BlueSky Medical Group, Inc. – Booths 611 and 613

BlueSky Medical developed the Versatile 1™ Wound Vacuum System, a safe and cost-effective approach that may promote wound healing. BlueSky is a leader in suction technologies that emphasize wound applications such as negative pressure wound therapy. Our new V1STA Versatile 1™ portable pump features multiple safety alarms and automatic high-vacuum release in a small, quiet, portable product. Sealing kits and skin products also are available — Lanabalm, for example, assists with problem cracked and dried skin. Please visit www.npwt.com as well as our booth to learn more about our products.

Carolon Company – Booth 110

Eighty percent of venous ulcers could be prevented by patients wearing compression hosiery. Carolon introduces the Multi-Layer Compliance system, which is thin enough to be worn by most patients and has the 30 mmHg to 40 mmHg or 40 mmHg to 50 mmHg compression levels to prevent further episodes. The product is washer/dryer safe. Visit www.carolon.com for more information.

Derma Sciences, Inc. – Booth 711

Derma Sciences supplies a full-line of high quality, cost-effective wound and skin care products. Our lead products, Dermagran Ointment and Dermagran-B Hydrophilic Wound Dressings, have been used successfully for more than 15 years to manage conditions such as perineal dermatitis, Stage I through Stage IV pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, and vascular ulcers. The products, featuring our proprietary zinc-salt formulation, continue to be leaders in the category of topical nutritional wound healing. Visit www.dermasciences.com for more information.

ConvaTec (Bristol-Myers Squibb) – Booth 301

ConvaTec’s mission is to enhance human life by providing the highest quality products in wound, skin, and ostomy care and is accomplished by our two divisions: Wound Therapeutics™ and Chronic Care. Our Wound Therapeutics™ division is proudly charged to deliver a comprehensive approach to wound healing with such products as DuoDerm®, Hydrofiber® technology — Aquacel® Ag, and the Aloe Vesta® Skin Care line. Our Chronic Care division pursues innovation without limits to provide ostomy products such as SUR-FIT Natura® and Esteem Synergy® ostomy systems, Durahesive® Moldable Convex skin barrier, and InvisClose® clipless tail closure. ConvaTec, a world leader in ostomy and wound care, is truly dedicated to making a difference in people’s lives.

KCI – Booth 101

KCI USA is dedicated to the healing process, offering a continuum of products and therapies that meet demanding patient requirements in all care settings. At KCI, we combine unique therapeutic products and clinically based service and support to reach positive, cost-effective outcomes. Founded on Kinetic Therapy™, KCI has grown across the globe to provide solutions in bariatrics, wound care and more. V.A.C.® (Vacuum-Assisted Closure®) Therapy is one of our latest innovations. V.A.C.® Therapy is an advanced system that promotes wound healing by applying localized negative pressure to the wound, removing interstitial fluid and infectious materials. It can be used to treat chronic open wounds (diabetic ulcers and pressure ulcers), previously nonhealing acute and traumatic wounds, dehisced wounds, flaps, and meshed grafts. Visit our booth to learn more about all of the dynamic products brought to you by KCI.

Johnson & Johnson Wound Management – Booth 911

J & J WM is setting a new standard of care with technology-based solutions to advance the treatment of chronic wounds. Feature products include REGRANEX* (becaplermin) Gel 0.01%, PROMOGRAN PRISMA* Matrix, PROMOGRAN* Matrix, and SILVERCEL* Antimicrobial Alginate Dressing. Visit www.jnj.com for more information.

Ferris Manufacturing Group – Booth 100

PolyMem® belongs to an innovative class of adaptable wound care dressings called QuadraFoam®. QuadraFoam dressings effectively cleanse, fill, absorb, and moisten wounds throughout the healing continuum. No other single wound dressing combines these 4 key wound-healing capabilities like PolyMem. This category of dressings has produced remarkable healing results for people with full- and partial-thickness wounds, such as skin tears, skin ulcers, deep wounds, surgical wounds, and burns. QuadraFoam was awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2006 Product Differentiation Innovation Award for “exceptional solutions in the North American moist wound dressings market.”
The PolyMem family of QuadraFoam dressings offers practitioners the opportunity to create an optimal healing environment. Because of the heightened levels of patient satisfaction and cost savings when using PolyMem QuadraFoam dressings, many medical professionals are experiencing a tremendous increase in referrals as well as a healthier bottom line. Best of all, Ferris’s PolyMem formulation can benefit a range of patients from babies to the elderly and from the physically challenged to professional athletes.
Discover the difference with PolyMem advanced wound care products. Visit the PolyMem booth at the SAWC to learn how to integrate this dressing into your practice.

HEALTHPOINT® – Booth 414

The promise of Healthpoint can be summed up in four words: Know more. Heal better. These words reflect the driving force behind everything we do. Healthpoint, a member of the DFB Pharmaceuticals family of companies, offers a spectrum of pharmaceutical and biologic products that provide active treatment for all stages of the wound cycle. Healthpoint products include: OASIS® Wound Matrix, Collagenase SANTYL® Ointment, PANAFIL® Spray/Ointment (papain, urea, chlorophyllin copper complex sodium), and ACCUZYME® Spray/Ointment (papain, urea).
Healthpoint is committed to bringing new technology and education to our customers. Please visit our
booth, call us at 800-441-8227, or visit our website www.Healthpoint.com. Also visit www.TheWoundInstitute.com for CE/CME offerings, a site made possible by Healthpoint.

