Accel-Heal® is a medical device that promotes and stimulates healing in leg ulcers through the use of electroceutical energy.
Developed and designed with ease of clinical application and patient comfort in mind, Accel-Heal® delivers a sequence of pre-programmed, low level and sub-sensory electrical energy through the skin surface. This helps to reduce the inflammation and improve cell migration to the ulcer site resulting in tissue repair.
The cost effectiveness of using Accel-Heal® in clinical practice was evaluated in a recent prospective, non-blinded study of 30 venous leg ulcers (28 patients with 1 VLU and 1 patient with 2 VLUs).
In the study, for the population of ulcers that healed:
- Total costs post application of Accel-Heal® were 35% lower than costs prior to the application of Accel-Heal® . Consequently, treating ulcers at the optimum point in a care pathway would result in an annual saving of at least 35%
- For the population of 30 ulcers as a whole, nurse visits were down 34% and the number of dressings was down 26%
- All patients demonstrated either complete healing or a reduction in wound size
Full details of the study can be accessed here.
