A Virtually Pain-free Design Never Seen Before

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Burr Ridge, Illinois, USA 26 May 2011 – Ferris Mfg. Corp., makers of PolyMem® dressings, announce the release of a new finger/toe dressing, filling the void for clinicians who are greatly challenged when placing wound dressings on fingers and toes. The new dressing is uniquely designed to easily roll on to fingers and toes. When applied, the dressings help reduce bruising, persistent and procedure-related wound pain, inflammation and swelling related to contusions, sprains, open wounds or surgical sites.

“It is always a challenge to explain the level of disability to an athlete or coach when speaking about a finger or toe.” said Ed Ryan, ATC, Director, Medical Liaison, and Sports Medicine Coordinator for Ferris. “Recently, I’ve been using the PolyMem Finger/Toe Dressing with much better results in managing the swelling and reducing the pain and thereby improving function. Using the sterile dressing over open wounds covers the digit, provides the perfect healing environment, and helps relieve pain and reduce swelling. Following a closed injury, such as an inter-phalangeal joint sprain, the dressings are perfect for an athlete to wear while sleeping as well as during practice or a game. Keeping athletes in the game is what we do. For finger and toe injuries, the PolyMem Finger/Toe dressing is a real game changer.”

Approaches to dressing changes with other dressings are often very painful. PolyMem finger/toe dressing changes are virtually pain-free because the dressings are designed to be non-adherent to the wound bed. In addition, they usually eliminate the need for the patients to have wounds manually cleansed during dressing changes since the dressings provide pain-free continuous cleansing while the dressing is in contact with the wound.

PolyMem is an innovative, adaptable and multifunctional wound dressing. People have benefitted from the dressings for over 20 years in hospitals, clinics, offices, community care, and stadiums.