SuperColloid sets new standards in the management of sloughy and painful wounds
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Construction
SuperColloid dressings have a highly absorbent co-polymer gel core incorporating CMC particles.
May be used for: pressure, venous, arterial and neuropathic ulcers, post-operative and traumatic wounds and donor sites.
Available in a range of sizes, with and without an adhesive border.
SuperColloid: Features
Low to moderately exuding wounds
Instantly soothing and moist wound micro-environment
More effective than traditional hydrocolloids at maintaining skin moisture if exudate levels drop.
100% atraumatic adhesion protects periwound
Absorbs bacteria
Deactivated matrix metalloproteases MMPs
MMP Modulation
MMPs (Matrix Metallo Proteinases) are enzymes which clear away debris in the wound, including dead tissue. But when MMP levels are too high, they damage healthy cells and tissue. Chronic wounds have significantly higher levels of MMPs than acute wounds, which in part explains why they take much longer to heal.
In several separate studies, the Pro-ionic™ copolymer system in this product has been demonstrated in-vitro to be a powerful protease modulator (MMP-9, MMP-2, Human Neutrophil Elastase). This suggests that it may have a beneficial action by reducing the detrimental effects of proteolytic enzymes in vivo, and may explain the consistently positive clinical results with dressings based on Pro-ionic™ co-polymers.
Management of wound bacteria
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Our hydrogel polymers are able to absorb micro-organisms from the surface where they remain viable for varying periods of time.
The ease of recovery of the absorbed bacteria is dependent on the method used. Very extensive crushing (disruption of the gel structure) of the gel is required to recover the bacteria.
In the clinical setting, this capability - to absorb the bacteria within the gel polymer structure - may enable Pro-ionic™ hydrogels to significantly reduce bacteria levels at the skin or wound surface.
Available in your own brand or Gentell brand.
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