New Products and Industry News

Silver dressing manages moisture, odor, and inflammation in skin folds

  Coloplast Corp (Atlanta, GA) introduces InterDry™ Ag Textile with Silver Complex. The dressing is specially designed to manage moisture, odor, and inflammation in skin folds and other skin-to-skin contact areas. This is the first product designed for skin fold management.   Clinical case studies revealed that after 5 days of use, 100% of the patients showed improvement in reducing the multiple symptoms associated with intertrigo, maceration, denudement, itching, erythema, satellite lesions, and inflammation.

  The dressing is a knitted, 100% polyester textile impregnated with a silver complex that manages the effects of moisture in skin folds and body contours. This product is formulated with a proprietary polyurethane coating that is designed to absorb, wick, and translocate moisture away from the body, keeping skin folds dry. The textile also provides a smooth and lubricious contact surface to reduce friction and add protection against skin tears and costly pressure ulcers. The silver formulation in the product controls the odor associated with moisture between skin folds.

  For more information, call (800) 533-0464.

New bariatric bed frame promotes caregiver and patient safety

  TriLine Medical (Van Nuys, CA) now offers a 1,000-lb rated bariatric bed, the Bari 10-A™. The bed meets the newest US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) patient and caregiver safety guidelines while addressing a growing need for an affordable, quality solution to meet the special challenges of the estimated 60 million-plus bariatric patients in the US.

  The bed is equipped to provide bariatric patients and their caregivers safety, flexibility, comfort, and security. The bed features an integrated electronic bed scale that allows patients to be weighed while in the bed, a battery back-up that provides power in the event of power outage or during patient transfer, and optional CairRails™ side air bolsters that prevent entrapment and provide the caregiver easy access for patient care when a pressure mattress is ordered with the frame.

  The company will bring the bed to your facility for evaluation before purchase or rental.

  For more information, call (800) 966-6662 or email info@trilinemedical.com.

Foley catheter holder secures without tape or discomfort

  Dale Medical Products (Plainville, MA) introduces the Dale Foley Catheter Holder that stabilizes the indwelling catheter and helps reduce meatal irritation without restricting patient movement. This capability meets Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse (WOCN) guidelines for securing catheters. The catheter holder features a green Velcro® locking device with two interlocking tabs that anchor the catheter and a soft, supple, 2-inch wide leg band that stretches without narrowing to avoid the tourniquet effect. Designed to secure the catheter anywhere along the tube or at the “Y” port, this holder minimizes catheter movement and is easy to rotate.

  The locking device’s two interlocking tabs attach to the leg band and facilitate catheter traction. The holder is latex-free and will not irritate the skin, eliminating the problems associated with tape and the need for shaving. One size fits most adults and children comfortably. A bariatric size also is offered.

  For more information, call (800) 343-3980.

Companies forge new support surface, supply agreement

  Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (San Antonio, TX) has been awarded two separate 3-year agreements with Novation, LLC (Irving, TX), the healthcare contracting services arm of VHA Inc. (Irving, TX), and University HealthSystem Consortium (Oak Brook, IL). The agreements include a 3-year agreement to provide rental and sales of KCI’s therapeutic beds and surfaces and a 3-year agreement to provide bariatric beds, surfaces, and related products. Under the terms of the agreements, KCI therapeutic and bariatric surfaces offerings will be made available to VHAs and UHCs more than 2,400 member healthcare facilities.

  For more information, visit www.novationco.com.

Support system supplier to change name

  BG North America (Glendale, CA) will change its name from BG North America to Encompass Therapeutic Support Systems. This change is effective January 1, 2007.

  Encompass Therapeutic Support Systems has supplied the healthcare community with cost-effective answers to skin management challenges since 1967. The MaxiFloat® Mattress helps provide cost-effective prevention and care of pressure ulcers. The AccuMax Quantum™ Convertible and its related products have helped reduce the need for expensive air rental therapy systems.

  For 40 years, the company has provided acute and post-acute care facilities high quality patient support surfaces. The products are designed to provide cost-effective solutions and improve patient outcomes across the entire healthcare spectrum.

  For more information, call (800) 822-8288.

Company awarded 2006 product innovation award

  Frost & Sullivan (Palo Alto, CA) selected Ferris Mfg. Corp. (Burr Ridge, IL) as the recipient of the 2006 Product Differentiation Innovation Award for the company’s exceptional solutions in the North American moist wound dressings market.

  This award is given each year to a company that has demonstrated the ability to develop and/or advance products with more innovative capabilities than competing vendors and products. This award recognizes the company's successful adoption of new or existing technology that has become a part of its well-designed product family.

  The company’s prominent wound care dressings include the PolyMem™ Shapes™ wound care dressings, RhinoPak® dressings for nasal surgery, and SportsWrap™ for bruising and swelling. The company’s latest innovation, Shapes™ QuadraFoam dressing, provides effective solutions to clinicians for virtually all wound types. The dressings conform to the natural shape of the wound and body contour.

  For more information, visit www.polymem.com.

Support surface and equipment vendor awarded 3-year provider agreement

  Sten-Barr Medical (Tampa, FL) was awarded a 3-year equipment provider agreement with Harborside Healthcare (Boston, MA). Harborside manages 77 skilled nursing facilities throughout the United States. As of June 1, 2006, the company became the primary provider of therapeutic support surfaces, specialty beds, and bariatric equipment to all facilities that Harborside Healthcare manages. Harborside Healthcare was founded in 1987 and has more than 8,000 employees.

  Sten-Barr delivers wound care, bariatric care, and patient safety solutions to healthcare facilities nationwide. The company serves skilled nursing homes, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, hospice care, acute care hospitals, and home care patients. The company’s product lines include therapeutic mattresses for wound care, bariatric equipment for care of obese patients, and specialty beds and equipment for patient safety. The company also supplies clinical expertise and procurement flexibility to deliver cost efficient, clinically effective patient outcomes.

  For more information, visit www.stenbarr.com.

Rehabilitation service selects infrared photo energy provider

  Anodyne Therapy, LLC (Tampa, FL) has entered into a 3-year preferred provider agreement with HealthSouth for infrared photo energy therapy products.

  HealthSouth is one of the leading national providers of outpatient and inpatient rehab services with more than 1,200 facilities nationwide. Anodyne Therapy is the market-leading infrared photo energy device manufacturer.

  Anodyne Therapy technology is currently available nationwide at nearly 5,000 outpatient therapy facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, physician offices, and home health agencies as part of a comprehensive program to improve functional outcomes for patients suffering from painful circulatory conditions caused by diabetes and other chronic conditions.

  For more information, visit www.anodynetherapy.com.