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Wounds come in all shapes and sizes, and are caused by multiple factors.
Among those are:
- Pressure sores
- Surgically created wounds
- Trauma
- Venous stasis ulcers
- Diabetic ulcers
- Flap and Graft surgery
- Skin tear and shear
- Burns
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.
CLICK HERE to see our Wound Care Product Offerings
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy |
SunMED has over 12 years experience providing multiple brands of NPWT. We can provide the features your patient needs anywhere in the country. And we are the preferred provider for NPWT for many plans.
Does your patient need a:
Portable Unit?
Foam Dressing?
Gauze Dressing?
Multiple Wounds?
Irrigation Function?
Dressings for a Tunneling Wound?
Fistula Management?
CLICK HERE for more information on our NPWT Product Offerings
One provider for the NPWT brand of your choice. Call SunMED today to determine which type of NPWT is right for your patient. We will handle all aspects of insurance billing, delivery, and training.
The history of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
- In 1985 Dr’s Chariker & Jeter pioneered the use of suction to treat wounds utilizing a gauze dressing and wall suction. The Kremlin papers document its use in Russia even earlier.
- 1997 Dr. Louis Argenta of Wake Forest University developed NPWT device and foam dressing. KCI bought the rights to market the device
- 2003 Blue Sky Medical launches the Versatile1 based on the original dressing technique of Chariker/Jeter
- 2005 SunMED partners with Blue Sky. Becomes national NPWT provider for Aetna and first national competitor to KCI
- 2007 Court determines that Blue Sky does not infringe upon KCI patent opening up the market to other manufacturers.
- 2007 Smith & Nephew acquires Blue Sky
- 2009 KCI patent on foam dressing expires
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