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Product name: CYGNUS MATRIX DISKS
COMPANY NAME: VIVEX BIOLOGICS
COMPANY WEBSITE: WWW.VIVEX.COM
VIVEX Biologics, a regenerative solutions company, has developed a complete portfolio of circular amniotic membrane allografts. Available in 15-, 25-, 35-, 45-, 55-, and 65-mm disks that can be used throughout the course of wound closure. The CYGNUS Matrix Disks are multi-layer amniotic membrane allografts that maintain the amnion, its intermediate/spongy layer, and the chorion layer of the amniotic sac. VIVEX’s Integrity Processing retains the intermediate/spongy layer and preserves the inherent properties of amniotic tissues, maintaining key extracellular matrix molecules, proteins, carbohydrates, collagen, growth factors, and cytokines. CYGNUS Matrix Disks can save time by reducing the need to trim the allograft to match the size of the wound. Most wounds are not square, why should their treatment be?
PRODUCT NAME: CYGNUS MAX XL
COMPANY NAME: VIVEX BIOLOGICS
COMPANY WEBSITE: WWW.VIVEX.COM
VIVEX Biologics, a regenerative solutions company, has developed a complete portfolio of fenestrated umbilical cord membrane allografts. The CYGNUS Max XL increases the available umbilical allograft size to cover a larger wound while also allowing the wound to drain. CYGNUS Max XL is available in 7 sizes, between 2 × 3 cm and 5 × 7 cm that can be used throughout the course of wound closure. VIVEX’s Integrity Processing retains the inherent mechanical properties of amniotic tissue and a rich supply of extracellular matrix, growth factors, and cytokines. There is no upfront preparation required and the CYGNUS Max XL is robust enough to be sutured in place.
PRODUCT NAME: EPICORD EXPANDABLE
COMPANY NAME: MIMEDX
COMPANY WEBSITE: WWW.EPICORDEX.COM
This is the first and only expandable dehydrated human umbilical cord allograft. Product features include the following: expands, conforms, and holds a suture; expands to twice its size; conforms to uneven wound surfaces; sits well on the wound bed; allows for drainage; and is thick and durable enough to hold sutures. Product advantages include EPIcord RCT Level 1 data*; SMR2T technology; Purion processed; terminal sterilization; easy to apply; ambient condition storage; and a 5-year shelf-life.
*Identified as low-bias RCT in 2020 Skin Substitute Technical Assessment by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
PRODUCT NAME: EZ DEBRIDE
COMPANY NAME: EZ DEBRIDE / MDM WOUND VENTURES INC.
COMPANY WEBSITE: WWW.EZDEBRIDE.COM
EZ Debride’s revolutionary design is a single-use, disposable instrument that offers both comfort and precision. Features include cutting flutes, a flexible neck, counter-balanced head, and easy-to-grip handle.
Clinical testimonial: “Discovering the EZ Debride wound debridement instrument has made influential changes in my practice. The EZ Debride removes fibrous tissue as well as light callus with little effort and removes necrotic tissue and wound slough beautifully. The wound can be debrided to a nice bleeding base with just a few strokes and its no-worry control prevents debriding too deeply into good granulation tissue or structures.” – Dr. Daniel Olson, DPM, Owner of Bay City Associates in Podiatry, Erie, PA.
PRODUCT NAME: KATE FARMS
COMPANY NAME: KATE FARMS
COMPANY WEBSITE: WWW.KATEFARMS.COM
Kate Farms was founded in 2011 by parents determined to save their daughter’s life after a diagnosis of failure to thrive; it is now the no. 1 recommended plant-based formula.* Kate Farms offers medical formulas for children and adults, to be used as sole source or supplemental nutrition for oral or tube feeding. They are available nationally and eligible for insurance coverage. All Kate Farms formulas are made for tolerance with easily digested organic pea protein, soluble fiber, and phytonutrients to support gut health, and without common allergens or artificial ingredients. These formulas have been clinically proven to demonstrate improved tolerance, weight gain, and adherence. You may request samples at www.katefarms.com/samples.
Clinical testimonial: “Protein is the only macronutrient which contains nitrogen, and protein needs are elevated during wound healing. But what about all the people who follow a plant-based diet, do not consume dairy, beef, chicken, and other typical high-protein foods, or do not tolerate conventional formulas? I had to find a brand to meet the needs of these patients, so I have been working with a company called Kate Farms. They make a line of high-calorie, high-protein, oral nutrition supplements made with organic pea protein.” – Nancy Collins, PhD, RDN, LD, NWCC, FAND, Las Vegas, NV.
