Symposium Update: The 21st Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and the Wound Healing Society Meeting April 24 – 27, 2008 San Diego Convention Center

Andover Healthcare: Booth 310

  Andover Healthcare, a leading manufacturer of cohesive bandages, has supplied the healthcare industry with high quality products since 1976. Committed to new and innovative technology, Andover distributes its patented products worldwide. Andover was first to develop a truly cohesive latex-free bandage, first to offer cohesive bandages with controlled compression, and is the manufacturer of exclusive prints.

  Latex-free CoFlex® AFD is a cost-effective, all-in-one foam pad dressing and cohesive bandage for use in the wound care market. CoFlex AFD’s highly absorbent foam pad is attached to soft, quick-stick CoFlex LF2 for quick and easy application. It sticks to itself without clips or fasteners while providing controlled compression. Between the LF2 layer and the absorbent foam is a waterproof film that prevents leakage, drying out, and contamination. CoFlex AFD is available in tan in sizes 2˝ x 2.5 yd, 4˝ x 2.5 yd, and 4˝ x 7.5 yd. It is also available sterile.

Arobella Medical, LLC: Booth 415

  Arobella Medical, LLC is a medical device company specializing in low-frequency, cavitational ultrasound for wound care and wound management therapies. Located in Minnetonka, MN, the company is committed to providing wound care professionals with pioneering technology to manage today’s most difficult cases. Arobella Medical, LLC co-founder and CEO Eliaz Babaev has more than 45 years of experience developing, designing, and launching medical devices that use ultrasound.

  The Qoustic Wound Therapy System™, our newest product, advances debridement by delivering focused ultrasonic energy from the proprietary Qoustic Qurette™ as it lightly contacts the wound bed, gently separating and removing unwanted tissue while preserving healthy granulation tissue. It is also useful in preparing the wound bed for other therapies, such as grafts and flaps. The Qoustic Wound Therapy System is portable and can be used in many healthcare settings. Arobella Medical, LLC is the leader in advanced ultrasound wound care. For more information, visit www.arobella.com.

Calmoseptine®, Inc.: Booth 1104

  Calmoseptine Ointment is an effective, multi-purpose moisture barrier that protects and helps heal skin irritations. People benefiting from Calmoseptine Ointment are those who need skin protection or who have impaired skin integrity related to urinary and fecal incontinence, feeding tube site leakage, fecal or vaginal fistula drainage, moisture such as perspiration, diaper dermatitis, and minor scrapes and burns. The product also temporarily relieves discomfort and itching.

  Calmoseptine Ointment is available in 2.5-oz jars, 2.5- oz tubes, 4-oz tubes and 1/8-oz packets through the following distributors: General Medical-McKesson, Redline, Owens & Minor, and Gulf South. Calmoseptine Ointment is also available through most pharmacies and wholesalers.

Celleration, Inc.: Booth 714

  Celleration®, Inc., a Minnesota-based medical device company, has produced a growing body of clinical research with a new wound healing device, the MIST Therapy® System. MIST Therapy, a painless non-contact ultrasound device that is easy to use with a short treatment time, is proven healing to help wounds heal faster. The device promotes wound healing through cellular stimulation while removing bacteria from the wound. MIST Therapy’s body of evidence includes seven peer-reviewed publications that demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the device. Across the US, MIST Therapy has demonstrated clinical and economic benefits.

ConvaTec: Booth 601

  ConvaTec is a global leader in the development and manufacture of advanced wound management, skin care, and ostomy products. The company is a division of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - a pharmaceutical and related healthcare products company.

  Innovation, caring, and making a difference in people’s lives - that’s the vision of ConvaTec for more than a quarter of a century.

Coloplast Corp.: Booth 315

  Coloplast is a global healthcare company dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with specific medical needs. For more than 50 years, our advances in the therapeutic areas of skin health, wound care management, ostomy, continence, and surgical urology consistently generate innovative products for healthcare professionals and consumers.

  Coloplast maintains a focused effort throughout the healthcare community. Stop by our booth to find out what’s new and exciting. This year we feature a simplified protocol to preventing and managing skin risks with well-known brands like Sween®, Critic-Aid Clear®, InterDry™ Ag, Biatain®, and Contreet®. In addition, we are excited to introduce the latest addition to the SenSura® family of ostomy products, the revolutionary SenSura Click.

  Visit the Coloplast booth and learn how we can help you improve the care and clinical outcomes for your patients.

