Latest ostomy system advancement in soft
convexity
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Convatec, a
leading global medical products and technologies company, today
announces that it has launched Esteem Body™ with Leak Defense™ in
the United States.
The use of soft convexity ostomy barriers, starting
post-surgery, is a growing practice fueled in part by global
obesity, which has nearly tripled since 19751. The trend
has driven abdominal topography changes and related challenges for
ostomy care management, such as skin folds and complicated
abdominal contours.
Convatec's new offering to address this growing patient need is
a comprehensive, one-piece, soft convexity ostomy system portfolio
designed to fit a full range of body types and stoma shapes. The
portfolio includes drainable, closed-end, and urostomy pouching
solutions.
There are five principal characteristics2 of
convexity design, with two of these – 'tension location' and
'convex depth' - serving as significant drivers for achieving
clinical goals of stoma protrusion and/or skin flattening.
Convatec's Esteem Body™ offers eight different
combinations of these key characteristics, with four 'tension
locations' (split centrally and peripherally) across two different
'convex depths'. This range gives greater choice and provides the
healthcare provider and ostomate the ability to achieve the best
possible fit, given that each person living with an ostomy is
unique.
Leak Defense™ refers to the exclusive
combination of Convatec's gold-standard adhesives
(Durahesive® and Modified Stomahesive®)
coupled with the comprehensive, soft convexity range, which
together are designed to adapt to the body for a secure seal that
can help prevent leaks and achieve a predictable wear time.
The product also offers Convatec's new 'body' pouch, which comes
in a patented3 '8-shape' that has been designed to sag
less as it fills4. The soft yet water-repellent
'flocking' material, that covers both sides of the pouch, is a warm
gray color that hides content, even when wet, and is also discreet,
even when worn under white clothing. The flocking was selected to
optimise the functionality and discretion of Convatec's new,
modern-looking and feeling pouch design.
Convatec has recently published Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
simulations5 that help visualize how both magnitude and
location, of the tension applied to the ostomy and its surrounding
multi-layer tissue, change in accordance with the product selected.
It was clear how both tension location and convex depth are key
contributors, working together with all convexity characteristics
to achieve clinical stoma management goals. The FEA work is the
foundation for the scientific and translational work Convatec is
doing in ostomy care, and upon which research will be expanded to
support clinicians and ostomates.
Bruno Pinheiro, President & Chief Operating Officer,
Ostomy Care, said: "This launch marks a new chapter in
ostomy care management, and Convatec's return to leading with
data-driven solutions to address evolving, global ostomy care
trends. In line with our promise of forever caring, we have
listened to our customers and delivered with Esteem
Body™, a new, soft convexity system to support the needs
of an increasingly diverse global population. We are thrilled to
present our comprehensive one-piece soft convexity range, combined
with our trusted, gold standard adhesives, and delivered with a
new, modern pouch to help people with an ostomy to live the
life they want with the confidence of Leak Defense™."
For more information, visit
https://www.convatec.com/esteem-body/
- NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Trends in adult
body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled
analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19•2
million participants. Lancet.
2016;387:1377-1396.
- McNichol L, Cobb T, Depaifve Y, Quigley M, Smitka K, Gray,
M. Characteristics of Convex Skin Barriers and Clinical
Application: Results of an International Consensus Panel.
Journal of Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing.
2021;48(6):524-532. According to an International consensus
panel (McNichol and colleagues, 2021), the five characteristics of
convex skin barriers are: depth, tension location, compressibility,
flexibility and slope
- EU Patent No. EP4157163. 12 September
2023. Patent pending in the USA.
- 8-shaped pouches only available on closed and drainable
pouches.
- Waller J, Gowans P, Lord S, et al. (January 11, 2024) Impact of Stoma Baseplate
Convexity on Tension and Compression Around the Stoma Site: A
Finite Element Analysis. Cureus 16(1): e52112.
doi:10.7759/cureus.52112
AP-66716-GBL-ENGU
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About Convatec
Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we
touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies
company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic
conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy
care, continence care and infusion care. With around 10,000
colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100
countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions
provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and
protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and
reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2022 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the
FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please
visit https://www.convatecgroup.com
Contact:
Logan Garrett
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1(423) 519-9979
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