SAWC Exhibitor Preview: The 24th Annual Spring Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and the Wound Healing Society Meeting

April 14–17, 2011 Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center Dallas, Texas

  For almost a quarter century, the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) has offered practitioners the clinical and product information necessary for the provision of quality care. Dedicated Exhibit Hall hours ensure ample opportunity for one-on-one time with manufacturers to enhance product familiarity as well as to understand the scientific foundation for various approaches to wound healing and prevention. No other wound care conference does it better. Here is a preview of what you can expect to see at this year’s Symposium. Be sure to complete your SAWC plans at www.sawc.net. Calmoseptine, Inc. Booth 334 Calmoseptine Ointment is a multipurpose moisture barrier that protects and helps heal skin irritations. Calmoseptine temporarily relieves discomfort and itching. Free samples are available at our booth.

ConvaTec Booth 517
  ConvaTec is a leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies that have helped improve the lives of millions of people worldwide. With four key focus areas — Ostomy Care, Wound Therapeutics, Continence and Critical Care, and Infusion Devices — ConvaTec products support healthcare professionals from the hospital to the community health setting.

  For more information, please visit www.convatec.com.

Covidien Booth 400
  Covidien is a leading global healthcare products company that creates innovative medical solutions for better patient outcomes and delivers value through clinical leadership and excellence. Please stop by our booth or visit www.covidien.com to learn more about our business.

Cytomedix Booth 733
  Cytomedix develops biologically active regenerative therapies for wound care, angiogenesis, and inflammation. We harness the complex balance of essential life processes to mirror the body’s therapeutic efficiency. Chronic nonhealing wounds often are stuck in the inflammatory stage of wound repair. Lack of perfusion or pressure prevents blood-delivered proteins from reaching the wound bed. Some wounds remain unhealed for years. The AutoloGel™ System re-establishes the natural balance needed to move out of the inflammatory phase, restoring the natural healing process. AutoloGel™ delivers platelet-rich plasma gel (PRP) that contains growth factors, cytokines, and chemokines to the wound bed, creating an extracellular matrix for cell migration, growth of capillaries, and granulation tissue. The AutoloGel™ System is the only FDA-cleared system for use at point-of-care for the safe and rapid preparation of PRP from a small sample of the patient’s own blood. The AutoloGel™ System is for exuding wounds such as leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, and diabetic ulcers and for mechanically and surgically debrided wounds. The AutoloGel™ System is a convenient and cost-effective solution for nonhealing wounds.

Derma Sciences, Inc. Booth 709
  Derma Sciences, Inc. is a specialty medical device/pharmaceutical company focused on developing novel and technologically advanced wound care products. Our full line of advanced wound care products including MEDIHONEY, XTRASORB Super Absorbent Polymer dressings, BIOGUARD Barrier dressings, and Algicell AG Calcium Alginate Silver dressings offer solutions from the start of a wound through closure.

EHOB, Inc. Booth 911
  WAFFLE® Brand Products have been used effectively for pressure ulcer prevention and healing therapy for more than a decade. EHOB, Inc. was founded in 1985 with a special interest in soft tissue research, education, and product development. Today a leading company in pressure ulcer management, EHOB continues to be an innovator of affordable products effective in the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers — simple products that work.

Ferris Mfg. Corp. Booth 729
  Drug-free, multifunctional PolyMem® dressings (generically referred to as polymeric membrane dressings) are recognized to effectively cleanse, fill, absorb, and moisten wounds throughout the healing continuum. The dressings help reduce edema and bruising in open and closed injuries and reduce both persistent and procedural wound pain. The dressings help reduce the spread of inflammation into surrounding undamaged tissues without interfering with the robust, localized inflammatory response required for healing.

  This unique category of dressings has produced remarkable healing results for people with full- and partial-thickness wounds such as skin tears, leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, surgical wounds, and burns. The formulation is available with or without silver.

  The PolyMem family of dressings offers practitioners the opportunity to create an optimal healing environment. Because of the heightened levels of patient satisfaction and cost savings when using PolyMem dressings, many medical professionals see an increase in referrals as well as a healthier bottom line. Best of all, Ferris Mfg. Corp.’s PolyMem dressing formulations can benefit a range of patients from babies to the elderly and from the physically challenged to professional athletes.

  Discover the difference with PolyMem advanced wound care products. Visit the PolyMem booth at the SAWC to learn how to integrate this dressing into your practice.

FXI Booth 801
  FXI is a leading innovator and supplier of support surfaces in the healthcare industry, where prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers in bed-bound patients is the primary mission. Our unique products, technologies, and innovation can be found in many hospitals and in long-term care and other medical facilities across the US. The Bodyzone™ mattress replacement system, constructed with a revolutionary new third-generation viscoelastic foam, represents the highest level of technology, performance, and value in the current support surface marketplace. Surface Modification Technology (SMT™), our patented post-production process, allows us to alter foam five different ways, providing customized solutions for any industry need. VPF™ and SMT™ let FXI create the multizone construction of Bodyzone™ that alternates firm support and pressure redistribution precisely where they are needed. This not only can augment pressure ulcer protection, but it also can provide better spinal alignment for patients. In laboratory testing, the use of VPF™ and SMT™ significantly improved pressure redistribution. In addition, each Bodyzone™ surface is topped with a unique 360° stretch cover that glides gently in any direction to minimize friction and shear forces when a patient is turned or moved. All Bodyzone™ support surfaces receive antimicrobial treatment and are impervious to fluids.

