We'll be at EUMS 2023!
We’re looking forward to exhibiting at the annual European Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit (EUMS) from 3rd – 6th September in Paris.
Visit us at booth no. 5 and see the SteriPlas Cold Plasma medical device for LVAD infections on demonstration. With the strongest clinical evidence to date and our top reputation, we remain the leader of Cold Plasma medicine and continue to free hospitals and patients from the burden of LVAD infections.
Day 2 of the SCTS
It's Day 2 of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in GB & Ireland (SCTS) conference and we've been overwhelmed with all your interest in our Cold Plasma medical device, the SteriPlas. Visit us at booth 18 to learn more about how to bring the benefits of our medical device to your hospital.
Mr Schlöglhofer to present SteriPlas at the ISHLT
Congratulations to Thomas Schlöglhofer from the Medical University of Vienna for his continued success of using our medical device to treat infections in LVAD patients. He will be presenting at The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) conference in April to deliver the great results he has so far achieved.
His presentation, “Cold Atmospheric Plasma Therapy: A Powerful Tool for Treating Driveline Infections in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients” will be during the “Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs: Fighting Infection in VADs Any Way We Can” Session on Wednesday 19th April between 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM.
We hope you will be there too to see him deliver his promising results.
For more information on how our medical device is fighting against multi resistant bacteria and biofilm in LVAD patients.
Dr H. Rotering presenting SteriPlas DSWI efficacy at Herzmidizin 2023 conference
Dr Heinrich Rotering will be presenting at the Herzmedizin 2023 conference on 14th February 2023. His presentation, “Tissue saving – Plasma based treatment concept for sternal infection including one year follow-up” will show the benefits of our SteriPlas cold plasma medical device for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections.
The benefit our cold plasma device has for these chronic wound infections is the ability to give a deep penetration treatment allowing plasma coverage over the wide infected area. As our medical device is the only microwave-powered, argon cold plasma device with a wide 12cm2 treatment size and is contact-free, the overall sessions are quickly completed. The mean wound healing for deep sternal wound infections is 16 days with the SteriPlas.
Contact us at info@adtecplasma.com to learn more about the SteriPlas.
Successful meetings held at the Taiwan Society for Plastic Surgery
We are happy to report an eventful exhibition over the weekend at the Taiwan Society for Plastic Surgery led by our distributor in Taiwan. This is the first time the Adtec SteriPlas has set foot in Taiwan so naturally there was a lot of interest in our medical device. We look forward supporting our distributor for the exciting year ahead.
For more information about our medical device, contact us at info@adtecplasma.com
Deep Sternal Wound Infections (DWSI) and the Adtec SteriPlas
Unlike other cold plasma medical devices currently present on the market, the Adtec SteriPlas is not limited to the treatment of superficial wounds only.
For example, deep sternal wound infections (DSWIs) are a potentially devastating complication of median sternotomy performed in cardiac surgery. These large wound cavities are prone to infections and there is a concerningly high morbidity and mortality rate associated to these patients. The use of conventional therapies alone has shown to not always be successful and expensive muscle flap surgery is usually required.
The large 12cm2 treatment area of the Adtec SteriPlas covers a greater surface area of the wound compared to its competitors. This allows the benefit of a quick 2 minute treatment time for every 12cm2 covered. Because of its propulsion towards the treatment site, the cold plasma components work quickly to defeat bacteria and allow the management of the infection. The use of the Adtec SteriPlas has shown to accelerate healing rates and prevent the need for expensive surgery options that would otherwise have been needed.
It has been praised as a lifesaving medical device and is now widely used across multiple hospitals for the management of DWSIs.
Safe UV and Reactive Species levels only with the Adtec SteriPlas
As a leading medical device company, the crucial balance of safety and clinical efficacy are a top priority. We are always conducting tests to demonstrate the approved safety and reliability of the Adtec SteriPlas but to also learn new ways to improve the use of cold plasma in medicine.
Our clinical studies already validate the safety of the Adtec SteriPlas, including its low-level UV and reactive species produced from the cold plasma. These two components are imperative for the physical destruction of bacteria, however, too much of a good thing can also be relatively damaging like that observed with cold plasma jet/pens and battery powered cold plasma devices.
Measured across multiple distances, the UV light produced is well below the ICNIRP limit of 30 J/m2 and the reactive species produced are well below the occupational limits set by NIOSH and UK HSE. The Adtec SteriPlas continues to be one of the only cold plasma medical devices that puts patient and user safety first with no reported side effects and promising clinical efficacy from every treatment conducted.
For more information about the Adtec SteriPlas, send us an email at info@adtecplasma.com
Herz medizin 2021
We look forward to supporting Dr Heinrich Rotering’s presentation, “Avoiding sternal wire removal in early onset of sternal site infection - Two years experience with an optimized treatment concept using cold atmospheric plasma“ at the Annual scientific meeting of the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery. His presentation will discuss the strong benefits of using the Adtec SteriPlas for complicated sternal wound infections in cardiac patients.
The conference will be held virtually between 26-28 February: https://www.dgthg.de/de/jahrestagung
Adtec SteriPlas for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections and infected drivelines
The Adtec SteriPlas has already been well documented for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections and infected drivelines. Separate studies from two leading hospitals in Germany (University Hospital Munster and University Hospital Heidelberg) have recorded the strong efficacy of our cold plasma treatment on these problematic conditions. Due to the original difficulty of managing these chronic infections using standard therapies along with the high rate of morbidity and mortality, it is no wonder why the Adtec SteriPlas has been chosen as the preferred treatment method.
You can read more about its story in the latest addition of the Chirurgische Allgemeine magazine: eSD_AdTecPlasma
Surgical site infections treated with the Adtec SteriPlas
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are still a severe complication after cardiac surgery with a mortality estimated range of up to 40% of cases. These post-operative wounds are generally associated with longer hospital stay and the delayed or inadequate therapeutic measures can lead to avoidable hospital costs for the healthcare system. The significant cost burden on the hospital for a single SSI case is €36,000. 1
It has already been shown that the Adtec SteriPlas is effective due to its increased penetration depth in SSIs to defeat bacteria even under a layer of biofilm independently to their resistance profile. This includes multi-resistant bacteria that have shown little or no response to antibiotics previously. In combination with advanced negative pressure wound treatment (aNPWT), the Adtec SteriPlas has been praised as a “tissue saving approach” offering patients a favourable treatment method for these complicated and chronic wounds compared to conventional treatment therapies. 2
Studies conducted using the Adtec SteriPlas have shown a significant decrease in the mortality rate coupled with accelerated healing. Patients with infected drivelines such as those with left ventricular assist devices have healed in as quick as 1 week, and patients with sternal SSIs have healed in as quick as 6 days. 2,3
Both patients and doctors have praised the Adtec SteriPlas for its exceptional ability at delivering promising results leading to healing.
Be sure to contact us for more information and to see how our medical device may benefit your patients.
- H. Rotering, Cold atmospheric plasma – New options for infection control in wound management, EWMA 2016.
- H. Rotering, Cold atmospheric plasma and advanced Negative Pressure Wound Treatment – First results of a tissue saving approach for deep surgical site infections, EACTS 2018.
- H. Rotering, Das infizierte Implantat, Komplexe Wundbehandlung – Kaltes atmospherisches Plasma und advanced NPWT in der Herzchirurgie, Chirurgie 2019.