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Wound Care

Support grows for return of medtech reps to hospitals

June 11, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Twenty-six more medical and surgical societies and healthcare associations have endorsed guidelines for the safe return of medtech company representatives to healthcare facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. The guidance, released in May by AdvaMed, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and the American Hospital Association (AHA), builds on the April 17 joint statement by AHA, […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Featured, Hospital Care, Imaging, Oncology, Optical/Ophthalmic, Orthopedics, Spine, Surgical, Wound Care Tagged With: AdvaMed, American College of Surgeons, American Hospital Association, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FDA

Sanuwave partners with The Mobile Health Company

May 19, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Sanuwave Health announced that it is partnering with its former president’s new business, The Mobile Health Company (MHC). Former Sanuwave president Shri Parikh launched MHC as a mobile solution for wound care and other treatments to be streamlined directly to a patient’s home setting. In launching MHC, Shri is resigning from Sanuwave, but will remain […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Wound Care Tagged With: Mobile Health Company, Sanuwave, SANUWAVE Health Inc.

Integra touts outcomes, cost-savings in wound-healing studies

May 18, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

A pair of retrospective studies of an Integra LifeSciences (NSDQ:IART) wound-healing matrix showed positive clinical and economic results, the company announced on Friday. The studies looked at the results of complex lower extremity reconstruction using Integra’s bilayer wound matrix. The data were published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The bilayer wound-healing matrix is formulated to provide […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Featured, Hospital Care, Surgical, Wound Care Tagged With: Integra LifeSciences, University of Pennsylvania

Medcura relocates corporate headquarters

April 17, 2020 By Danielle Kirsh

Medcura today said it moved its headquarters to a new purpose-built facility in Riverdale, Md. The company chose the Discovery District of Riverdale, Md. to manufacture and commercialize its product line. Medcura plans to manufacture core cGMP compliant hemostatic and wound treatment materials at a manufacturing scale necessary to launch commercially. “Expanding into this new […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Wound Care Tagged With: Medcura

Clozex wound closure system wins FDA approval

April 3, 2020 By Danielle Kirsh

Clozex Medical this week said it won FDA approval for its wound closure system. The Clozex system treats minor cuts and lacerations from home safely without having to go to a doctor. “Statistics are showing us that as many as 75% of ER visits are potentially preventable visits, and the number three reason for an […]

Filed Under: Wound Care Tagged With: clozexmedical

Smith & Nephew expects Q1 revenue to be down 8% amid coronavirus

March 30, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) announced today that it is withdrawing its 2020 full-year financial guidance and projecting a sizeable decline in first-quarter revenue growth as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The London-based medtech giant’s guidance, issued on Feb. 20, assumed a normalization of the coronavirus outbreak early in the second quarter. However, given the rapid […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, MassDevice Earnings Roundup, Orthopedics, Surgical, Wall Street Beat, Wound Care Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Smith & Nephew

MiMedx appoints new CFO

March 23, 2020 By Danielle Kirsh

MiMedx recently announced that it appointed Peter Carlson as chief financial officer, effective March 19. Carlson previously served as the company’s executive VP of finance and joined MiMedx in December last year. “I am extremely pleased to have Pete Carlson on board and appointed as our chief financial officer,” CEO Timothy Wright said in a […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Wound Care Tagged With: MiMedx Group Inc.

These ‘smart’ bandages could heal chronic wounds

February 18, 2020 By Sean Whooley

UConn biomedical engineers are touting a wirelessly controlled “smart” bandage and corresponding platform for delivering medications to chronic, non-healing wounds. UConn’s School of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine and School of Engineering comprise the biomedical engineering department, which contributed to developing the smart bandage. Ali Tamayol, an associate professor at UConn, led the development of […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Wound Care Tagged With: UConn School of Medicine

Could this handheld 3D bioink printer improve wound healing?

February 14, 2020 By Sean Whooley

The University of Toronto is touting a new handheld 3D printer that is capable of depositing sheets of skin to cover burn wounds and accelerate the healing process. A study, led by Richard Cheng under the supervision of Axel Guenther, published in Biofabrication revealed that the 3D printer completed successful in-vivo trials on full-thickness wounds, according to […]

Filed Under: Wound Care Tagged With: 3D printing

3M lays off 20 employees at Acelity

January 28, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

3M (NYSE:MMM) has laid off about 20 employees at recently acquired wound care giant Acelity. The news comes about two months after eight top executives left San Antonio, Texas–based Acelity, which 3M acquired for $6.7 billion in October 2019. 3M said in a statement shared with MassDevice that it continues to integrate Acelity into its operations. […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Wound Care Tagged With: 3m, Acelity

Okapi Medical appoints new CEO on heels of successful pre-clinical study

January 15, 2020 By Danielle Kirsh

Okapi Medical this week appointed Darren Obrigkeit as CEO and announced the successful pre-clinical study of the company’s wound closure technology. Obrigkeit has more than 20 years of experience in the medical device industry and has held leadership roles internationally for startups and large companies. “I’m thrilled to join the Okapi team,” Obrigkeit said in […]

Filed Under: Wound Care Tagged With: Okapi Medical

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