Collagen Alginate Wound Dressing

They come in the form of flat dressings that can be placed over open ulcers and rope dressings that are used for packing the wound which absorb fluids and promote healing with pressure ulcers diabetic foot ulcers or venous ulcers.

Collagen alginate wound dressing.

Indicated for partial and full thickness pressure ulcers venous ulcers donor sites surgical wounds vascular ulcers diabetic ulcers second degree burns abrasions and traumatic wounds. Advanced wound care dressing with 90 collagen composition. Collagen wound dressings are gels pads particles pastes powders sheets or solutions derived from bovine equine porcine or avian sources. Combines with exudate to maintain a moist wound environment enabling a rapid rate of healing.

Nonadherent removes easily and leaves wound free of fiber. These dressings are ninety percent bovine collagen which is near identical to human collagen and ten percent calcium alginate. Cutimed epiona collagen alginate dressing is a native collagen dressing that aims to jump start healing on stalled or chronic wounds. Maintains initial integrity when wet.

Dermacol is made from porcine collagen with sodium alginate cmc and edta for dual mmp inhibition. Its unique combination of natural biopolymers created by a patented process combines the structural support of collagen and the gel forming properties of alginates into a sterile soft absorbent conformable topical wound dressing. Fibracol plus collagen wound dressing with alginate is an advanced wound care device composed of collagen and calcium alginate fibers. Alginate dressings are non occlusive to semi occlusive highly absorbent and made to manage moderate to large amounts of exudate figure 21 5.

Dermacol supports moist wound healing and may be trimmed and layered for management of deep wounds. In by the each 4 7 out of 5 stars 220. Some interact with wound exudate to form a gel. These dressings are made primarily of seaweed derivatives and the fibers are spun into ropes or sheets.

The dressing transforms to a soft gel and conforms to the wound bed when in contact with wound exudate. These dressings chemically bind to matrix metalloproteinases mmps found in the extracellular fluid of wounds. Promogran matrix wound dressing pg004 4 3 4 sq. Warnings and precautions fibracol plus dressing may be used when visible signs of infection are present in the wound area only when proper medical treatment addresses the underlying cause.

Collagen dressings stimulate new tissue growth and encourage the deposition and organization of newly formed collagen fibers and granulation tissue in the wound bed. Twice as absorbent as traditional fibracol collagen alginate dressing. As the alginate absorbs fluid it is converted to a gel that provides moisture to the wound bed. Fibracol plus collagen wound dressing with alginate 4x4 1 dressing each 4 4 out of 5 stars 70.