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Pressure ulcers are commonly called bed sores or pressure sores. They are skin lesions that may also affect underlying tissues and are caused when the skin or the tissues are put under repeated and regular pressure or stress.

KCI announces agreement to renew existing single-source contracts with KCI's TSS business

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced an agreement with Novation, one of the health care industry's largest supply contracting companies, to renew its existing single-source contracts with KCI's Therapeutic Support Systems business through the end of 2013. Through Novation, KCI provides access to its innovative hospital beds, mattress replacement systems, overlays and bariatric products to more than 30,500 health care institutions across the U.S.

25 Jun 2010

Wellstar International provides shareholder update

We have been working very hard to have our Trillennium Medical Imaging System ready to go to market. As most are aware we have been waiting for the Duke Study to be published in the ADVANCES IN SKIN AND WOUND CARE PUBLICATION JOURNAL. While everything has been submitted to the publisher and there have been two rounds of questions and clarifications resubmitted, we are confident and excited that we will have the results published in August or September.

23 Jun 2010

USPTO issues patent related to Derma Sciences' MEDIHONEY Calcium Alginate Dressing

Derma Sciences, Inc., a medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, announces that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued patent No. 7,714,183 related to the Company's MEDIHONEY Calcium Alginate Dressing.

22 Jun 2010

FDA grants EarlySense marketing clearance for EverOn Touch system

EarlySense announced today that its EverOn Touch system has been cleared for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA clearance covers several key additions to the traditional EverOn contact-free patient supervision system value proposition. For the first time, the EverOn system includes an online display that alerts medical staff regarding a patient's motion level and verifies patient turns as indicated by nurses. Identifying low patient movement and then turning patients methodically are key elements in the prevention of pressure ulcers, the most costly patient safety risk in U.S. hospitals.

21 Jun 2010

LWW sponsors symposium on wound care

The 25th Anniversary Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care: The Conference for Prevention and Healing will be held September 30-October 3, 2010, at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center in Kissimee, FL. The symposium is sponsored by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

17 Jun 2010

Positive results from Cytomedix's AutoloGel System study for treatment of advanced, chronic wounds published

Cytomedix, Inc., a leading developer of biologically active regenerative therapies for wound care, inflammation and angiogenesis, today announced that positive results from a prospective study evaluating the AutoloGel™ System to treat advanced, chronic wounds was published in the June 2010 issue of Ostomy Wound Management in a peer reviewed article entitled, "Chronic Wounds Treated With a Physiologically Relevant Concentration of Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) Gel: A Prospective Case Series."

17 Jun 2010

WoundVision launches bedside thermographic imaging system

WoundVision™, the healthcare industry pioneer in advanced wound detection technology, is introducing today a revolutionary predictive bedside thermographic imaging system. The WoundVision system brings knowledge bedside by acquiring, analyzing and applying essential patient data to inform healthcare providers in the development of effective treatment and care plans.

14 Jun 2010

Study evaluates correlation between EverOn system and detection of patient deterioration in hospitals

EarlySense, developer of the EverOn contact-free, patient supervision system for hospital and post acute care, announced today the results of a multicenter study conducted at several hospitals in the United States and Israel. The data were recently made public by Drs. Eyal Zimlichman, Martine Szyper-Kravitz, Howard Amital, and Yehuda Shoenfeld at the American Thoracic Society Conference in New Orleans in a presentation titled, Recognizing Specific Respiratory Patterns Preceding in Hospital Clinical Deterioration, a Multicenter Study.

14 Jun 2010

New SACS Instrument launched to assess and classify peristomal skin lesions

A new evidence-based instrument to assess and classify peristomal skin lesions was launched at the 2010 Joint Conference of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society and World Council of Enterostomal Therapists. The instrument, known as the SACS Instrument, represents the first content-validated instrument to objectively assess and classify peristomal lesions by type and location in relation to an individual's stoma.

14 Jun 2010

TMI announces development of new clinical imaging system

With the results of the clinical trial at Duke University Medical Center completed, and the pending publication of the results, TMI is pleased to announce the development of their new clinical imaging system.

