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One-stop resource for advanced wound care medical reimbursement on Smith & Nephew website

The Advanced Wound Management Division of Smith & Nephew, Inc., a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew plc, is providing a web-based resource guide to medical reimbursement for its comprehensive line of advanced wound care products.

27 Mar 2010

Patients to discuss future of health care system at Canadian Patient Summit

More than 100 patients living with chronic medical conditions will share their solutions for ensuring that patients are part of government decisions on the future of Canada's health care system.

24 Mar 2010

DSM Biomedical expands resources and operations in the U.S. and Europe

DSM Biomedical, a global leader in biomedical materials science, today announced the expansion of its resources and operations in the United States and Europe to support the growing demand for the company’s portfolio of innovative polyurethanes for chronically implanted medical devices in the regions.

23 Mar 2010

Post Acute Medical purchases Northshore Specialty Hospital

Post Acute Medical today announced the purchase of Northshore Specialty Hospital, a 58-bed, Long Term Acute Care Hospital.

22 Mar 2010

ABH to host three events featuring Dermagraft at DF Con 2010

Advanced BioHealing, Inc., a leader in commercializing the promise of regenerative medicine, announced that it will host three events featuring the Company’s lead product, Dermagraft® at this year’s Diabetic Foot Global Conference (DF Con) 2010, the largest annual interdisciplinary diabetic foot conference in North America.

11 Mar 2010

FDA clears Oculus Innovative Sciences' Microcyn Skin and Wound HydroGel

Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc., a commercial medical technology company that develops, manufactures and markets a family of products based upon the Microcyn® Technology platform, today announced that it has received new 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for new dermatology indications for Microcyn® Skin and Wound HydroGel.

10 Mar 2010

KCI receives reimbursement approval for use of V.A.C. ATS Therapy System in Japan

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced it has received reimbursement approval from Japan’s Health Insurance Bureau for use of the innovative V.A.C. ATS® Therapy System in the country. The approval signifies an important advancement in the company’s plans for market launch in April and follows Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s decision in November 2009 to grant final regulatory approval for the product.

8 Mar 2010

Soluble Systems, SWAI launch TheraSkin to jumpstart healing in chronic and acute wounds

Soluble Systems, LLC and the Skin and Wound Allograft Institute, a wholly owned subsidiary of LifeNet Health, have signed a noteworthy agreement to launch TheraSkin™, a biologically active human skin allograft designed to jumpstart healing in chronic and acute wounds.

6 Mar 2010

Wound Management Technologies announces recent increase in sales of CellerateRx throughout U.S.

Wound Management Technologies, Inc. announced today that the recent increase in sales activities throughout the United States has resulted in 45 new clinicians evaluating their advanced wound care collagen product, CellerateRx® . In the last two months, these evaluations have transpired into new customers in Arizona, New Mexico, South Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, Wyoming, Colorado, and New York.

26 Feb 2010

TWC, TSC announce the grand opening of new facilities at St. John’s Medical Plaza in Santa Monica

Tower Wound Care Center of Santa Monica and Tower Surgical Center are pleased to announce the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art facilities at St. John’s Medical Plaza in Santa Monica, California.

25 Feb 2010

BIOGUARD wound dressings with Quick-Med’s NIMBUS antimicrobial technology to be sold by Medline Industries

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. announced today that its licensee, Derma Sciences, Inc., has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Medline Industries whereby Medline will market and sell BIOGUARD™ wound dressings with Quick-Med’s proprietary NIMBUS antimicrobial technology. The agreement covers the acute care segment of the health care market, which includes nearly 6,000 hospitals in the United States plus surgery centers, wound care centers, and other associated health care facilities. Sales under this new agreement are expected to start later this month.

18 Feb 2010

Medline Industries signs exclusive distribution agreement with Derma Sciences for BIOGUARD Barrier Dressings

Derma Sciences, Inc., a specialty medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, today announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Medline Industries for sales of one of its key products – BIOGUARD™ Barrier Dressing – into the acute care market. Medline is the 2nd leading provider of traditional wound care products into Acute Care facilities, with over 800 sales representatives. Sales will begin this month.

18 Feb 2010

New wound care teleassistance service launched

A new service is being launched today: wound care teleassistance, also known as téléassistance en soins de plaies (TASP). With this service a nurse can use a camera to film her patient's wound, while at the same time an expert nurse in another institution can receive the images. They can then hold an online discussion to evaluate the patient's wound and plan treatment.

