Venturi Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

The Venturi has been designed specifically to provide negative pressure wound therapy using the latest technologies and incorporating a number of unique features that will benefit both the clinician and patient.

NPWT is applied utilising the Venturi™ wound sealing kit and follows the therapy application technique first described by Chariker and Jeter et al. in 1989, using saline-moistened gauze, a silicone drain and clear, semi-permeable adhesive film, together with lower pressures, usually between 60-80 mmHg.

 Features

• Easy to use pump unit with dual power technology offering a seamless choice of mains or battery operation.
• Integral battery charge optimized providing long lasting battery life
• User friendly LCD display with soft touch function buttons
• Auto lock out functions
• 600ml canister with solidifier and hydrophobic and carbon bacterial filters
• Secure canister attachment with alarms
• Clear canister level markings
• Canister full alarms with overflow protection
• Low pressure alarm
• Low battery alarms
• Secure drain attachment
• Stop valve seals on silicone drains
• Range of wound sealing kits
• Wound sealing kits comprise gauze, saline, a choice of silicone drain, clear, semi-permeable adhesive film dressing, adhesive gel patch and connection tubing with clamp
• A choice of flat or channel drains are available, together with a choice of gauze sizes, allowing the clinician to select a treatment kit tailored to the wound type being treated
• The soft and flexible silicone drains can be cut to length for a custom fit
• The flat drain is an all purpose drain, suitable for shallow or deep wounds with minimal to heavy drainage and is used for the majority of wound types including dehisced surgical wounds and pressure ulcers
• Flat drain wound care sets are available in standard, large and abdominal sizes
• The channel drain is used for managing sinuses and wounds with tunnelling or undermining and can be placed directly down the sinus tract or coiled to fit undermined wounds
• The channel drain’s one piece design ensures safe intact removal from the sinus tract
• Channel drain wound care sets are available in standard size
• The wound sealing kits also include Talley’s unique hydrogel adhesive patch to help ensure an airtight seal where the drain exits the wound
• The hydrogel patch has a highly breathable low trauma acrylic skin adhesive on both sides. which is particularly suited to contact with skin, protecting the peri-wound area and minimising skin damage on dressing change
• The semi-permeable adhesive film dressing ensures an excellent airtight seal around the dressing
• Watch the Venturi demonstration movie

 Case Studies

• Helena Foster - NPWT - An alternative approach
• Helena Foster (DG) - 3 clinical evaluation
• Lindsey Bullough - Case Study on a Dehisced Surgical Abdomen
• James Barratt RGN - Bridging the Gap - An Alternative
• Fiona Kelly TVN & Helena Foster RGN - Clinical case study on a Dehisced Abdominal Wound
• Glenn Smith RN (MH) BN (Hons) TVN & Jackie Bone RGN - The use of negative pressure and AMD™ gauze
• Lindsey Bullough TVN & Helena Foster RGN - Managing the open abdomen using the VENTURI™
• Carolyn Wheatley Venturi™ case study on a patient in the community
• Avoiding amputation using the Venturi™ pump
• Glenn Smith RN (MH) BN (Hons) - Five case studies demonstrating Negative Pressure Wound Therapy using the gauze-based dressing technique
• Rommel Orig TVN - Case study of an abdominal wound
• Management of a cavity wound using TNP and Aquafiber
• Managing a Stage 4 pressure ulcer using the Venturi Negative Pressure Wound Therapy system
• The use of negative pressure wound treatment as an aid in plastic surgery on a traumatised foot
• Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the infected traumatic vascular lesion
• The use of a Venturi Negative Pressure Wound Therapy unit in a case of necrotising cellulitis
• Clinical Evidence Abstracts
• Jen Agosti - NPWT for treatment of heel pressure ulcer
• Jen Agosti - NPWT for closure of abdominal wound
• Jen Agosti - Comfortable NPWT using the Venturi
• Pam Spruce - NPWT- A process for Procurement (EWMA 09 poster)
• Pam Spruce - Evaluating the Quality of a NPWT Device (EWMA 09 poster)
• Keaney Medical - case study on a pilonoidal using the VENTURI

 Venturi Forms

• Venturi Order Form (Right click, Save Target As)
• Letter of Medical Necessity for Additional Venturi Supplies
• Venturi Discharge Form
• Venturi Monthly Wound Progess Form
• Venturi Multiple Wound Profile Form
• Using the VENTURI™ NPWT system Poster
• Venturi clinical guidelines manual
• Venturi Leaflet [PDF – 832KB]
• Using the Wound Care set [PDF – 264KB]
• Wound Care Set Leaflet [PDF – 420KB]

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