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Wounds come in all shapes
and sizes, and are caused by multiple factors.
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Pressure sores
• Surgically created wounds
• Trauma
• Venous stasis ulcers
• Diabetic ulcers
• Flap and Graft surgery
• Skin tear and shear
• Burns |
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Healing wounds is often very costly. In addition,
there are multiple therapies and techniques available
to heal wounds. Therapy Solutions is proud to
offer a variety of these therapies from traditional
pressure reducing and relieving devices to negative
pressure wound therapy, as well as newer alternatives
such as infrared light therapy and electromagnetic
therapy.
If the equipment you need isn’t listed,
please call us to see if we can obtain the necessary
item for you. We specialize in locating and placing
unique and hospital grade medical equipment for
the home setting.
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Versatile One |
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Finally,
a choice!
Negative
Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT), or Closed Wound Suction
(CWS) is a noninvasive treatment by which controlled
localized negative pressure (suction) is delivered
to a wide variety of acute, subacute, and chronic
wounds. In 1989, Mark
Chariker and Katherine Jeter developed a technique
utilizing standard surgical dressings and wall
suction to create a “vacuum” that
aided in wound healing. In 1997, Dr. Michael Morykwas
and Dr. Lewis Argenta studied the use of suction
applied to polyurethane foam in wounds. Shortly
after, KCI launched the product the V.A.C.®
and later received Medicare B approval. Further
innovations into the use of closed wound suction
were made by Blue Sky Medical with the Versatile
One® System.
Enjoy considerable cost savings, fast and efficient
service and training, and ongoing follow-up with
the Versatile One® negative pressure wound
therapy system. |
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New Portable Wound Vacuum
Introducing the Vista NPWT. At only 4.3 lbs, the Versatile 1™ Portable is light enough to be picked up and carried anywhere with you. The optional carrying case offers even more convenience. Safety features include the Aqualert™ alarm to detect overflow; low vacuum alarm to detect dressing leaks; low battery alarm to prevent power interruptions; and single lumen sensing technology to help protect against high vacuum conditions.
Consistent with BlueSky Medical’s product line, the V1STA™ uses lower, safer, and less painful vacuum levels. It also features simpler dressing changes that are easy to teach. Its antimicrobial gauze also allows for fewer dressing changes. Our pump can be disconnected for longer periods of time (up to 4 hours), giving patients freedom and mobility. We carry a variety of drains – one for every type of wound, including tunnels.
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Simple dressing kits utilize conventional dressings
that greatly reduce pain associated with Negative Pressure
Therapy dressing changes. The kits are customized to
meet individual patients needs, including tunneling,
fistulas, multiple, and shallow wounds.
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The Versatile One ®
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• Is FDA Approved to promote wound healing
• Provides continuous or intermittent negative pressure
from 25 to 380 mmHg
• Provides two forms of
overflow protection
• Has the option of a battery
backup and car charger
• Dressing kits that
contain supplies making dressing changes and training
simple
• Holds an extra large 800 ml canister
with odor control and overflow protection
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Has dressings made from soft, conformable materials treated
with anti-microbial agents
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Closed Wound Suction (CWS)
or Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)
performs the following actions: • Removes
edema and allows tissue decompression
• Contracts the wound
• Aids in granulation tissue growth
• Protects the wound environment
• Increases vascular perfusion
• Increases mitosis
• Reduces bio-burden
• Maintains a moist wound bed
• Brings epithelial cells to the site.
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NPWT is indicated for many
types of wounds: • Full thickness pressure
ulcers
• Dehisced surgical wounds
• Neuropathic wounds
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Surgical flap/graft closure
• Ob/Gyn surgery
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NPWT is contraindicated for:
• Malignancy in the wound bed
• Nutritionally Compromised Patients (Albumin
< 2.0)
• Exposed organs, blood vessels, major structures
exposed
• Untreated Osteomyelitis
• Multi-System Failure to thrive
• Systemic Steroids
• Noncompliant patients
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Click
here to print a sales brochure of the Versatile One®
Wound Therapy Device |
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For other clinical information, such as dressing
change protocol, customizable drain options, pump operations
and specifications, clinical support materials, AHCPR
guidelines, and references, sign up to request a password
now!
