ACell, Inc. Announces Distribution Agreement with Southmedic, Incorporated
January 11, 2017 at 11:30 am
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ACell, Inc. announced a distribution agreement with Southmedic, Incorporated. Under the agreement, ACell will be the exclusive US distributor of Southmedic's Dynamic Tissue Systems (DTS) product line. Additionally, this agreement establishes Southmedic as the exclusive Canadian distributor of ACell's current line of medical devices. The DTS product portfolio includes six devices designed to facilitate faster wound closure in a variety of clinical situations. The devices provide dynamic appositional forces, or cyclic stretching, which relax the natural retraction of open wounds through mechanical stretch. Chronic cyclic stretching leads to constructive remodeling, including tissue generation and adaptation.
ACell Inc is a United States-based company that provides wound management solutions. The Company offers a range of products, including Cytal Burn Matrix, which is a medical device used for the management of second degree burns; Cytal Wound Matrix, which is are used for acute wounds and chronic wounds; Gentrix Surgical Matrix, which is used in a range of surgical procedures, including various types of hernia repair, and MicroMatrix, which is used for acute wounds and chronic wounds. The Company uses MatriStem UBM (Urinary Bladder Matrix) technology for the manufacturing of Gentrix, Cytal, and MicroMatrix product lines.