Derma Sciences: Booth 409

  Derma Sciences is a full-line supplier of advanced wound care and skin care products. The company started in the mid-1980s and was a pioneer in the field of topical nutritional healing through the absorption of micronutrients at the cellular level. Our first product, Dermagran™, was one of the first skin protectants with zinc as a key ingredient. Derma has gone on to develop a full-line of high-quality products and recently launched several new products including ALGICELL™ Ag, meeting customers needs for a high quality yet cost-effective antimicrobial silver alginate, and MEDIHONEY™, the first honey-based product available in the US. MEDIHONEY™, made with active Leptospermum honey, is the leading brand of honey-based wound and burn dressing throughout the world.

DermaRite Industries, LLC: Booth 311

  DermaRite® is a manufacturer of personal care, wound care, and skin care products working to bring you solutions for today’s wound and skin care problems in the long-term care environment. We help manage costs, improve outcomes, reduce risk, and improve the quality of life.

  DermaRite® is the company that you know and trust that provides a cost-effective alternative to name brands. We are your resource for hydrocolloid dressings, calcium alginate dressings, hydrogel wound dressings, impregnated hydrogel dressings, transparent film dressings, composites island dressings, adhesive foam dressings, and silver dressings as well as rinse-free wound cleansers, antifungal ointment, alcohol-free skin protectant, perineal care, and much more. Visit our website at www.dermarite.com to see our complete product line.

  Join with the thousands of other professionals whose budgets have changed but whose standards and values have not.

EHOB, Inc: Booth 727

  EHOB, Inc was founded in 1985 with a special interest in soft tissue research, education, and product development. Today, EHOB continues to be an innovator of affordable products effective in the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers - simple products that work.

  EHOB’s WAFFLE® Brand Static Air line includes mattress overlays, mattress replacements, seating cushions, day chair pads, and lower limb protectors for early intervention through Stage IV and unstageable pressure ulcers. The acquisition of the DermaCare® Foam Product line in 1998 extended our continuum of care to include products for comfort and prevention for minimal risk patients. In 2006, EHOB acquired the LaMed product line, adding a splint (AFO) to the family of products.

  Dr. James Spahn, founder of EHOB and acclaimed speaker on soft tissue distortion, is available for CEU accredited seminars. Matching the product to the patient, educating the caregiver for economical and effective patient care, and satisfying the customer is what we do best.

Encompass Therapeutic: Booth 109 Support Systems

  For more than 40 years, Encompass Therapeutic Support Systems (formerly BG North America) has provided clinically proven and cost-effective answers to support surface questions. Visit our booth and see our full line of pressure-redistribution systems. Check out our new AccuMax Quantum TA and Complete models, which offer caregivers the choice of non-powered pressure relief, alternating pressure, turn assist, and low-air-loss therapy, all at the touch of a button.

Ferris Manufacturing Group: Booth 1000

  PolyMem® belongs to an innovative class of adaptable wound care dressings called QuadraFoam®. QuadraFoam dressings effectively cleanse, fill, absorb, and moisten wounds throughout the healing continuum. No other single wound dressing combines these four key wound-healing capabilities like PolyMem. This category of dressings has produced remarkable healing results for people with full- and partial-thickness wounds such as skin tears, leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, surgical wounds, and burns. The formulation is available with or without silver.

  The PolyMem family of QuadraFoam 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 QuadraFoam dressings, many medical professionals are experiencing a tremendous increase in referrals as well as a healthier bottom line. Best of all, Ferris’ PolyMem formulation 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.

HMP Communications: Booth 609

  HMP Communications provides the medical community with a variety of quality medical journals and programs. Journals include Ostomy Wound Management (indexed in MEDLINE® and CINAHL®) and WOUNDS - both are official journals of the AAWC - Skin & Aging, Podiatry Today, Today’s Wound Clinic, Annals of Long-Term Care, and Clinical Geriatrics, in addition to several cardiology-related publications. We also present the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, along with numerous 1-day seminars and satellite broadcasts of medical symposia. Stop by our booths to meet the staff, purchase Chronic Wound Care: A Clinical Source Book for Healthcare Professionals, 4th Edition; sign up for email newsletters; or subscribe to one of our leading publications.

Hollister, Inc.: Booth 300

  A new alliance has been formed by two global leaders - Hollister Incorporated and Laboratoires URGO. The entity - Hollister Wound Care LLC - now offers an innovative line of wound care products under the RESTORE brand, including unique dressings with patented TRIACT technology. The product line offers a full line of acute and chronic wound solutions, including calcium alginate, contact layer and foam dressings with and without silver, hydrogels, wound cleansers, and skin protectants.