18 Feb 2010

Derma Sciences announces pricing of public offering of 972,000 shares of its common stock

Derma Sciences, Inc., a specialty medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, today announced the pricing of a public offering of 972,000 shares of DSCI common stock and 324,000 warrants to purchase shares of common stock at a price of $5.50.

17 Feb 2010

2010 WOCN/WCET Joint Conference focusing on patient care to be held in Phoenix

Healthcare professionals who specialize in wound, ostomy and/or continence care will have the opportunity to participate in a groundbreaking conference that combines the expertise of two premier wound, ostomy and continence associations, The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society and The World Council of Enterostomal Therapists.

16 Feb 2010

European Patent Office affirms validity of EuroMed's patent for Wrinkle-Resistant Wound dressings

EuroMed Inc. and Jentec Inc. today announced an important victory affirming the validity of a key patent, European patent number 1020198 (U.S. corresponding patent number 6878385) for Wrinkle-Resistant Wound dressings. In a ruling issued by the European Patent Office in Berlin, Germany, both of the grounds for opposition raised by the plaintiff, a prominent wound care manufacturer (i.e., extension of subject-matter, lack of ‘inventive step’ or sufficient originality) were not adequate cause to challenge the patent.

12 Feb 2010

SANUWAVE Health’s dermaPACE device effective in treating severe burns

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.,, an emerging medical technology company focused on regenerative medicine, announced that a European scientific study reporting the successful treatment of severe burns using the dermaPACE® device has been published by BURNS, the Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

9 Feb 2010

Research could help in developing more effective treatments for wound infections

Bacteria that infect chronic wounds can be deadly to maggot 'biosurgeons' used to treat the lesions, show researchers writing in the journal Microbiology. The findings could lead to more effective treatment of wounds and the development of novel antibiotics.

5 Feb 2010

International experts to develop comprehensive guidelines for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

An international group of experts on Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) will assemble this week to develop a comprehensive, evidence-based consensus on the use of NPWT. The International NPWT Expert Panel is drafting recommendations for a range of NPWT indications and techniques that reflect the body of NPWT published clinical evidence.

3 Feb 2010

VHGI sells Secure eHealth to WNDM

VirtualHealth Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has completed the sale of secure data and messaging provider, Secure eHealth, LLC, along with certain other technology assets to Wound Management Technologies, Inc. as previously announced in the January 11 press release. In addition to the sale of Secure eHealth, VHGI has also transferred all of the intellectual property assets of the real-time prescription drug monitoring business conducted by its subsidiary, VPS Holdings, LLC to Wound Management.

2 Feb 2010

Wound Care News and Research

One-stop resource for advanced wound care medical reimbursement on Smith & Nephew website

Patients to discuss future of health care system at Canadian Patient Summit

DSM Biomedical expands resources and operations in the U.S. and Europe

Post Acute Medical purchases Northshore Specialty Hospital

ABH to host three events featuring Dermagraft at DF Con 2010

FDA clears Oculus Innovative Sciences' Microcyn Skin and Wound HydroGel

KCI receives reimbursement approval for use of V.A.C. ATS Therapy System in Japan

Soluble Systems, SWAI launch TheraSkin to jumpstart healing in chronic and acute wounds

Wound Management Technologies announces recent increase in sales of CellerateRx throughout U.S.

TWC, TSC announce the grand opening of new facilities at St. John’s Medical Plaza in Santa Monica

BIOGUARD wound dressings with Quick-Med’s NIMBUS antimicrobial technology to be sold by Medline Industries

Medline Industries signs exclusive distribution agreement with Derma Sciences for BIOGUARD Barrier Dressings

New wound care teleassistance service launched

Derma Sciences announces pricing of public offering of 972,000 shares of its common stock

2010 WOCN/WCET Joint Conference focusing on patient care to be held in Phoenix

European Patent Office affirms validity of EuroMed's patent for Wrinkle-Resistant Wound dressings

SANUWAVE Health’s dermaPACE device effective in treating severe burns

Research could help in developing more effective treatments for wound infections

International experts to develop comprehensive guidelines for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

VHGI sells Secure eHealth to WNDM

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