Chandler company has created a new miracle bandage

A Chandler company has created a new bandage that some call a miracle.

Vomaris Innovations, formerly known as Silverleaf Medical Products, says its Prosit bandage has tiny batteries that start micro-electric currents when the wet bandage is applied to a wound.

"And, this electrical activity then kills bacteria, keeps the wound clean and, in the studies we've had so far, have shown that this stimulates the wounds to heal," said company president and CEO Jeffry Skiba.

Skiba said the bandage, currently available by prescription for about $100 a box, can help heal severe wounds.

"We've added technology to the surface, so the surface of the bandage or dressing, if you will, becomes more of a medical device."

Skiba recalled one case in which the Prosit bandage produced miraculous results.

"The individual had lost his right leg to amputation, was scheduled to lose his left leg, he was already diagnosed by doctors in the hospital. With three weeks of treatment with this product, he was not amputated. He still has his leg today."

Doctors in South Carolina are using the bandage to treat nursing home patients.

"They're putting it on a variety of pressure wounds, pressure ulcers. They're finding the pain is universally controlled and that the wounds are healing up nicely."

Dr. Robert Frykberg, chief of podiatry at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Phoenix, plans to conduct a clinical trial on use of the bandage for diabetic food wounds. Prosit also is being tested by Dr. Scott Sheftel, a Tucson dermatologist.

Prosit was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2006 as an antimicrobial barrier to infection.

Among those who has tested the product is Dr. Robert Frykberg, chief of podiatry at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Administration Medical Center in Phoenix. He is preparing to conduct a clinical trial on use of the bandage for diabetic food wounds. Dr. Scott Sheftel, a Tucson dermatologist, also is testing the product.

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