Chronic wounds are a major medical challenge, burdening health care systems with billions of dollars in costs every year.

Nexgel's latest product, called Turfguard, is a hydrogel dressing designed to soothe turf burns and protect athletic wounds. Hydrogels, commonly used for wound care dressings, ...

Summary. Medical Devices sector report, “Antimicrobial Hydrogel Dressings Pipeline Report including Stages of Development, Segments, Region and Countries, Regulatory Path and Key Companies, 2023 ...

Semi-occlusive hydrogel dressings are constructed of hydrophilic polymers with a high (90%) water content. Hydrogels are intended to hydrate wounds, rehydrate eschar, and facilitate autolytic ...

Hydrogel dressings keep the wound warm, moist, and close. Also, they do not react with or irritate tissue. When applied, they do not adhere to wound surfaces and allow metabolites to pass freely.

Mechanotherapy with hydrogel. One medical device that is used for diabetic wound treatment is topical negative-pressure wound treatment (NPWT), which provides mechanical suction to remove wound fluids ...

At ETH Zurich in Switzerland, a young researcher named Börte Emiroglu is working on a creative new way to solve this problem.

Regulatory challenges: Stringent regulatory requirements for medical device approval and reimbursement may pose barriers to market entry and product accessibility. Competition from alternative wound ...

Wound dressings play an important role in wound management. Although most commercial products are merely serving as a protective barrier, hydrogel can be endowed with additional properties to make it ...

Summary. Medical Devices sector report, “Antimicrobial Hydrogel Dressings Pipeline Report including Stages of Development, Segments, Region and Countries, Regulatory Path and Key Companies, 2023 ...