MARIETTA, Ga., Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), a leading developer and marketer of regenerative and therapeutic biologics, today announced that five poster abstracts highlighting studies on the Company's EpiFix® dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Membrane (dHACM) allograft and EpiCord® dehydrated human umbilical cord (dHUC) allograft will be presented at the 2018 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Fall (SAWC Fall) at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. The SAWC, now in its 31st year, is the official meeting for members of The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care and the leading national wound healing conference.
The conference begins Friday, November 2nd and concludes on Sunday, November 4th. MiMedx will be exhibiting in booth #207 during all booth times throughout the three-day meeting.
MiMedx will also sponsor a Breakfast Symposium entitled, "PURION® Processed Placental Based Allografts – The Use of Bioactive Tissue Matrices in the Treatment of Wounds," on Friday, November 2nd, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The presenters during the breakfast symposium will include:
The five poster abstracts will report on clinical studies of MiMedx EpiFix and EpiCord and chronicle independent case studies relative to MiMedx allografts. The five abstracts will consist of:
1. Highest Scoring Clinical Research Abstract - William Tettelbach, MD; Shawn Cazzell, DPM; Felix Sigal, DPM; Joseph M. Caporusso, DPM; Patrick S. Agnew, DPM; Jason Hanft, DPM; Cyaandi Dove, DPM: A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Controlled Comparative Parallel Study of Dehydrated Human Umbilical Cord Allograft for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
2. William Tettelbach, MD; Shawn Cazzell, DPM; Alexander M. Reyzelman, DPM; Felix Sigal, DPM; Joseph M. Caporusso, DPM; Patrick S. Agnew, DPM: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study Confirming the Efficacy of Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Membrane Allograft in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
3. Jennifer Lei, PhD; Jenn D. Bullard; Jeremy J. Lim, PhD; Michelle Massee; Anna M. Fallon, PhD; Thomas J. Koob, PhD: Evaluation of Dehydrated Human Umbilical Cord Biological Properties for Wound Care and Soft Tissue Healing
4. John Barbour, MD; F. Raymond Ortega, MD: Augmenting Outcomes in Amputation Stump Surgery – Usage of Amniotic Allograft for Protection of Nerve Coaptation and Prevention of Terminal Stump Wound Healing Issues
5. Stefanie Generao, MSN, FNP-BC: Recalcitrant Chronic Vascular Malformation Ulcer of the Lower Extremity Successfully Treated with Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Allograft and Compression Therapy
About MiMedx
MiMedx® is a leading biopharmaceutical company developing and marketing regenerative and therapeutic biologics utilizing human placental tissue allografts with patent-protected processes for multiple sectors of healthcare. The Company processes the human placental tissue utilizing its proprietary PURION® process methodology, among other processes, to produce allografts by employing aseptic processing techniques in addition to terminal sterilization. MiMedx has supplied over 1.3 million allografts to date. For additional information, please visit www.mimedx.com.
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The conference begins Friday, November 2nd and concludes on Sunday, November 4th. MiMedx will be exhibiting in booth #207 during all booth times throughout the three-day meeting.
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MiMedx will also sponsor a Breakfast Symposium entitled, "PURION® Processed Placental Based Allografts – The Use of Bioactive Tissue Matrices in the Treatment of Wounds," on Friday, November 2nd, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The presenters during the breakfast symposium will include:
- Michelle Massee, Manager of Biomedical Research, MiMedx
- William Tettelbach, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, MiMedx
- James Stavosky, DPM
The five poster abstracts will report on clinical studies of MiMedx EpiFix and EpiCord and chronicle independent case studies relative to MiMedx allografts. The five abstracts will consist of:
1. Highest Scoring Clinical Research Abstract - William Tettelbach, MD; Shawn Cazzell, DPM; Felix Sigal, DPM; Joseph M. Caporusso, DPM; Patrick S. Agnew, DPM; Jason Hanft, DPM; Cyaandi Dove, DPM: A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Controlled Comparative Parallel Study of Dehydrated Human Umbilical Cord Allograft for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
2. William Tettelbach, MD; Shawn Cazzell, DPM; Alexander M. Reyzelman, DPM; Felix Sigal, DPM; Joseph M. Caporusso, DPM; Patrick S. Agnew, DPM: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study Confirming the Efficacy of Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Membrane Allograft in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
3. Jennifer Lei, PhD; Jenn D. Bullard; Jeremy J. Lim, PhD; Michelle Massee; Anna M. Fallon, PhD; Thomas J. Koob, PhD: Evaluation of Dehydrated Human Umbilical Cord Biological Properties for Wound Care and Soft Tissue Healing
4. John Barbour, MD; F. Raymond Ortega, MD: Augmenting Outcomes in Amputation Stump Surgery – Usage of Amniotic Allograft for Protection of Nerve Coaptation and Prevention of Terminal Stump Wound Healing Issues
5. Stefanie Generao, MSN, FNP-BC: Recalcitrant Chronic Vascular Malformation Ulcer of the Lower Extremity Successfully Treated with Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Allograft and Compression Therapy
About MiMedx
MiMedx® is a leading biopharmaceutical company developing and marketing regenerative and therapeutic biologics utilizing human placental tissue allografts with patent-protected processes for multiple sectors of healthcare. The Company processes the human placental tissue utilizing its proprietary PURION® process methodology, among other processes, to produce allografts by employing aseptic processing techniques in addition to terminal sterilization. MiMedx has supplied over 1.3 million allografts to date. For additional information, please visit www.mimedx.com.
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