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CUTINOVA™ HYDRO

HYDRO-SELECTIVE™ Dressing

HYDRO-SELECTIVE^◊

As you scroll down this page you will find two activated animations demonstrating one of the most innovative features of CUTINOVA^◊ Hydro - it is HYDRO-SELECTIVE^◊. This means that CUTINOVA^◊ Hydro can selectively absorb mainly water leaving agents important to healing, such as essential growth factors and other proteins, in the wound⁶.

Selective Absorption

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This animation demonstrates the unique ability of CUTINOVA^◊ Hydro to absorb mainly water into its polyurethane gel matrix leaving essential wound healing agents, such as growth factors, in the wound.

Normal Dressing

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This animation demonstrates the normal mode of action of Traditional Dressings which are not selective in terms of absorbency.

The ability of CUTINOVA^◊ Hydro to selectively absorb mainly water from wound fluid has been demonstrated in an in vitro study⁶.

The graph below shows how CUTINOVA^◊ Hydro outperformed other dressings in their ability to absorb mainly H²O from artificial wound fluid (i.e. human plasma) while leaving serum proteins behind⁶. The bars represent the concentration of protein and growth factors left in the wound. These are higher (i.e. a greater concentration) for CUTINOVA^◊ Hydro than for the two hydrocolloids used as comparisons.

CUTINOVA Hydro Hydro Selective Hydrocolloids Comparison