Research Triangle Park, N.C., November 5, 2008 Conventional cotton gauze has long been the standard for controlling bleeding, but Entegrions Stasilon dressing will soon change how consumers care for wounds. Entegrion has just announced that LC Industries of Durham, N.C., will handle consumer sales of Stasilon - FR through its secure online ordering system. First responders, medical professionals and military personal are already using Stasilon - FR to quickly stops blood loss of both major and minor wounds.
While Stasilon was originally created for the military in consultation with the U.S. Office of Navel Research, it can also be extremely useful at home or on the jobsite for minor abrasions or to stabilize more serious injuries while seeking professional medical help. Uncontrolled bleeding is the second leading cause of death in the United States, after trauma, and more than 6 million bleeding wounds are treated annually by trauma and emergency rooms in the U.S. Unlike absorbent cotton, the combination of glass and bamboo used in the dressings fibers trigger the bodys natural mechanisms for hemorrhage control by rapidly constricting and clotting damaged blood vessels. Wounds become stabilized and blood loss is drastically reduced.
Stasilon - FR is a wound dressing cleared by the FDA for use by individuals in virtually any environment. No training or special instructions are required. You simply open the package, apply the dressing to the wound and maintain firm pressure. These innovative wound dressings are available for purchase in quantities of 10 in a four-inch or two-inch square size. Visit www.entegrion.com to order.
About LC Industries
LC Industries is a North Carolina not-for-profit corporation that operates under the Javits-Wagner-ODay (JWOD) Act, and is currently the largest employer of people who are blind in the United States. In the mid-1990s, LC Industries took advantage of an opportunity to create new jobs for the visually impaired at Fort Bragg. Today, this partnership of employing people who are blind in retail settings, while providing the military with the supplies they need, has proven to be a mutually beneficial program. The AbilityOne (formerly JWOD) program now boasts more than 130 base supply centers on military and civilian installations across the country. LC Industries operates 27 of these base supply centers, supporting every branch of the military.
About Entegrion
Entegrion is a life sciences company that selectively integrates synergistic technologies with those in its patent portfolio for development of novel devices and drugs for hemorrhage control, resuscitation and associated tissue repair. The company is based in North Carolinas Research Triangle Park, and is the inventor of Stasilon the hemostatic medical textile technology cleared by the FDA for use by prescription and also by consumers from which multiple hemorrhage control products are being made.
Building upon technologies licensed from the University of North Carolina, Entegrions portfolio includes platelet-derived platform technologies that are being developed as topical gels and sprays for tissue repair, infusible hemostatic agents for the control of internal hemorrhage, and novel vehicles for delivery of drugs to targeted tumors and other sites of internal bleeding. Entegrion has also developed proprietary techniques for drying plasma and other blood components to provide for long shelf life with rapid rehydration for emergent and clinical use. For more information, visit www.entegrion.com.
