ADVANCIS MEDICAL is a UK-based company offering a choice of dressings to promote progressive and acceptable healing throughout all phases of the wound healing process. These include Activon medical Manuka honey.
The Activon dressings – Activon Tulle, Algivon, Activon Tube and Actilite – are all antibacterial. They debride and deslough, combat malodour and promote healing. A recent addition to the range is a moisturising balm with Activon honey called Actibalm. The Silfix soft silicone range comprises Silflex, Episil, Episil Absorbent, Advasil conform, and Eclypse Adherent. These are atraumatic wound dressings, designed to address the issue of pain at dressing change with wound contact dressings, absorbent and non-absorbent, that protect the wound. The Silfix range now also includes Siltape and Eclypse Adherent Sacral. Other Advancis dressing technologies include high exudate management, fluid management, de-sloughing and moisture balance dressings in the form of Eclypse, Eclypse Boot, Advadraw, Advadraw Spiral, Advazorb Plus and Adva-co.