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Support Surfaces |
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Therapy Solutions understands the unique needs of every
patient. Our clinical consultation services can assist
you in choosing the most clinically appropriate and
cost effective support surface for your patients to
achieve the highest quality of life. According to the
AHCPR guidelines, there is “No evidence to show
that any one support surface consistently performs better
than another”. That is why we have access to so
many different types of support surfaces from multiple
manufacturers and distributors. When you call Therapy
Solutions you will truly get the best possible product
for your patient. Unlike a local DME company, we are
not limited to just which product is on our shelf.
Therapy Solutions offers every
level of pressure relief surface from prevention items
to them most aggressive institutional treatment products.
We provide surfaces that deliver
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• Alternating
Pressure
• Low Air Loss
• Pulsation
• Lateral Rotation
• Non-Powered
therapies
• Specialty surfaces for bariatric
patients up to 1000 pounds
• Specialty
rotational pulmonary surfaces for pulmonary toileting
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Allow our consultants to assist
you in choosing the right surface for your patient and
the right financial option for you! Pulsed
Electromagnetic Frequency Therapy
Pulsed Electromagnetic Frequency
Therapy (PEMF) has been effective for treating pain
and edema for over forty years. This non-invasive therapy
is based on the same principles as bone growth stimulators,
and is proving to be as effective on soft tissue injuries.
SofPulse treats directly through clothing, dressings,
eschar, casts and virtually any other material. Simply
position the lightweight, conformable applicator at
the site, and press “Start.” The timer ends
the treatment automatically after 15 minutes. This treatment
is conducted twice per day. There is no disruption of
the current standard of care, no burden to staff and
no pain or inconvenience to the patient.
Click
here to print a sales brochure of the Support Surfaces
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Pulsed Infrared/red light therapy (PILT) |
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With applications in wound care,
sports medicine, and pain management, RevitaMed™
Therapeutic Systems gives new hope to those dealing with
the debilitating effects of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
(DPN) and chronic pain, as well as an expedient recovery
time for those suffering from acute injuries or trauma.
Clinical and field studies
have shown RevitaMed™ Infrared Therapy to be a
safe, non-invasive treatment that has been providing
unprecedented results in the healing of open wounds
and ulcerations. It has also been shown to have an effect
on the restoration of protective sensation in those
suffering from neuropathy.
Although Infrared Light Therapy thus
far has only been recognized by the FDA for the increase
of circulation and the reduction of pain, the medical
community has accepted Infrared Light Therapy as a medical
breakthrough in the field of wound care and the treatment
of the symptoms of DPN to include the reduction of Loss
Of Protective Sensation (LOPS).
RevitaMed™ offers a technologically
superior form of Infrared Therapy over any other Infrared
Light Therapy system on the market. Utilizing both Visible
Red (VR) and highly rated Infrared (IR) Light Emitting
Diodes (LEDs), the RevitaMed™ Light Therapy System
is able to broaden the treatment area while still providing
the energy needed to deliver the desired therapeutic
effect.
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The RevitaMed™ Dual Pad
system allows a user to treat multiple regions of the
body simultaneously, or treat larger areas more thoroughly.
The Dual Pad system is often used on top and on bottom
of a foot to increase circulation and reduce pain. The
RevitaMed™ Dual Pad System is often used by those
suffering from neuropathy.
