Wound Care News

by Miranda J. Henry, Editorial Director

It's been over two decades since WoundSource first landed in the hands of clinicians practicing wound care. While patient outcomes remain the primary objective in managing wounds, health care providers have so many more ways to support healing. I'm talking about improved assessment and documentation systems, more complementary modalities to jumpstart complex chronic wounds, and more (and better) modes of supporting patient compliance and staff protocol.

by Industry News

Chicago, IL: The 7th Meeting of the American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair (ACWH) will take place October 5-6, 2018 in Chicago, IL at the Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile.

William J. Ennis, DO, MBA, MMM, CPE; William W. Li, MD; and Thomas F. O’Donnell, Jr., MD, will return this year as course directors, and, alongside new and veteran faculty, lead a multidisciplinary agenda featuring the latest in research, technology, and health policy as it relates to wound care.

by Industry News

Columbia, MD – June 04, 2018 – Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC Pink:OSIR), a regenerative medicine company focused on developing and marketing products for wound care, orthopedics, and sports medicine, announced today the implementation of Prestige Lyotechnology for manufacturing of commercial products.

by Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA

In the words of Ben Franklin, “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” The specialty of wound care and hyperbaric medicine faces a never-ending attack from payers and regulators. Our current state of partition leaves us voiceless and defenseless. We must band together and be counted.

by Industry News

Minneapolis, MN – May 16, 2018 – The Wound and Skin Care Division of Coloplast U.S. announced the launch of Biatain® Silicone with 3DFit Technology™. Biatain® Silicone now offers a full-range portfolio of foam dressings designed to give health care professionals versatility in the management of exuding wounds or the prevention of pressure injuries.®

Allen, TX – May 15, 2018 – Keneric Healthcare, an ISO Certified global medical device manufacturer, is recognized for the development and commercialization of innovative products that improve patient care, increase clinician efficiency and streamline facility expenditures. GPO New Vendor Awards include Managed Healthcare Associates Inc. (MHA), PDM Healthcare, and IMCO Homecare (IHC). Each of these groups are leaders within their respective markets.

Kitchener, Ontario – May 5, 2018 – Curiato, Inc., a seed-stage startup, is seeking wound care practitioners active in the treatment and prevention of pressure injuries to participate in a five minute online survey. Results will be used to support a pre-clinical validation study on the use of innovative data science technology to eliminate pressure injuries/ulcers.

Edison, NJ – April 25, 2018 – MTF Biologics Wound Care has expanded its portfolio of innovations with AmnioBand® Viable Membrane, an aseptically processed and cryopreserved human amnion membrane for use as an acute or chronic wound covering. MTF Biologics Wound Care featured the novel tissue graft at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring / Wound Healing Society (WHS) meeting held at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., April 25-29, 2018.

Columbus, OH – April 26, 2018 – A newly-issued patent emphasizes WoundWiseIQ’s advanced technical performance as an innovative healthcare technology leader through its algorithms which automatically calculate the area of a wound with significantly improved accuracy over similar offerings.

Gary Ross, CEO of the company says, “Achieving a patent for WoundWiseIQ is a major accomplishment for our company. It puts us at the top of the list in terms of automatic wound measurement providers with the most accurate and well-developed technology.”

Fort Worth, Texas – April 26, 2018 – SteadMed Medical, a leading provider of acute and chronic wound care products, announces it has developed a new wrap with their core Drawtex Hydroconductive Dressing Technology that assists in the management of edema.