Shallow wound treatment dressings.

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI), has introduced two new wound dressings for its Vacuum Assisted Closure[R] Therapy--the V.A.C. System. The new V.A.C.[R] Round Foam and V.A.C. Thin Foam perforated dressings can be used with either the V.A.C.[R] ATS or the V.A.C.[R] Freedom[TM] Systems. Both of the new V.A.C. dressings have reticulated cells to help stimulate granulation tissue and a hydrophobic, open-pore structure to facilitate exudate removal. The new dressings are also perforated for easy customization of dressing width and depth.

The circular shape of the V.A.C. Round Foam dressings can cover many pressure ulcer sizes. These dressings have 10 precut sizes with an overall dressing size of 5" wide by 1.25" deep. Circular perforations at 1" intervals facilitate width sizing, while a thickness perforation at 5/8" allows users to modify the depth of the dressing by hall

Developed for shallow wounds, flexible V.A.C. Thin Foam dressings easily conform to difficult wound contours. The new 1.6-cm oval-shaped dressings are half the thickness of traditional V.A.C. dressings. The new 26 x 15-cm dressings have five preformed size options to minimize or eliminate the need for cutting the dressings to fit smaller wounds. In addition to its full size, four perforations allow the dressing to be sized to 20.6 x 12-cm, 15.6 x 9-cm, 10.6 x 6-cm, and 5.6 x 3-cm configurations.

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