Hy-Tape International: Booth 520

  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 the most adverse conditions and can remain on the skin for an extended period of time without causing skin problems underneath the tape. Our gentle zinc-oxide formulation protects delicate skin and helps keep it moist and healthy. Most importantly, both the individual patient and the healthcare professional can be confident that Hy-Tape Latex-Free will stay on when other tapes will not but removes gently and painlessly. Please visit our website at www.hytape.com or call (800) 248-0101 for samples and information.

Ivivi Technologies, Inc.: Booth 524

  Ivivi Technologies is a medical technology company focusing on designing, developing, and commercializing its electrotherapy technologies, which are used for a wide-array of clinical conditions.

KCI: Booth 500

  KCI is a global, medical technology company that is a leader in advanced wound care and therapeutic support systems. KCI’s advanced wound care systems incorporate proprietary V.A.C.® Therapy technology, which has been shown to help promote wound healing at the cellular level during the key phases of the wound healing process. V.A.C.® Therapy has been shown to help positively affect rates of wound area reduction while helping to reduce length of stay and the cost of treating patients with serious wounds. These clinical and cost benefits may be further enhanced when Therapy is initiated early. Recently, KCI launched two next generation V.A.C.® Systems - the InfoV.A.C.® Therapy System and the ActiV.A.C.® Therapy System - designed to make advanced wound care simpler and more efficient than ever. Not only are they designed to help improve V.A.C.® Therapy efficiency in the acute and home settings, but they also can help simplify patient transitions through the continuum of care with better information and easier training. For more information, visit www.KCI1.com or SAWC booth #500.

Mölnlycke Health Care: Booth 800

  In response to the problem in wound care of trauma and pain during dressing changes, Mölnlycke Health Care has developed a unique, patented, soft silicone technology called Safetac®. Dressings with Safetac soft silicone technology do not adhere to the moist wound, 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. 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. Also available is Mepilex® Ag, an antimicrobial soft silicone foam dressing designed for the management of exuding wounds such as leg and foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, and partial-thickness burns. Other dressings featuring Safetac soft silicone technology include Mepitel®, Mepilex®, Mepilex® Lite, Mepilex® Border, Mepilex® Border Lite, Mepilex® Transfer, and Mepiform®.

  In addition, our conventional line of products features a saline system for debridement and hydration, a range of absorptive cover and transparent film dressings, a fabric tape, and a calcium alginate. These products include Mesalt®, Normlgel, Hypergel, Mepore®, Mepore Pro®, Alldress®, Mefilm®, Mefix®, and Melgisorb®.

Smith & Nephew Inc.: Booth 101

  Recently, Smith & Nephew introduced three new dressings and two devices aimed at reducing the system-wide economic impact of wounds. They include ACTICOAT™ Post-Op Antimicrobial Barrier, BIOSTEP™ Collagen Matrix, ALLEVYN™ Ag Silver Wound Dressing; along with the V1STA Portable and EZCARE Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) devices, which provide all the clinical benefits of NPWT while improving cost effectiveness, patient comfort, and ease of use.

  As a global leader in advanced wound management, Smith & Nephew is the first company to offer NPWT combined with a complete portfolio of infection management, exudate management, and prevention products aimed at simultaneously addressing multiple barriers to healing across the continuum of wound care.

  Physicians, nurses, and wound care specialists in acute care, long-term care, and home care settings now have more options than ever to help their patients heal - all from a convenient and cost-effective single source that is committed to helping people regain their lives.

Soluble Systems, LLC: Booth 622

  TheraGauze™ is an advanced, biomimetic wound care dressing manufactured and marketed by Soluble Systems, LLC. TheraGauze™ provides an ideal, non-stick, moist healing environment for many types of wounds, with no maceration of covered tissues. The patented polymer found in TheraGauze™ forms a vertically oriented matrix of hundreds of thousands of microscopic channels that decrease in a fractal pattern, like a human capillary bed. The polymer facilitates balanced moisture control across the wound, pushing fluids and oxygen to the wound surface while simultaneously pulling exudates away. TheraGauze™ will remain moist for multiple days, reducing the number of dressing changes necessary, and can be removed without disturbing the wound bed, eliminating patient pain. TheraGauze™ can be used in conjunction with any aqueous antibiotic or antiseptic preparation. Available in two sizes, TheraGauze™ carries the APMA Seal of Approval.

  For more information about TheraGauze™, visit www.solublesystems.com.