SANUWAVE Takes Next Step in Wound Care Expansion

March 8, 2018
Nasdaq

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of noninvasive, biological response activating devices in regenerative medicine, announces the publication of research that investigated the use of the dermaPACE® System in the treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers (VLU) in a case study series.

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Social Determinants of Health: A Case Study

March 8, 2018
The Lund Report

The term “social determinants of health” (SDOH) is inescapable in the healthcare industry. But despite the ubiquity of the term, integrating SDOH into front-line medical care remains largely out of reach.

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Call to empower care staff in monitoring skin integrity

March 7, 2018
Ageing Agenda
(Australia )

The usual strategy in aged care is to have care workers provide the basics, such as showering or assisting with meals, but they have a key role to play in wound prevention, said Hayley Puckeridge, Uniting wound clinical nurse consultant. She called on aged care organizations to empower their care staff because they are critical to observing skin integrity issues as they saw residents at their most vulnerable including when naked.

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New “smart” bandages could help diabetes patients, soldiers

March 7, 2018
NET: Nebraska’s PBS & NPR Stations
(Nebraska)

Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are designing a smart bandage that could eventually heal chronic wounds caused by diabetes and help fight against injuries that occur on the battlefield. NET News’ Brandon McDermott talked about the effort with Ali Tamayol a lead researcher for the project at UNL.

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RenovoDerm Receives FDA Clearance for Proprietary Product

March 6, 2018
Newswire
(Columbus, Ohio)

Today, RenovoDerm, a wound care device company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its proprietary product, the Phoenix Wound MatrixTM, which is a wound care device that accelerates the body’s healing response, facilitates tissue growth and regeneration, reduces scar formation and enhances overall cosmesis.

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