Salient Characteristics.docx

SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS WOUND THERAPY VACUUM UNITS

For purposes of this procurement the following items and salient characteristics are requested:

· Must have Touch Screen Menu

· Must have Therapeutic Programming

· Must have Information feedback from Audible and Visual Alarms

· Must have Instant feedback Negative Pressure Leak Detector with visible leak location cues.

· Must have Continuous monitor pressure feedback at the wound site with continuous negative pressure adjustment.

· Must have History Monitor of alarm, patient, and therapy.

· Must have a 1000cc capacity.

· Must have option for instill therapy.

· Units Must be for Rent with Invoicing to occur monthly only for days in use on a patient.

*This is not a request to purchase

Inpatient NPWT pumps

a. Ability to instill topical medications to wound bed and remove non-viable tissue with specific dressings.

b. Intuitive touch screens with On-Screen User Guide.

c. Accommodates 500ml and 1,000 ml canisters.

d. Four-hour battery life for easier patient transport.

e. Accommodates small and large wounds.

f. Negative Pressure: 50-200 mmHg.

g. Mode of Operation: Continuous and Intermittent.

h. Intensity: 10-50 mmHg/second.

i. Adjustable dressing draws down intensity.

j. Alarms protected from accidental changes.

k. IV pole clamp for increase patient mobility.

l. Continuously monitors and maintains target pressure.

m. System monitors for leaks, blockage, low battery, canister full and adequate negative pressure at wound site

n. NPWT system compensates for pressure variances at the wound site due to patient position, movement, and exudates characteristics.

o. Charcoal filters to help reduce odor.

p. Hydrophobic construction to prevent leaks.

q. Gel packs to solidify wound exudates.

r. Canisters come with gel, tubing, clamp, and connector.

Therapy Accessories

a. Additional adhesive drapes

b. Separate pad and tubing to connect from dressing to canister.

c. Y-Connector to connect two or more dressings.

d. Tubing cap to secure canister tubing when not in use.

Dressings

a. Provides direct and complete contact with the wound bed.

b. Actively promotes tissue granulation at the cellular level.

c. Induces macrostrain and micro strain to promote granulation tissue formation.

d. Flexibility to adapt to the contours of deep and irregularly shaped wounds.

e. Dressing design/pore size provides uniform distribution of negative pressure (NPWT) at the wound site

f. Pore structure and material helps facilitate exudates and infectious material removal.

g. Compresses under negative pressure to help draw wound edges together.

h. Multiple dressing options engineered for specific wound applications.

i. Uncomplicated wounds

j. Dressings for vessel, nerve, bone, organ protection

k. Dressings for tunnel wounds

l. Dressings for open abdomen

m. Dressings for extremity/hand wounds

n. Instillation of medication to wound bed capability.

o. Silver and/or antimicrobial dressings