*Independent data report on plant-based formula distributor volume in home care, acute care, and long-term care.
PRODUCT NAME: OMEZA LIDOCAINE OIL
COMPANY NAME: OMEZA
COMPANY WEBSITE: OMEZA.COM
Omeza Lidocaine Oil is designed to soothe skin irritations, cuts, burns, and itching. It is an excellent anti-inflammatory and itch/pain reliever for discomfort related to shingles, poison ivy, cracked heels, minor burns, eczema, psoriasis, and dermatology or cosmetic treatments. When used by a professional, it is the ideal adjunctive analgesic to ease patient discomfort while promoting a moist yet water-free wound environment. Omeza Lidocaine Oil is formulated using Omeza omega-3 oil, which delivers a nutrient buffet of not only omega-3 essential fatty acids, which are basic building blocks for human health, but also omega-6, omega-9, and vitamins A, D, and E. The active ingredient, lidocaine 0.8%, helps provide fast-acting, long-lasting relief from pain, itching, and irritation. The formulation contains no water or alcohol. Each box contains 14 unit-dose vials; 0.07 fl oz each. The vials are easy to use, carry, and dispense.
Clinical testimonial: “The topical Lidocaine [lavage] is great because it gives the patient quick and effective pain relief to all types of skin ulcers, including ischemic ulcers.” – Dr. David Swain, DPM, CWSP, First Coast Cardiovascular Institute, Jacksonville, FL.
PRODUCT NAME: SUPRA SDRM
COMPANY NAME: POLYMEDICS INNOVATIONS INC.
COMPANY WEBSITE: WWW.POLYMEDICS.COM
SUPRA SDRM is a novel biodegradable, fully synthetic, guided wound closure matrix, built as a bimodal foam membrane for the healing of chronic wounds. SUPRA SDRM combines the benefits of SUPRATHEL with the high porosity seen in dermal skin substitutes: The microporous structure acts as a barrier and supports cell migration to allow the wound to regenerate. The larger pores were designed to enable ingrowth of blood vessels. The temporary dressing and alloplastic skin substitute SUPRATHEL is already a standard of care in the treatment of burns, with over 20,000 applications annually. SUPRA SDRM is a thicker and more fenestrated form of SUPRATHEL. The larger pores allow for a more effective drainage management in heavily exudating wounds. The pore sizes decrease as the wound becomes dry.
PRODUCT NAME: PHOENIX WOUND MATRIX
COMPANY NAME: RENOVODERM
COMPANY WEBSITE: WWW.RENOVODERM.TECH
Phoenix Wound Matrix is an innovative 3-dimensional electrospun synthetic polymer matrix designed to impact wound healing outcomes by addressing chronicity and persistent inflammation. Scientifically designed to mimic native extracellular matrix morphology, PHOENIX Wound Matrix provides a 3-dimensional microporus synthetic polymer scaffold stimulus to facilitate cellular adhesion, infiltration, and proliferation. Composed of polymers that naturally biodegrade to α-hydroxy acids and fatty acid, PHOENIX Wound Matrix acts as a protective barrier to quickly inspire a pro-healing wound environment by supporting low pH and lactate expression to address chronicity and persistent inflammation to accelerate wound healing of acute and chronic wounds and burns.
Clinician testimonial: “PHOENIX should be considered a first-line treatment option in our fight to preserve limbs and save lives.” – Matthew Garoufalis, DPM, FASPS, FACFAOM, CWS, FFPM RCPS (Glasgow)
PRODUCT NAME: PROTEKT 500 GEL INFUSED FOAM PRESSURE REDISTRIBUTION MATTRESS
COMPANY NAME: PROACTIVE
MEDICAL PRODUCTS
COMPANY WEBSITE: WWW.PROACTIVEMEDICAL.COM
The Protekt 500 with Visco Gel Polymer Technology is a revolutionary support surface that provides unprecedented pressure redistribution, rapid heat dissipation, and vast increases in breathability compared to traditional foam. Features and benefits include: reduces the occurrence of pressure sores by channeling heat away from the body significantly faster than traditional foam; superior pressure redistribution is delivered by providing more support and less cradling at higher levels of compression, redistributing pressure over a large surface area eliminating static fatigue; protects vulnerable heel area with a 30-degree slope redistributing pressure to the entire leg and away from the heel; PTSS Rail System provides additional support for easy patient transfer and edge-of-bed sitting; stretch nylon top cover reduces perspiration and provides a low shear/friction surface that is antimicrobial/antibacterial and fluid resistant. Bottom cover is a triple laminate vinyl, fluid-resistant, antimicrobial/antibacterial, and fire retardant. Available in 36”, 42”, 48”, 54” & 60” widths.
