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Silverlon® Antimicrobial Negative Pressure Dressings Designed Specifically
for use with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)

   FDA 510K: K981299
Negative Pressure Therapy Wound Dressing
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2006 Product Innovation Award for Silverlon NPD
NPD Product Innovation Award Information

NPD Power Point Presentation with Clinical Studies
(MS Power Point Format)

Negative Pressure Savings Calculators

Studies and Information
Guidelines for Use
The Award Winning Silverlon® NPD referenced in Podiatry Today for Advanced and Accelerated Wound Healing with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. Please Click Here to review Article.
Clinical Editor: Lawrence Karlock, DPM - July 11, 2007 Issue
Wound Care Q&A: Expert Pointers On Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, Podiatry Today

Silverlon® NPD Product Innovation Award Article in the March, 2007 Edition of Wounds: WoundsResearch.com
Wounds is a Compendium of Clinical Wound Research and Practice
SILVERLON® NPD (NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING)

Advantages of Combining Silverlon® NPD with NPWT
  • Accelerates Healing Potential. Silverlon® NPD has been shown in over 300 patient trials to enhance and accelerate granulation and wound closure by 20% to 40% vs. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy alone.


  • Reduces Overall Cost of NPWT. Wounds heal quicker and patients will be off Negative Pressure Wound Therapy sooner, saving rental charges, kit costs, and nursing time.


  • Lowers Infection Problem. The Silverlon® Negative Pressure Dressing is a proven antimicrobial barrier and will lower the risk of the contaminated foam infecting the wound bed.


  • Enhanced Granulation has been reported with use of the Silverlon® NPD. The Silverlon® NPD has been found to enhance granulation, and to accelerate wound healing when used in conjunction with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Systems. Please click on the two Study Links for supporting Clinical Studies showing the enhanced granulation of the Silverlon® NPD: Study 1 and Study 2


  • Reduces Foam Sticking to Wound. Silverlon® not only reduces the incidence of the foam adhering to the granulation bed, but also eliminates the need to pick foam particles from the wound.


  • Fewer Dressing Changes Needed. Adding one Silverlon® Negative Pressure Dressing can extend the foam change out to 5 to 7 days.
    * Fewer kits per treatment, means less cost and
    * Fewer changes reduces nurse’s time and patient discomfort.


  • Decreases Patient Pain. Silverlon® has been reported to lower the pain associated with the use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT). Patients experiencing less pain and discomfort have better compliance and better outcomes.


  • Safe and Easy to Use. Silverlon® is not known to interact with any drug and is bactericidal to all clinically relevant pathogens. It will not shed metallic silver into tissue, nor will it tattoo or stain the skin.


  • Page 2 - More Silverlon® Negative Pressure Silver Dressing Details

    Advanced Negative Pressure Wound Dressings
Silverlon® Negative Presure Dressings
7 Day Use
Negative Pressure Wound Dressings
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Silverlon®: sustained Silver Ion release rates are far above MIC's Required
Antimicrobial Silver Ion Release

Wound Dressing Close Up
  Saline Flow
Over 3 min 		Saline-Pectine
Over 3 min
VAC™ Foam Alone 58cc's 57cc's
Silverlon® Negative
Pressure Dressing
Under VAC™ Foam 		57cc's 56cc's
References:
  1. Stanley Carson, M.D. et. al., Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, Healing Skin Grafts over Chronic wounds with Vacuum Assisted Closure and Silver Dressings, SAWC / AAWC 2004
  2. Stanley Carson, M.D. et. al., Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, Silver Dressings used with Vacuum Assisted Closure: Is there an advantage?, SAWC 2005
  3. Carl Van Gils, et. al., Dixie Regional Medical Center, The combined benefit of Negative Pressure Therapy (N.P. T.), Elemental Silver Contact Layer, and Bilayered Living Skin Equivalent (L.S.E.) in the treatment of hard to heal lower extremity wounds., WOCN 2002
  4. Carol Publicover, MSN, ARN P, CWOCN, Florida Hospital, Successful Treatment of Chronic Venous ulcer with a Silver Contact Dressing and Compression Therapy. SAWC 2003
  5. Mary Foote, RN, MSN, ANP, C WCN, ED. Dc., Use of Pure metallic Silver Plated to Nylon Dressing for: Recalcitrant Wounds. WOCN 2004
  6. Roger Huckfeldt, M.D. et. al., St. John’s Regional Trauma and Burn Center, Negative Pressure Wound Devices and Silver-Nylon Fabric: A Comparison of Fluid Transfer Capability Utilizing Standard Dressings and Silverlon® Negative Pressure Dressings.
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Silverlon is a registered trademark Argentum Medical, LLC
V.A.C. is a registered trademark of Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
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