Company Certification to Enhance Upper Limb Rehab Device Access
With the company's upgraded ISO13485:2016 quality certification, it aims to bring its Class II products that restore function and improve mobility to new markets.
With the company's upgraded ISO13485:2016 quality certification, it aims to bring its Class II products that restore function and improve mobility to new markets.
ATF Medical introduces its Pressure Injury Prevention and Intervention (PIPI) program to ensure that everyone involved in a workers’ compensation case has the information needed to prevent or properly treat pressure injuries.
A look at how one hospital applied its learning health system (LHS) framework to respond to a COVID-19-related increase in hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) is presented in the May/June Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ), the peer-reviewed journal of the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ).
Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Texas at Austin have presented a proof-of-concept for a wearable sensor designed to track healing in sores, ulcers, and other kinds of chronic skin wounds, even without the need to remove the bandages.
Read MoreElectronic Health Records can tell a clinician many things, including whether a patient is likely to develop a pressure injury. That phenomenon has now been reported in the literature.
Read MoreNavCare and Orpyx Medical Technologies have partnered to provide a turn-key remote patient monitoring (RPM) telehealth solution to help prevent diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and amputations.
Read MoreTekscan Inc, a manufacturer of flexible, ultra-thin sensors and systems, was acquired by Artemis Capital Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm focused exclusively on partnering with differentiated industrial technology companies, according to a media release.
Read MoreDrive DeVilbiss Healthcare announces the Gravity 6 Long-Term Care Pressure Redistribution Mattress, the latest addition to its premium line of therapeutic mattresses.
Read MoreIndiana University School of Medicine is leading reportedly the first study of the national Diabetic Foot Consortium sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), it reports in a media release.
Read MoreA collaboration between Atlanta-based Responsive Surface Technology LLC (ReST), creator of the ReST Smart Bed, and Purple Innovation LLC (Purple), inventor of the Purple Grid, brings a new sleep system that couples an artificial intelligence-powered smart bed with a science-based material designed to eliminate pressure by being both soft and supportive as well as comfortably cool.
Read MoreResearchers from the University of South Australia have developed plasma-coated bandages with the ability to attack infection and inflammation to aid in the treatment of chronic wounds such as pressure, diabetic or vascular ulcers that won’t heal on their own.
Read MoreThe Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion appears to have substantial positive effects on the care of racial and ethnic minorities with diabetic foot ulcerations (DFUs).
Read MoreThe seventh annual Wound Care Awareness Week, sponsored by Healogics, takes place June 1 to June 5, 2020. During this time, Healogics team members across the US aim to raise awareness of chronic wounds and advanced wound care.
Read MoreCryopreserved Umbilical Cord allograft TTAX01 is a promising adjunct therapy for the management of complex, non-healing Wagner Grade 3-4 diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) complicated by osteomyelitis, according to results from a Phase 2 open label multicenter pilot study.
Read MoreA new cooling insole developed by UT Southwestern scientists reduced the foot temperature of patients with diabetic neuropathy by several degrees, diminishing a significant risk factor for diabetic foot ulcers. This new device is detailed in The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery.
Read MoreAnother condition possibly linked to the coronavirus has captured researchers’ attention. Dubbed “COVID toes” by the dermatology community, it can look like “purple lesions” on feet or hands, according to TODAY.
Read MoreUConn biomeds have designed a wirelessly controlled, or “smart,” bandage and smartphone-sized platform that they suggest can precisely deliver different medications to the wound with independent dosing.
Read MoreA balancing act between pressure and mobility form the foundation of interventions for the outpatient clinician. A feature for Rehab Management by Quyen Nguyen Catania, PT, DPT, CWS, CLT.
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