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Bowel Management Systems The consequences of the inability to manage fecal output can range from embarrassment to death. Most individuals take this normal body function for granted and only occasionally experience disruptions (e.g., diarrhea, constipation), but this situation can change drastically when an individual is hospitalized. Overnight, individuals with previously normal defecatory function can suddenly find themselves incontinent and forced to use a bedpan or defecate on themselves as a result of medications and/or restriction to bed rest. The causes for bed rest restrictions of hospitalized patients are many, including accidents resulting in head, spinal cord, neck, back, pelvis or femur injury, and stroke or coma as a result of an overwhelming infection or liver failure. To complicate the situation further, there is a segment of this patient population with open wounds on the perineum from burns, bedsores or necrotizing fasciitis. These wounds are at risk of contamination with each uncontrolled bowel movement. This problem is so serious that some of those suffering from perineal wounds require a diverting colostomy in order to ensure no fecal contamination occurs during the healing of the wounds. Besides complicating existing wounds, fecal leakage and diarrhea increase the risk of perianal excoriation and bedsores. Clearly, the burden and cost of preventing fecal incontinence from negatively impacting morbidity and mortality rates is substantial for the health care system. Yet to date, no viable means of addressing this serious issue has been commercialized-- all the more interesting in light of the fact that urinary management systems are readily available and outinely used. Zassi Medical Evolutions stands poised to provide the solution to this desperate, growing patient population that represents a multi-billion dollar bowel management marketplace. Indwelling Fecal Management System The Indwelling Fecal Management System (IFMS) is designed to safely and reliably divert, collect and contain potentially harmful and corrosive gastrointestinal waste from bedridden and immobilized patients. The first generation product for bowel management has already been successfully clinically tested in over 50 humans (indwell time ranged from 3 to 60 days with a mean indwell time of 12.5 days). The data from the first 32 patients has already been published in the prestigious American peer-review surgical journal Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (August 2001, Volume 44, Number 8). The need to divert, collect and contain stools is of particular relevance to bedridden or immobile patient populations experiencing severe or chronic diarrhea, constipation, impaction, incontinence or those at risk of serious infection resulting from fecal exposure and contamination such as burn, perineal, obstetrical, lower limb or pelvic orthopedic or urological surgery patients. As critical as the diversion of stool is from a clinical perspective, the containment and disposal of feces is equally critical from a hygienic perspective. The IFMS is designed to facilitate the quick and easy collection and containment of all the patients' waste while reducing the possiblity of caregiver exposure to feces and odor. Disposal of waste can easily be achieved by the rapid disconnection of the collection bag from the indwelling catheter. As of May 3, 2002, Zassi won FDA clearance for the Bowel Management Systems product and anticipates that it will be available for sale by the fourth quarter of 2002. The company is presently in negotiations with various leading healthcare firms to establish a worldwide sales, marketing and distribution network. Zassi has a similar arrangement for its Ostomy Management technologies with ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb company. http://www.zassimedical.com/product_info.htm __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --- URG-L Aimeriez-vous obtenir une adresse de courriel @URGENCES.CA? Suivez-le lien http://www.groupegiroux.com/messagerie pour de plus amples informations.
