SAWC Exhibitor Preview: The 25th Annual Spring Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and the Wound Healing Society Meeting

April 19–22, 2012 Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, Georgia

For 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 in this year’s Exhibit Hall. Be sure to complete your SAWC plans at www.sawc.net. Calmoseptine, Inc.
Booth 1017
  Calmoseptine Ointment is a multipurpose moisture barrier that protects and helps heal skin irritations from moisture, such as urinary and fecal incontinence. Calmoseptine Ointment temporarily relieves discomfort and itching. Free samples at our booth!

ConvaTec
Booth 508
  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, visit www.convatec.com.

Covidien
Booth 401
  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. Covidien manufactures, distributes, and services a diverse range of industry-leading product lines in three segments: Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, and Medical Supplies.

Cytomedix, Inc
Booth 316
  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 are often 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 may restart the natural healing process, moving the wound out of the inflammatory phase. AutoloGel™ delivers platelet-rich plasma gel (PRP), which contains the patient’s own growth factors, cytokines, and chemokines, to the wound bed, creating an extracellular matrix for cell migration and capillary and granulation tissue growth. 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 blood. It is used 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 501
  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, offers solutions from the start of a wound through closure. 

EHOB, Inc
Booth 1020
  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.

Eloquest Healthcare, Inc
Booth 553
  Eloquest Healthcare, the hospital subsidiary of the Ferndale Pharma Group and provider of simple, cost-effective dermal solutions such as Mastisol® and Detachol®, has teamed with Oculus Innovative Sciences to provide Microcyn® Rx Wound Care Solution and HydroGel to acute care providers.

FXI
Booth 325
  FXI is a leading innovator and supplier of support surfaces in the healthcare industry, where prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers in bedbound patients is the primary mission. Our unique products, technologies, and innovation can be found in many hospitals, long-term care, and other medical facilities across the US. The Bodyzone™ mattress replacement system, constructed with 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.

Healthpoint Biotherapeutics
Booth 907
  Healthpoint Biotherapeutics is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, cost-effective solutions for tissue repair and healing. Currently marketed products include Collagenase SANTYL® Ointment, OASIS® Wound Matrix, OASIS® Ultra Tri-Layer Matrix, and REGRANEX® Gel.

Hollister Wound Care
Booth 609
  Hollister Wound Care offers a full line of advanced wound care products that provide innovative, cost-effective solutions to complex problems in wound care. In addition to our RESTORE brand, we are the exclusive distributor of HYDROFERA BLUE wound dressings. Stop by our booth for the debut of our Interactive Learning Lab, and experience a new approach to managing wounds throughout the bioburden continuum.

Mölnlycke Health Care, Inc.
Booth 518
  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. They include Mepilex® Border Ag, the antimicrobial bordered foam dressing with Safetac® technology, along with 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®.

Summit Industries Inc
Booth 112
  Hundreds of skin problems. One serious solution: Lantiseptic. Part of the Summit Industries, Lantiseptic is focused on delivering skin care solutions. Professionals have trusted and recommended Lantiseptic for their patients’ care for years. Lantiseptic Skin Care Regimen helps prevent F-Tags by improving quality care and economic outcomes with products that clean, moisturize protect and treat.