PRODUCT NAME: QIVI EXTERNAL MALE URINARY COLLECTING DEVICE
COMPANY NAME: Consure Medical
COMPANY WEBSITE: WWW.MEDICALDEVICES1.COM
Qivi is different from other male external urinary collection devices in that it is unlike a “condom catheter,” it does not adhere around the penis shaft thus eliminating issues with periodic erections; it fits much like an ostomy pouch around the base of the penis and not directly on the penis; it is hooked up to suction, allowing the urine to be constantly drained from the bag, helping to eliminate odors and keep the urine off the penis shaft; the drainage tube is the same as an internal urinary catheter bag, so there is no need for special tubing; and the tubing is at the top of the bag and not at the bottom. Although this seems confusing, this helps reduce medical device-related pressure injuries around the groin, legs, and buttocks and is more comfortable for the patient. Whereas 1 sheet changing can take 2 nurse’s aides up to 15 to 30 minutes per patient, QiVi almost eliminates sheet-changing because of incontinence. ¬The inventor of QiVi is Nish Mansi Chasmawala, who can be reached at nishdc.@consuremedical.com. Submitted by: Karen Kennedy-Evans, RN, APRN-BC, FNP, Tucson, AZ
PRODUCT NAME: TOTO AUTOMATED LATERAL PATIENT TURNING SYSTEM
COMPANY NAME: FRONTIER THERAPEUTICS INC.
COMPANY WEBSITE: WWW.FRONTIER-THERAPEUTICS.COM
Toto is at the forefront of innovative patient repositioning technology, improving clinical care by providing effective pressure injury prevention and safe patient handling. Overcoming the daily challenge of manually turning patients, Toto automatically takes care by smoothly, evenly, and consistently redistributing patients’ peak pressures, even while they are sleeping. Consisting of a multi-patient use platform, which sits beneath the mattress and a programable digital control unit, Toto provides consistent and complete body turning in a lightweight, easy-to-use set-up and access format and helps reduce the risk of personal injury to patients and staff.
Clinical testimonial: “Since the implementation of the Toto system at Shepherd Center, is a 150-bed spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation hospital located in Atlanta, GA, we now have a solution for our patients that cannot tolerate turns due to a multitude of factors that have included multiple rib fractures, hypersensitivity, severe muscle spasms and pain with repositioning. Staff find the system easy to use when providing patient care and will routinely ask for the Toto for their patients. New equipment is often a difficult barrier for staff to overcome; however, with the Toto Lateral Repositioning system staff enthusiastically embraced this innovative product.” – Kimberly Levenson, RN, BSN, CRRN, CWOCN, Manager Inpatient Wound Care
PRODUCT NAME: URICAP
COMPANY NAME: TILLA CARE, LTD
COMPANY WEBSITE: www.tillacare.com
“The UriCap Female device is aimed to be a safe and leak-free alternative to an indwelling urinary catheter or a diaper. This innovative device attaches to the area around the urethra without adhesives, a suction device or an external holder. It is designed to allow for continuous monitoring of urine output and the elimination of the contact of urine with the skin and subsequent incontinence associated dermatitis. In addition, it avoids unpleasant odors, and giving the patient a chance of continuous rest for the whole night by eliminating the need for diaper changes during the night.” – From the interim report of an Efficacy, Safety, and Usability study with over 100 applications of the UriCap.
PRODUCT NAME: WOUNDREFERENCE CLINICAL AND REIMBURSEMENT DECISION SUPPORT
COMPANY NAME: WOUND REFERENCE, INC.
COMPANY WEBSITE: HTTPS://WOUNDREFERENCE.COM
WoundReference is an online platform that covers all aspects of wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). It allows health care professionals to quickly find evidence and data to support clinical and reimbursement decisions and earn continuing education credits at the same time. In addition, clinicians can remotely see patients and discuss cases with colleagues using our telemedicine platform. Use WoundReference to: meet the highest standards of quality and safety in wound care and HBOT; access the latest evidence-based clinical practice guidelines; quickly find answers to all your coding, billing, and reimbursement queries; easily onboard, train, and manage your staff competencies; receive personalized advice from our panel of Wound Care & HBOT experts; and confidently determine which products are safe to use with HBOT chambers.
Clinical testimonial: “WoundReference provides… detailed directions and practical guidance for clinicians to intelligently manage the entire treatment course of their patients.” – William Gossett, Director of Hyperbaric Technical Operations at Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute.
