Citoskin

CHITOSKIN wound pads

Usually, normal ("primary") wounds tend to heal over a couple of days without leaving scars following a certain sequence of phases. The process of primary wound healing can be divided into 4 phases: (1) haemostasis, (2) inflammation and purification, (3) proliferation and (4) differentiation. Burns and certain diseases impede the normal wound healing process, resulting in large, hardly healing ("secondary") wounds which only close by growing new tissue from the bottom. Healing - if at all - of such wounds can take months. Moreover, there is a considerable risk of infections.

Wound pads serve to safeguard the wound with its highly sensitive new granulation tissue from mechanical damage as well as from infection. In general the following requirements have to be met by an efficient wound dressing:

  • Covering in order to prevent mechanical alterations and infections from the wound
  • Enabling the exchange of gases and liquids
  • Adequate absorption of wound exsudates
  • Painless removal of the pad and easy handling of pad changing
  • External barrier against micro organisms
  • Serve as a matrix for a regular regeneration of tissue
  • Detoxication: absorption of endotoxines and inflation mediators
  • Stimulation of cellular activity and growing of epithelium.

The natural polymer chitosan has outstanding properties playing an important role in wound healing. Remarkably enough and due to its specific molecular structure, chitosan demonstrates in all phases of wound healing not only the desired physical characteristics but also most favorable biological effects, caused by the chemical similarity with the natural matrix.

Unique Selling points of Sangui CHITOSKIN wound pad include:

  • Accelerated wound healing as compared to traditional wound pads
  • Low cost and easy production
  • Favorable effects in all phases of wound healing
  • Reduced number of pad changes
  • As there are less pads needed, the treatment is less expensive
  • More comfortable treatment of the patient

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