HARTMANN USA, Inc. Booth 1010
  HARTMANN is your source for high-performance product solutions in incontinence, compression, and wound management. Our partnerships with customers provide products that enhance patient care.

Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, Ltd. Booth 209
  Healthpoint Biotherapeutics is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, cost-effective solutions for tissue repair and healing. The company’s diversified research and development strategy presently are centered around therapeutic enzymes, biologics, and next-generation cell- and cell matrix-based therapies for the prevention and treatment of acute, chronic, and burn-related wounds. Currently marketed products include Collagenase SANTYL® Ointment, OASIS® Wound Matrix, and XENADERM® Ointment. Healthpoint Biotherapeutics also is committed to advancing the care and treatment of wounds through support of industry-leading continuing education from THE WOUND INSTITUTE®. To learn more about this comprehensive and award winning educational resource, please visit TheWoundInstitute.com. Healthpoint Biotherapeutics is a DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc., affiliate company, and is based in Fort Worth, TX. For more information, visit the company website at www.Healthpoint.com.

Hollister Wound Care, LLC/HollisterInc Booth 217
  Hollister Wound Care offers a full line of advanced wound care products that provide innovative, cost-effective solutions to pain and bioburden. In addition to our RESTORE brand, we are now the exclusive distributor of Hydrofera Blue wound dressings. Visit our in-booth education center during exhibit hours to experience our ConnectEd Learning Management System as well as hear from wound care clinicians on current issues in wound care.

Hy-Tape International Booth 633
  Hy-Tape International has been selling its unique brand of waterproof surgical adhesive tape for more than 60 years. What makes Hy-Tape unique is its state-of-the-art waterproof adhesive, which has been continually refined and updated over the years and is now entirely latex-free. The tape of choice for ostomy and wound care, Hy-Tape stays in place under most adverse conditions and can remain on the skin for an extended period without causing skin problems beneath the tape. Its gentle zinc-oxide formulation protects delicate skin and helps keep it moist and healthy. Most importantly, both patients and healthcare professionals can be confident that Hy-Tape Latex-Free will stay on when other tapes will not but will remove gently and painlessly. Visit our website for free samples.

Mölnlycke Health Care US, LLC Booth 417
  In response to the problem in wound care of trauma and pain during dressing changes, Mölnlycke Health Care developed a unique, patented, soft-silicone technology for advanced wound care called Safetac®. Dressings with Safetac® technology do not adhere to the moist wound bed, yet adhere gently to the surrounding skin and therefore minimize trauma and pain at removal. Mölnlycke Health Care’s wound care products and services stand for gentle and effective wound management, and they are designed to treat wounds in all phases of the healing process. A number of products in our growing product line feature Safetac® technology and provide less trauma and pain to both the wound and surrounding skin during dressing changes. Mölnlycke is pleased to announce the newest product addition: Mepilex® Border Ag, the antimicrobial bordered foam dressing with Safetac® technology. Additional dressings featuring Safetac® technology include Mepitel®, Mepitel® One, Mepilex® Ag, Mepilex®, Mepilex® Heel, Mepilex® Lite, Mepilex® Border, Mepilex® Border Post-Op sizes, Mepilex® Border Sacrum, Mepilex® Border Lite, Mepilex® Transfer, Mepiform®, and Mepitac®. We have an assortment of antimicrobial and active products for infection control, debridement and hydration with Melgisorb® Ag, Melgisorb®, Mesalt®, Hypergel®, and Normlgel®. In addition, our conventional line of products features a range of absorptive cover and transparent film dressings and fabric tape. These products include Mepore®, Mepore® Pro, Mepore® Film, Alldress®, and Mefix®.

Sage Products, Inc. Booth 525
  Sage Products provides simple interventions that help improve clinical outcomes. Focused on prevention, our innovative products help reduce the risk of infection and skin breakdown. Products include Comfort Bath® Cleansing Washcloths, Prevalon® Pressure-Relieving Heel Protector, Toothette® Oral Care, Comfort Shield® Barrier Cloths, and Sage® 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Cloths.

VATA Anatomical Healthcare Models Booth 1017
  Seymour II™ and “Wilma” Wound Foot™ help staff identify and assess Stage I to Stage IV pressure ulcers. Models can be used to practice treating patients using negative pressure wound therapy devices as well as applying dressings, cleansing, measuring, and charting of various wounds. Other conditions present on the models include deep tissue injury, unstageable and dehisced wounds, undermining, tunneling, slough, and eschar.