a 2-layer bandage system specifically designed for easy application. It provides graduated and reliable compression for up to 7 days to help achieve effective edema reduction and heal the wound while skin stays dry and comfortable. Its easy application and high level of patient comfort are achieved through its moisture-permeable design. An indicator promotes correct and sustained compression 100% of the time. The compression dressing enables effective edema reduction and recurrence prevention; it works well with patients on previous compression therapies and can be easily integrated into daily clinical and home care routines.
Product: Leukomed® Sorbact®*
Company: BSN medical
Website: www.BSNmedical.us
Leukomed® Sorbact® is a postoperative dressing used to help protect a wound from external contamination. Its contact layer, coated with DACC Technology, also helps reduce colonization of harmful microbes. In a prospective, randomized study with 2,441 infants, Cutimed® Sorbact® with DACC Technology proved to be equally effective as a standard care dressing in preventing infections. The dressing provides reliable adhesion, reduces risk of maceration, safely and effectively binds bacteria and fungi without a chemically active agent, and maintains a favorable environment for healing.
Products: PRO, PRO to GO, PRO at HOME NPWT Family of Devices (Cardinal Health™ NPWT PRO Family of Devices)
Company: Cardinal Health
Website: www.cardinalhealth.com
Cardinal Health has developed a NPWT device portfolio specifically targeted to the needs of the different care settings. Cardinal Health™ NPWT PRO is designed for the acute and skilled nursing care settings, PRO to GO is designed for transition or discharge care, and PRO at HOME is designed for home use. Each device has a similar design and user interface, helping provide a consistent experience across the continuum of care for both caregiver and patient. Facilitating a high level of familiarity and comfort with NPWT across care settings is one of the main aims for the Cardinal Health™ NPWT PRO family. In addition, the PRO devices are lightweight (0.9 lb), easy to use, and portable and use the same foam dressings across all devices. Cardinal Health™ NPWT can follow the patient from hospital to home, backed by the extensive distribution and insurance access infrastructure of Cardinal Health. Cardinal Health is Essential to Care™.
Product: Puracyn Plus Wound Irrigation Professional Formula
Company: Innovacyn
Website: www.innovacyn.com
Puracyn Plus Professional Formula is the next-generation wound irrigation and management solution designed to improve the most essential part of the wound treatment process: preparation of the wound bed. This advanced, pH-balanced solution is used in conjunction with wound irrigation, debriding, and dressing procedures that set the stage for optimum healing conditions. Puracyn Plus provides clinicians a new alternative to commercial cleansers and solutions that may slow wound closure.
Innovacyn understands the challenges and costs associated with wound care, site infection, antibiotic resistance, and readmissions. Puracyn Plus supports improving outcomes, lowering costs, and enhancing patient and caregiver satisfaction associated with advanced plans of care.
Product: RTD® Wound Dressing
Company: Keneric Healthcare
Website: www.KenericHealthcare.com
RTD® Wound Dressing is a patented antimicrobial polyurethane foam that is highly absorbent and effective in creating a wound environment conducive to healing. RTD® is the only wound dressing comprised of organic antimicrobial and antifungal active components, including methylene blue (0.25 mg/g) and gentian violet (0.25 mg/g), along with integrated silver zirconium phosphate (7 mg/g). The addition of silver to this dressing enhances the antimicrobial effectiveness (over methylene blue and gentian violet alone) and helps reduce bacterial load to improve wound healing.
RTD® is indicated for the treatment of partial-thickness to full-thickness wounds with moderate to heavy exudate, including pressure ulcers, venous stasis and arterial ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, graft wounds and donor sites, surgical/postoperative wounds, first-degree and second-degree burns, lacerations and abrasions, and any other wound inflicted by trauma.
RTD® is a simple, ready-to-use solution for acute and chronic wounds. RTD® has healed wounds that were not successfully treated by other wound care products.
Testimonials:
As one of the busiest home care agencies in The Villages, FL, RTD® is our go-to dressing. It is cost-effective, easy to use, highly absorptive, and incorporates the 3 ingredients we all have used for healing wounds: methylene blue, gentian violet, and silver. Our patients love that it not only promotes quick healing, but also decreases their pain. — Cathy Martin, RN, Oasis Coding Specialist/Nurse Educator, Greystone Home Healthcare
I have utilized RTD® foam wound dressing for homebound patients and found it very effective in treating diabetic foot ulcers and other wounds with bacterial colonization. The combined action of silver, gentian violet, and methylene blue seems ideal in managing all types of wounds in different care environment. RTD® foam is easy to use, clinically effective, and offers much more than using silicone based foam dressings. — James McLean, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Wound and Ostomy Specialist, Klarus Homecare, Fort Worth, TX; and Alex Khan, APRN, ACNS-BC, MSN, CWCN, CFCN, WCN-C, Advanced Practice Nurse/Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist
Product: SNaP® Plus Therapy System*
Company: Spiracur Inc.
Website: www.spiracur.com
The SNaP® Therapy System is an innovative, single-patient use, disposable, mechanically powered NPWT system that operates silently without electricity or batteries. It combines the ease of use of advanced dressings with the proven efficacy of negative pressure therapy for healing chronic and acute wounds. The new SNaP® Plus Therapy System combines a larger exudate capacity with the clinical advantages of SNaP® technology, including reduced dressing application time, off-the-shelf availability for wound management efficiency, single-use for reduced risk of hospital-acquired infections and cross-contamination, and off-the-shelf availability, which eliminates rental paperwork. The SNaP® Plus Therapy System is equipped with a 150-mL cartridge capacity, 2.5 times larger than the original SNaP® Therapy Cartridge, in order to meet hospitals’ needs to manage higher volumes of wound exudate.
Results from a multicenter randomized, controlled trial comparing the SNaP® System to the V.A.C. Therapy System (Acelity, San Antonio, TX) demonstrated noninferiority in wound healing outcomes for patients completing at least 4 weeks of therapy. In addition, venous leg ulcer RCT results showed superior healing rates to the V.A.C. Therapy System.
Spiracur Inc, the developer of the SNaP® Therapy System, was founded out of the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Program in 2007.
This article was not subject to the Ostomy Wound Management peer-review process.
