About our project
The problem we solve: Open gaping wounds are a challenge to treat for physicians, surgeons and nurses. Some of them can be closed with skin grafting and skin flaps but these procedures are expensive and cause additional morbidity.
About our solution:
The Tension Traction Device is a wound healing device which is applied around an open wound. It stretches the skin on both sides of the wound so that the wound edges are gradually brought closer. This in addition to regular cleaning and dressing helps in quick healing of the wound.
Progress to
date:We have been using crude version of this device for the last decade with excellent results. We now need funding to try different materials in making the device so that it becomes cheaper and more effective.
About Our Team
Creator: Anuroop Gogi
Location: London, City of
Bio: I am a Physician with specialist interest in Gastroenterology and Metabolic diseases. I have been working in clinical practice for 20 years in UK and India.
Title: Managing Director
About Our Company
Gogi Healthcare Limited
Location: Baydon Court, Durham Avenue
London, KEN BR2 0RF
GB
Founded: 2008
Product
Stage: Prototype/MVP
Employees: 3-5
How We Help Patients
Open gaping wounds, for eg in diabetics, after an accident, after surgery, cause heart-breaking morbidity. Skin grafts and flaps are expensive and cause more pain and suffering. The Tension Traction device reduces this suffering by helping close the wound and avoiding further surgery.
How We Help Physicians
The Tension Traction device benefits Community nurses and General Practitioners immensely. Chronic wounds (such as diabetic ulcers or bed sores) require regular cleaning and dressing. An adjunct such as this device applied during every dressing will reduce the healing time in half.
How We Help Hospitals
The device reduces hospitalization and length of hospital stay. Patients can be taught to apply the Tension Traction device themselves so that pressure on Hospital staff gets reduced.
Innovation Details
Intellectual Property Summary
The phrase "Tension Traction Device" has been trademarked as a wound closure device in perpetuity.
Ideas from this device can be used to create crude versions on medical wards with other materials.
Clinical Information
We have used the device in over 200 patients in the last decade with excellent results. The efficacy can be seen in the accompanying video.
Regulatory Status
Not required.
How we will use the funds raised
The funds are needed to test new materials in the device, their tensile strength, their durability and in comparison to the stainless steel which we are currently using. 3D-printing materials will also be tested. We also plan on sending samples to community nurses and GPs so that the device can be applied during wound dressings and the patients themselves can be taught how to tighten the device gradually so that skin gets stretched.
Thank You
This device will make a big difference to the elderly, diabetics, post-surgical patients and anyone with a opengaping wound. Instead of having further cosmetic surgery such as skin grafting and flaps, the TENSION TRACTION DEVICE utilises the elasticity of the skin to heal the wound. It will also immensely help community nurses, GPs, surgeons and physicians who are involved in wound care.
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