Product combines fish-skin grafts and silicone for soft-tissue repair
ARLINGTON, VA and REYKJAVIK, Iceland – December 27, 2024
Kerecis, the company pioneering the use of sustainably sourced fish skin and fatty acids in cellular therapy and tissue regeneration and protection, today announced the availability of SurgiClose® Silicone, which combines a fish-skin graft and silicone backing for efficient treatment of surgical and trauma wounds.
SurgiClose® Silcone is a part of the SurgiClose® product family, which is intact fish-skin intended for the management of trauma wounds and surgical wounds in the operating room. The new product is available in two variations, SurgiClose® Silicone Adhesive with borders that overlap the fish-skin underneath and SurgiClose® Silicone Standard with non-overlapping borders.
Applying Kerecis fish-skin to a surgical or trauma wound is a multi-step process that often requires supporting products such as sutures, staples, surgical tapes, contact layers, and wound-dressings. The new SurgiClose® Silicone product combines the fish-skin with a silicone-contact layer and thus eliminates the need for one of the supporting products. This makes the workflow in the surgical theater simpler and more cost effective.
Fertram Sigurjonsson, founder and CEO of Kerecis