8 Jun 2010

California examines 'never events' at hospitals; La. seeks funding for primary care clinics; Texas trims children's health program

San Francisco Chronicle: "Drill bits, screws, sponges, clamps, needles, catheters, electrodes. These are some of the things accidentally left inside patients after surgery at California hospitals.

3 Jun 2010

KCI receives 510(k) clearance to market V.A.C. Therapy System for treatment of VLUs

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market its proprietary Vacuum Assisted Closure, or V.A.C. Therapy System, for the treatment of venous insufficiency ulcers, also known as venous leg ulcers.

28 May 2010

Quality Partners of Rhode Island equips healthcare providers with Pocket Guide to Pressure Ulcers

Quality Partners of Rhode Island, the state's Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, has equipped Ocean State nursing homes working to reduce pressure ulcers with copies of the Pocket Guide to Pressure Ulcers, a new reference resource.

28 May 2010

New device to predict wound healing

Complex wounds affect more patients in the United States than heart attack and stroke combined. About 150,000 amputations a year result from complex wounds, while about 80,000 are attributed to diabetes and peripheral arterial disease. There are currently no established methods for early detection of wound healing, or for precise identification of healing progress.

27 May 2010

KCI to feature expanded line of NPTP products and services at EWMA congress

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced the company will feature its expanded line of negative pressure technology platform products and services at the annual European Wound Management Association congress in Geneva, Switzerland. Highlighting the company's commitment to innovative therapies, the new product line will improve the portability and adoption of V.A.C. Therapy, while further specializing the clinical application of negative pressure.

26 May 2010

Researchers develop new device that can change current landscape of chronic wound management

Complex wounds affect more patients in the United States than heart attack and stroke combined, and five to seven million Americans with complex wounds account for over $20 billion in healthcare expenditures. About 150,000 amputations a year result from complex wounds, while about 80,000 are attributed to diabetes and peripheral arterial disease.

25 May 2010

Tel Aviv University researcher develops tool to measure tissue damage in bed-ridden, paralyzed patients

There's currently no reliable tool to help prosthetic developers fit artificial limbs without ensuing discomfort or pain, or tell medical personnel when bed-ridden patients need to be moved to avoid bedsores and other problems.

19 May 2010

Wellstar International commences second Beta Test in Long Term Care Facility

Wellstar International Inc. has announced they have started their second Beta Test in a Long Term Care Facility.

4 May 2010

Kinetic Concepts introduces V.A.C.Via Therapy System

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today introduced V.A.C.Via Therapy System, a next-generation negative pressure wound therapy solution that offers clinicians and patients a mobile healing technology with the proven benefits and outcomes of V.A.C. Therapy.

26 Apr 2010

Budget impact of traditional fecal management methods to be presented at SAWC/WHS 2010

ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, today announced new study results that demonstrate hospitals could realize substantial savings by substituting Flexi-Seal FMS for traditional fecal management methods.

19 Apr 2010

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KCI announces agreement to renew existing single-source contracts with KCI's TSS business

Wellstar International provides shareholder update

USPTO issues patent related to Derma Sciences' MEDIHONEY Calcium Alginate Dressing

FDA grants EarlySense marketing clearance for EverOn Touch system

LWW sponsors symposium on wound care

Positive results from Cytomedix's AutoloGel System study for treatment of advanced, chronic wounds published

WoundVision launches bedside thermographic imaging system

Study evaluates correlation between EverOn system and detection of patient deterioration in hospitals

New SACS Instrument launched to assess and classify peristomal skin lesions

TMI announces development of new clinical imaging system

California examines 'never events' at hospitals; La. seeks funding for primary care clinics; Texas trims children's health program

KCI receives 510(k) clearance to market V.A.C. Therapy System for treatment of VLUs

Quality Partners of Rhode Island equips healthcare providers with Pocket Guide to Pressure Ulcers

New device to predict wound healing

KCI to feature expanded line of NPTP products and services at EWMA congress

Researchers develop new device that can change current landscape of chronic wound management

Tel Aviv University researcher develops tool to measure tissue damage in bed-ridden, paralyzed patients

Wellstar International commences second Beta Test in Long Term Care Facility

Kinetic Concepts introduces V.A.C.Via Therapy System

Budget impact of traditional fecal management methods to be presented at SAWC/WHS 2010

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