KCI V.A.C.® Dressings

When used on open wounds, the 3M™ V.A.C.® Dressing Kit with the 3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy System is intended to create an environment that promotes wound healing by secondary or tertiary (delayed primary) intention by preparing the wound bed for closure, reducing edema, promoting granulation tissue formation and perfusion, and by removing exudate and infectious material. Open wound types are: acute and subacute dehisced wounds, traumatic wounds, partial-thickness burns, flaps, grafts and chronic diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers and venous insufficiency ulcers. When used on closed surgical incisions, the 3M™ V.A.C.® Dressing Kit is intended to manage the environment of surgical incisions that continue to drain following sutured or stapled closure by maintaining a closed environment and removing exudates via the application of negative pressure wound therapy. V.A.C. GRANUFOAM Bridge Dressing and V.A.C SIMPLACE Dressing featuring GRANUFOAM Spiral Dressing are used on open wounds only.