PICO^◊ sNPWT outperforms tNPWT for DFU and VLU wound healing

A new randomised clinical trial demonstrated how the PICO Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System (sNPWT) performed better than traditional NPWT for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcersⁱ¹:

• Relative reductions in wound areaⁱⁱ: (39.1%), depthⁱⁱⁱ (32.5%) and volume^iv (91.1%)¹, compared to baseline

• 51% more closed wounds at 12 weeks^v1

• Wear time 3.4 days longer, with better overall patient satisfaction^vi1

PICO sNPWT technology promotes the development of granulation tissue and epithelialisation^*2, with a dressing incorporating our unique AIRLOCK^◊ Technology to evenly distribute therapeutic NPWT across a wider zone beyond the wound itself³.

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*As demonstrated in vivo/vitro.
i) 164 patients with lower extremity ulcers for more than 4 weeks. 104 with VLUs (2-36cm²), 60 with DFUs (0.5-10cm²). 63.4% male and 36.6% female, with a mean age of 61.5 years. ii) Wound area: p<0.001 (VLUs: p=0.007, DFUs: p=0.031) iii) Wound depth: p<0.014 iv) Wound volume: p<0.013 v) Wound closure: p=0.002 vi) Overall patient satisfaction: p=0.006