Glass-based particles of a biocompatible material which comprises 40 to about 80 wt % borate (B.sub.2O.sub.3) intermixed into a carrier which is an ointment, cream, or surgical glue.

A pressure offloading device is configured to at least partially wrap around an appendage of a patient. An example pressure offloading device includes an inner layer made of a first foam having a first density and a first indentation force deflection (IFD) rating. The pressure offloading device also includes an outer layer made of a second foam having a second density and a second IFD rating. The inner layer and the outer layer have a U-shape. Additionally, the second IFD rating is greater than the first IFD rating.

A medical dressing for application to a surface of a human body is described. The medical dressing has a first direction (x) of extension and a second direction (y) of extension being perpendicular to the first direction (x) of extension. The medical dressing has at least a first and a second anisotropic layer having anisotropic stiffness, wherein the stiffness of each one of the first and the second anisotropic layer is higher in the second direction (y) of extension than in the first direction (x) of extension.

A shear force negating plaster (10) in which the top layer of material consists of a Baltex spacer material (14), which because of its construction allows a degree of lateral movement so as to compliment the lateral movement of the two flexible planar circular plastic inserts (16, 20).

A dressing for guarding against the development of pressure ulcers has a recipient side and an environmental side. The dressing comprises a moisture barrier layer whose components include a sacral member, a left gluteal member and a right gluteal member. Each gluteal member has a base and an extension which extends longitudinally inferiorly further than the inferior edge of the sacral member by a dimension which is approximately no less than the longitudinal length of the sacral member. The dressing also includes a connective element on the recipient side of the dressing. The connective element is arranged to provide a zone of occlusion. In some embodiments the dressing includes electrodes and is a component of a dressing assembly which includes an exciter for stimulating gluteal muscles.

The integral protector comprises a tubular assembly (16) obtained from a textile tubular stockinette (14), covering the member and an external tubular jacket (10) coaxially joined and providing protection and padding effects. The textile stockinette (14) has an elastic longitudinal portion (15) extending along a generatrix thereof and the tubular jacket (10), receiving placed therein said textile stockinette (14) is made of a 3D spacer fabric

Disclosed is a medical rehabilitation boot, comprising a unitary, foldable body form further comprising five individually-stitched sections, or pockets, each filled with either fiber or foam. The pockets are formed by custom-located stitches which form seams, the seams collectively joining an inner fabric and an outer fabric around the perimeter of the boot. The five sections consist of a left sidewall further containing an upper and a lower tube-hole, a right sidewall also containing an upper and a lower tube-hole, a rectangular bottom section having a heel arc at one end, an inner flap, and an outer flap. A continuous, one-piece outer fabric and a continuous, one-piece inner fabric form pockets of containment for fiber filling in four of the five sections. A sloped foam wedge inserted into the bottom section contributes to the functional comfort of a patient wearing the boot.

A therapeutic cushioning boot including a body at least partially fiber filled, the body including a first sidewall panel, a second sidewall panel, and a rear panel; the boot also including at least one boundary portion disposed between the panels, and a fiber filled foot gate attached to the body portion between the panels.

Described generally herein are tissue therapy devices, which may comprise a sealant layer and a suction apparatus. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure between it and the surface of a patient by forming, preferably, an airtight seal around an area of tissue that requires negative pressure therapy. The tissue therapy device may comprise a suction apparatus. The suction apparatus is typically in fluid communication with the sealant layer and functions so as to reduce the amount of pressure present underneath the sealant layer. The reduced pressure is self-created by the suction apparatus. Together the sealant layer and the suction apparatus preferably create a closed reduced pressure therapy system. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of the air molecules under the sealant layer.

A system and a method for detecting the wearing by a patient of a foot ulcer offloading apparatus are described. The system includes an electronic geolocation device and a data processing equipment item linked to the electronic geolocation device via a communication network, the electronic geolocation device is suitable for being secured to the offloading apparatus and includes electrical power supply means, geolocation data acquisition means and means for transmitting geolocation data over the communication network to the data processing equipment item. The data transmission means is linked to the acquisition means and data processing equipment item is suitable, following the reception of geolocation data transmitted by the electronic geolocation device, for detecting a movement of the foot ulcer offloading apparatus and for deducing therefrom the wearing by the patient of said offloading apparatus.