Diverse technologies have a surprising number of common threads, whether in the technologies themselves or in the clinical applications. For this reason, manufacturers need to consider that: 1. A technology platform can be the launchpad for products in clinically diverse areas. Case in point, cell therapy, which as a fundamental scientific discipline can have uses [...]
The number of companies with approved products and measurable revenues in the field of cell therapy and tissue engineering has exceeded the expectation of many (though not all) in the industry. Markets such as cell/tissue are often characterized by overestimated evaluations of commercial potential and underestimated consideration of the actual challenges. Indeed many technology challenges [...]
Clinical protocols for the treatment of specific wounds can vary considerably from country to country. Venous stasis ulcers, which account for approximately 4% of wounds and 75% of leg ulcers, are treated with short stretch compression bandages in Germany, elastic adhesive bandages in Italy, high compression bandages in France and multi-layer compression systems in the [...]
A considerable number and type of different biologically-based glues and adhesives are being studied for their potential use in human applications for wound closure. We previously addressed this in our post Sandcastle worms, mussels, burrowing frogs and gecko feet. To that list, we can now add a glycoprotein web glue from the golden orb weaving [...]
Further to the item we covered previously, the development of mathematical models by Ohio State University research to evaluate ischemic and non-ischemic wounds in order to predict and optimize treatment, Medgadget synopsizes the article covered in the Ohio State press release. The mathematical model, to date, simulates both non-ischemic wounds – those typical of wounds in [...]
From "Worldwide Wound Management, 2008-1017," Report #S247 Prior to the late 1970s it was thought that wounds needed to dry out to prevent infection, form a scab, and subsequently heal well underneath the scab. In the late 1970s new work on occlusive film materials demonstrated that wounds heal better if a moist environment is maintained. [...]
September 21, 2009 (For Immediate Release) While the huge $5 billion global market for wound management technologies may not suggest it, many of its products are designed to target the high cost of wound healing. Chronic wounds and non-healing wounds. See the 2009 MedMarket Diligence report. FOOTHILL RANCH, CA — Advanced wound management technologies — [...]
The U.S. market for wound management products, like many markets, towers over all other country markets, but outside the U.S., the largest markets for wound management technologies are Germany and Japan, and these two markets are remarkably similar in size and growth, if not in cultural or economic drivers. Japan It is estimated that more [...]
In treatment of acute and chronic wounds, the advanced wound technologies developed by manufacturers provide benefits that facilitate healing, minimize infection and provide other benefits toward reduced cost, less pain, faster healing and combinations of these and other benefits. Advanced products in wound care include film dressings, hydrocolloids, foam dressings, alginate dressings, hydrogels, non-adherent dressings, [...]
CryoLife Announces First Clinical Use of BioFoam(R) (Reuters ) BioFoam is based on the same protein hydrogel technology platform from which BioGlue Surgical Adhesive was developed. BioFoam received CE mark approval for … | See original press release — The use of BioFoam for liver resection represents a strong trend toward the expanded use of [...]
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