Patient Experience with a NOVEL Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System Meets and Exceeds Standards

Today’s standard of care for NPWT systems defined by the European Wound Management Association states that NPWT systems have an electronically controlled feedback system to maintain the prescribed therapy at the wound. This fundamental requirement is necessary to ensure the prescribed NPWT is accurately delivered and maintained at the wound. This investigation provides patient outcomes from an innovative commercially available NWPT System that meets the standard of care, as defined by EWMA, by maintaining set pressure at the wound site*.

Wound outcomes were compiled for 6 diabetic patients with neuropathy that had lower extremity wounds being treated with NWPT system that meets the EWMA standard. Patient wounds included two chronic wounds and 4 dehisced wounds post amputation. Wound reduction ranged from ~99% - 44%. Treatment duration ranged from 3 weeks to 13 weeks.

The staff noticed that patients utilizing this innovative NPWT system routinely came to the clinic with the NWPT system powered and working. Patients commented that it was easy to comply with the novel NPWT system due to light weight and simple operation. The wound care staff commented that the high level of compliance to the novel system was unusual. The staff impression was that patients were not as compliant when the common NPWT system was used.
The data from the 6 patients illustrated ~84% wound reduction with an average NPWT treatment duration of 8 weeks. These results illustrate commendable and the patient outcomes meet and appear to exceed the standard of care for the novel NWPT System. More patient data is needed from the diabetic patient population to confirm these results and to compare outcomes as well as patient compliance to the commonly available NPWT system.

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References (if applicable): *Apelqvist, J., Willy, C., Fagerdah, A.M. et al. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy – overview, challenges and perspectives. J Wound Care 2017; 26: 3, Suppl 3, S1–S113.