NEW GENERATION DEVICES Choice without compromise Building A Foundation For Healing

Building a Foundation for Healing What is Type I Collagen? Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body. Type I collagen is also the most common of the collagens in vertebrates. It comprises up to 90% of the skeletons of mammals and is found throughout the body. In addition to bones, it is found in skin, tendons, ligaments, cornea, intervertebral discs, dentine, arteries and granulation tissues. Type I collagen is the major collagen of tendon and bone and is essential for the tensile strength of bone. Collagen plays an integral role in the repair and replacement of both soft and hard...

Indications For Use Type I Collagen is available in 3 types of configurations, Foam, Sponge and Fibrillar. Each form can be used for any of the indications listed below. Localized Delivery Collagen Foam 20 x 40 x 3mm 25 x 75 x 1mm 1cm diam x 2cm length Wound Healing Fibrillar Collagen 0.1 gram 0.2 gram Localized Delivery – Provides a way of targeting the optimum concentration of a drug to precisely where it is needed, rather than distributing excessive and sometimes unnecessary doses throughout the body via systemic circulation. Such delivery systems can be more efficient than those administered...

4 Phases of Wound Healing Type I collagen fibers have intrinsic hemostatic properties to control bleeding2,4. Collagen implants and dressings are specifically used to support the natural process of wound healing by providing the scaffolding for wound healing. Inflammatory Phase – The Inflammatory CollaVETTM phase begins with the injury itself. When tissue Resorbable Wound Healing Implant is first wounded, blood comes in contact with collagen, triggering blood platelets to begin secreting inflammatory factors. The healing process begins with bleeding, immediate narrowing of the blood vessels,...