UltraMIST PatientBrochure

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ARE YOU

SUFFERING FROM A
HARD-TO-HEAL
WOUND?

Expedite Your Wound Healing


With UltraMIST
Do You Have a Wound
That Has Not Healed?
Do you ever experience
pain in your wound?

Has your wound gotten infected?

Do you have difficulty doing your daily


activities because of your wound?

Have you had your


wound for a long time?

Chronic Wounds
Non-Healing Wounds Can Be Challenging
Chronic wounds may persist for weeks, months,
or years. If you have a non-healing wound, you
may experience1:
• Pain
• Infection
• Dead tissue in your wound
• Delayed healing

Non-Healing Wounds Could Be Caused By:


• Poor blood flow
• Diabetes
• Pressure
• Poor nutrition
• Infection (or high levels of bacteria)
• Inflammation

Ask your healthcare provider


how often you should be treated
with UltraMIST Therapy.
What Is UltraMIST Therapy? Wound Treatment
What Type of Wounds Can UltraMIST
Therapy Be Used For?
UltraMIST Therapy has been clinically proven
to promote the healing process across a wide
range of chronic and acute wounds, including:
• Venous leg ulcers
• Pressure ulcers
• Diabetic foot ulcers
• Deep tissue pressure injuries
UltraMIST® • Surgical wounds

Clinically Proven Treatment How Long Does the Treatment Take?


UltraMIST® Therapy is a clinically proven • The treatment time takes between
treatment that delivers low-energy 3-20 minutes depending upon the size
of your wound.
ultrasound to your wound. A fluid/saline How Does UltraMIST Therapy Work? • UltraMIST Therapy can be used alone or
mist is used to deliver the ultrasound, so
Sometimes wounds will “stall,” which slows with your current treatment in the hospital
there is no direct contact to the wound. or outpatient clinic.
down the healing process. Ultrasound energy
Unlike most wound products that just helps “jump-start” the cells in the wound and
treat the surface, the sound waves of begin the healing process. What Additional Information Do
UltraMIST Therapy penetrate into and I Need to Know?
• The ultrasound waves can also reduce the
below the wound to promote your Please advise your healthcare provider if
bacteria (found in all wounds) that can
normal healing process. you have an electronic implant/prosthesis,
slow healing.² are pregnant, or have a malignancy prior to
• Because it does not require contact with the receiving UltraMIST Therapy treatment.
wound, UltraMIST is painless to apply. Some
UltraMIST may result in tingling and/or
studies have even shown reduced pain after
redness at the treatment site.
UltraMIST Therapy is applied.1,3

Ask your healthcare provider if UltraMIST Therapy is right for you.


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Medical Journal References


1. Gibbons G, Orgill D, Serena T, Novoung A, O’Connell J, Li W, Driver V. A Prospective,
Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing the Effects of Noncontact, Low-frequency
Ultrasound to Standard Care in Healing Venous Leg Ulcers. Ostomy and Wound Manage.
2015;61(1):16-29.
2. Serena T, Lee SK, Lam K, Attar P, Meneses P, Ennis W. The Impact of Noncontact,
Nonthermal, Low-Frequency Ultrasound on Bacterial Counts in Experimental and Chronic
Wounds. Ostomy Wound Manage.2009; 55(1):22-30.
3. Driver V, Yao M, Miller C. Noncontact Low-Frequency Ultrasound Therapy in the Treatment
of Chronic Wounds: A Meta-Analysis. Wound Repair Regen. July-Aug 2011;19(4):475-80.

MK2044.003 (06/2021)

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