PolyRemedy Inc. from Concord, Massachusetts is working on a personalized wound care system that will help managing chronic wounds by using informatics and personalized dressing that are delivered to the patient’s front door. The first part of company’s product is an assessment tool that simplifies and standardizes assessment of wounds and automates dressing selection based on expert protocols. When ready, it automatically orders the dressing from PolyRemedy. The patient receives a custom-sized dressing with optimal levels of absorbency, hydration, and oxygen permeability, labeled with patient’s name and treatment date. The last part is a real-time feedback and alerts system for the treating physician, that provides feedback on the patient’s healing trajectory. It all sounds sophisticated, but we are still skeptical if this will lead to any improvements in actual patient care compared to the good old wound nurse. The company just finished a financing round, so we will still have to wait some time to find out.
Company homepage: PolyRemedy…