HMP Communications – Booth 619

HMP Communications provides the medical community with a variety of quality medical journals and programs. Journals include Ostomy Wound Management (indexed in MEDLINE® and CINAHL®) and WOUNDS — both are official journals of the AAWC — ECPN, Skin & Aging, Podiatry Today, Annals of Long-Term Care, and Clinical Geriatrics, in addition to several cardiology-related publications. We also present the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, along with numerous 1-day seminars and satellite broadcasts of medical symposia. Stop by our booths to meet the staff, purchase our new book, Chronic Wound Care: A Clinical Source Book for Healthcare Professionals, 4th Edition; sign up for E-mail newsletters; or subscribe to one of our leading publications.
Visit www.hmpcommunications.com for more information.

Medela Medical Technology – Booth 811

Medela, Inc. is expanding its product offering of evidence-based medical technology to include advanced wound care. The Invia™ Healing System from Medela is a negative pressure wound therapy system that promotes healing in wounds, such as pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, and traumatic, chronic, or acute wounds.
Invia™ was specifically designed to be easy for nurses to administer and to minimize patient discomfort during dressing change. Gentle negative pressure is applied to the wound using the Medela Vario 18 AC/DC c/i aspirator in conjunction with the wound healing kit to remove infectious materials and mechanically stimulate tissue to promote wound healing.
For more information about the Invia™ Healing System, please contact Medela, Inc. at (877) 735-1626 or visit our website at www.medelasuction.com.

Medline Industries, Inc. – Booth 921

Medline’s complete line of wound and skin care products includes the entire Carrington line of products, SilvaSorb™, Arglaes™, TenderWet® Active, XCell Biosynthesized Cellulose, Gentleheal Atraumatic Silicone Foam, Exuderm™, DermaGel™, SkinTegrity™, StrataSorb™, Maxorb™ Extra and Maxorb Extra Ag, MedFix™, SureSite™, Optifoam™ and Optifoam™ Ag, Puracol™ Collagen Microscaffold™ , Remedy®‚ and ReadyBath®. Visit our booth and ask us about our Educare™ Wound and Skin Care Education Program with CEU credits.
We presently have more than 700 dedicated sales representatives throughout the country. In addition, Medline has more than 50 Wound Care Product Specialists, ET nurses, and an Educare Hotline to provide wound care support. With 6 manufacturing facilities and 27 distribution centers, Medline manufactures 70% of the products we sell.

Mölnlycke Health Care – Booth 1001

In response to the problem in wound care of trauma and pain during dressing changes, Mölnlycke Health Care has developed a unique, patented, soft silicone technology called Safetac®. Dressings with Safetac soft silicone technology do not adhere to the moist wound, yet adhere gently to the surrounding skin and therefore minimize trauma and pain at removal.
Mölnlycke Health Care’s wound care products and services stand for gentle and effective wound management. A number of products in our growing product line feature Safetac technology and provide less trauma and pain to both the wound and surrounding skin during dressing changes. We are pleased to introduce the newest addition to the Mepilex® family of products — Mepilex® Ag, an antimicrobial soft silicone foam dressing designed for the management of exuding wounds such as leg and foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, and partial-thickness burns. Other dressings featuring Safetac soft silicone technology include Mepitel®, Mepilex®, Mepilex® Lite, Mepilex® Border, Mepilex® Border Lite, Mepilex® Transfer, and Mepiform®.
In addition, our conventional line of products features a saline system for debridement and hydration, a range of absorptive cover and transparent film dressings, a fabric tape, and a calcium alginate. These products include, Mesalt®, Normlgel, Hypergel, Mepore®, Mepore Pro®, Alldress®, Mefilm®, Mefix®, and Melgisorb®.

Organogenesis, Inc. – Booth 901

Organogenesis, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and commercializes living, cell-based products. Our Apligraf® product is the first and only fully differentiated bilayered cell therapy that is FDA-approved for the treatment of venous ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers. It expresses multiple growth factors found in normal skin, provides a biologically active matrix, and has been clinically proven to heal venous ulcers faster than compression therapy alone. In cases of diabetic foot ulcers, Apligraf closes more wounds faster than conventional therapy. In patients treated with Apligraf, both osteomyelitis and amputation were reduced 50%.
Apligraf is easy to incorporate into practice and has a shelf life of 10 days. It has received positive reimbursement in all settings and has been well tolerated in more than 120,000 patient applications. For additional information, visit www.organogenesis.com or www.apligraf.com.

Smith & Nephew Inc. – Booths 700–702 and 801–803

A worldwide leader in the advanced wound care industry, Smith & Nephew develops products that help healthcare professionals treat both acute and chronic wounds more effectively and help patients get back to their normal lives faster. The company places particular emphasis on advanced wound care products, education, and prevention.
Over the past few years, the company has introduced a number of products that incorporate leading edge wound care technology: ACTICOAT®, a nanocrystalline silver antimicrobial barrier dressing; VERSAJET™, a specialized fluid jet instrument that enables surgeons to easily remove damaged tissue and contaminants from surgical, traumatic, and chronic wounds in a precise and safe manner; and SECURA®, a high-quality skin care system. Smith & Nephew also offers an extensive range of advanced wound care products aimed at optimizing the wound environment, such as ALLEVYN® hydrocellular dressings and the PROFORE® compression system. In 2006, US marketing rights for the IODOSORB™ and IODOFLEX™ brands transferred from Healthpoint to Smith & Nephew Wound Management. IODOSORB and IODOFLEX are indicated for use in cleaning wet ulcers and wounds such as venous stasis ulcers, pressure ulcers, and infected wounds.
For more information on effective, cost-efficient wound management and prevention call our Customer Care Center at 800-876-1261 or visit www.smith-nephew.com.