Tag: chronic wounds

PolarityTE

PolarityTE receives NIH grant for a point-of-care device to treat chronic...

PolarityTE has announced it has received notification of being awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health...
Singapore

Five-year review of Singapore primary care system demonstrates rising impact of...

A five-year institutional population health review has revealed that there is a rising trend in the clinical and economic burden of wound care in...
Soeren Mattke

Prediction model for healing of chronic wounds can “inform clinical decision-making”

Investigators at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, have developed a severity adjustment model for predicting the healing trajectory of chronic wounds...
aurealis therapeutics

Aurealis Therapeutics reveals first use of biologic drug AUP-16 for chronic...

Aurealis Therapeutics has announced that the first diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) patient has been dosed with AUP-16, its three-in-one combination biologic drug for chronic...
3M-Acelity-Acquisition

NICE evidence review finds VAC VERAFLO superior to standard care in...

3M has announced that the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a Medtech Innovation Briefing (MIB) regarding the use...
granulox graphic

Cost benefit analysis highlights potential of haemoglobin spray for improving chronic...

A controlled evaluation of 100 UK National Health Service (NHS) patients has demonstrated savings in chronic wound care costs with the use of Granulox,...
WoundVision

Mobile app launched to optimise wound imaging and assessment

WoundVision, the manufacturer of the industry's first long-wave infrared thermography (LWIT) solution for mitigating risk associated with hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) and other wounds,...
India-dermal-matrix

Advanced dermal matrix introduced to chronic wound patients across India

LifeNet Health's Dermacell AWM, an advanced acellular dermal matrix (ADM) for wound treatment, is the first human ADM available in India. According to a...

Wound care specialisation: where are we now?

The impact of chronic wounds—a global “healthcare problem”—is felt by patients and the medical community, yet there is limited education on the management of...