Clinical and field studies have shown RevitaMed™
Infrared Therapy to be a safe, non-invasive treatment
that has been providing unprecedented results in the healing
of open wounds and ulcerations. It has also been shown
to have an effect on the restoration of protective sensation
in those suffering from neuropathy
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• The Dual Pad systems
is comprised of 2 Univeral Pads, and contains 100 LEDs
(40VR and 60
IR), approx. 6200mw of power over approx. 30 sq in of
coverage area
• Covered by some insurance companies
• Available as a lease or sale item
• Multiple pad configurations available for treatment
of all regions of the body
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Although Infrared
Light Therapy thus far has only been recognized by
the FDA for the increase of circulation and the reduction
of pain, the medical community has accepted Infrared Light
Therapy as a medical breakthrough in the field of wound
care and the treatment of the symptoms of DPN to include
the reduction of Loss Of Protective Sensation (LOPS). |
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Click here to print a sales brochure of the Revitamed
infrared light therapy device |
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Pulsed Electromagnetic Wound Therapy |
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Ivivi Technologies was founded to develop the field of non-invasive electrotherapies, based on pulsed electromagnetic fields, for the treatment of acute and chronic disorders. The company has existing technology in the marketplace, in wound care and cosmetic surgery, as well as an aggressive research and development program incorporating the full range of scientific, clinical and engineering components necessary to become the pre-eminent company in the field of electrotherapeutics.
The currently marketed technology, SofPulse™, is a non-invasive pulsed magnetic field device, FDA-cleared for the treatment of pain and edema in soft tissue. The technology was approved in July 2004 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for use with chronic wounds, such as Stage III and IV pressure ulcers, diabetic, arterial or venous stasis ulcers. The technology employs pulsed magnetic fields to induce micro-currents into injured tissues, the same technology successfully used in the $650 million bone-growth stimulator market. SofPulse is essentially a superior, alternative delivery system for electrical stimulation, a modality well-established to be effective, but to date, with limited acceptance. Because of the way in which the signal is provided to the body, SofPulse is non-disruptive to wound care protocols, has little effect on healthy tissue, no side effects, no overdose dangers and has few warnings, precautions and no contraindications.
The original SofPulse delivered over 600,000 treatments, primarily in skilled nursing facilities, for pressure ulcers without adverse events in the mid 1990s. AHCPR (Health and Human Resources) recognized in 1994 that this modality was the “only adjunctive [wound] therapy with sufficient supporting evidence to warrant recommendation,” and an updated review in 1998 moved the evidence rating from “B” to “A.” In 2001, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons issued a position paper endorsing the use of SofPulse post-surgically after a randomized, controlled prospective trial demonstrated a 40% increase in healing. A body of published scientific evidence explains the mechanisms and characterizes the efficacy of the therapy. Ivivi Technologies has established a Center of Excellence at Montefiore Hospital in New York and supports an ongoing research program. Published studies include demonstrating 500% improvements in angiogenesis and unparalleled surgical flap survival with this therapy. Recently completed and presented studies on the newest generation of Ivivi Technologies patented signals showed a 58% increase in healing in a surgical incision model.
The technology is simple and effective. It treats directly through clothing, dressings, eschar, casts and virtually any other material. Simply position the lightweight, conformable applicator at the site, and press “Start.” The timer ends the treatment automatically after 15 minutes. This treatment is conducted twice per day. There is no disruption of the current standard of care, no burden to staff and no pain or inconvenience to the patient.
Ivivi Technologies maintains an aggressive program of clinical and engineering research and development. Pictured below is the SofPulse unit, 9 lbs, with a single patient use applicator coil.
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This safer, lighter, and more effective signal generator is coupled with a new generation of lightweight, conformable applicators, molded from implantable medical grade silicon and available in a variety of sizes. These applicators are single patient use, and are purchased once for each patients duration of therapy.
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Ivivi Technologies non-invasive electrotherapies summary:
- CMS National Coverage Determination (wound healing) as of July, 2004
- FDA-cleared since 1991 for treatment of pain and edema in soft tissue
- Safe: over 600,000 treatments without adverse events or side effects
- Treats directly through clothing, dressing, casts, eschar, etc. without any special preparation of injured area or wound bed
- Seamlessly integrates into current standard of care
- Simple, unattended “point and shoot” use with single patient use applicator.
- Significantly less expensive and vastly more economical to use than alternative solutions for treating chronic or acute wounds.
- Fully-supported clinical research facility publishing significant results in medical journals
- Aggressive R & D efforts supported by Ivivi Technologies’ engineering laboratory
- Suite of patents and pending patents securing broad intellectual property rights
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