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Description

Links Medical Products, Inc. Links Medical Pivot Silicone Foam Border Dressing & Silicone Foam Border Sacral Dressing. PIVOT Silicone Foam Border is a gentle, conformable foam dressing with a wound facing perforated silicone layer and silicone adhesive border. The customized foam matrix maximizes exudate absorption and retention while maintaining structure and conformability. The perforated silicone layer is gentle and does not adhere to the wound thus facilitating easy respositioning or removal. PIVOT Silicone Foam Border helps create and maintain a moist wound environment optimal to wound healing.
SKU MPN OPTION DESCRIPTION EST. TO SHIP
LMP-SF4X4B SF4X4B Border Dressing, 4" x 4", 10/ctn Silicone Foam Border Dressing, 4" x 4", 10/ctn 2-3 Business Days
LMP-SF6X6B SF6X6B Border Dressing, 6" x 6", 10/ctn Silicone Foam Border Dressing, 6" x 6", 10/ctn 4-5 Weeks
LMP-SF7X7B SF7X7B Border Sacral Dressing, 7" x 6.8", 10/ctn Silicone Foam Border Sacral Dressing, 7" x 6.8", 10/ctn 4-5 Weeks
LMP-SF2X2B SF2X2B Border Dressing, 2" x 2", 10/ctn Silicone Foam Border Dressing, 2" x 2", 10/ctn 4-5 Weeks
LMP-SF3X3B SF3X3B Border Dressing, 3" x 3", 10/ctn Silicone Foam Border Dressing, 3" x 3", 10/ctn 4-5 Weeks

Frequently asked questions

Does this dressing promote optimal wound healing?

Yes, the PIVOT Silicone Foam Border Dressing is specifically engineered to create and sustain the optimal moist wound environment necessary for effective healing.

This is achieved through several advanced features:

  • Superior Exudate Management: The dressing utilizes a customized foam matrix that maximizes the capacity for exudate absorption and retention. This prevents fluid buildup and helps maintain the ideal moisture balance.
  • Gentle Contact and Removal: The wound contact layer is made of a non-adherent, perforated silicone. This ensures the dressing does not stick to the wound bed, which minimizes trauma, pain, and disruption during dressing changes and facilitates simple repositioning.
  • Conformable Design: The dressing maintains its structure and conformability even when saturated, ensuring consistent contact and protection across various body contours.
How does this dressing ensure optimal healing?

The PIVOT Silicone Foam Border Dressing is engineered specifically to promote optimal wound healing by focusing on advanced exudate management and gentle care. It achieves this through several key features:

  • Maintains Optimal Moisture: The dressing actively creates and sustains a moist wound environment, which is crucial for facilitating the body’s natural healing processes.
  • Maximized Absorption: It utilizes a customized foam matrix that maximizes the capacity for absorbing and retaining wound exudate. This feature helps prevent fluid build-up while maintaining the dressing’s structure and conformability.
  • Non-Adherent Wound Contact: The dressing features a gentle, perforated silicone layer that faces the wound. This silicone prevents adherence to the wound bed, ensuring removal is non-traumatic and allowing for simple repositioning.
  • Conformable Fit: The highly conformable design allows the dressing to fit securely across various body contours, ensuring consistent contact and protection.
Is the perforated silicone layer non-adherent?

Yes, the PIVOT Silicone Foam Border Dressing is specifically designed for gentle wound management.

The dressing features a unique perforated silicone layer that faces the wound bed. This layer is engineered to be non-adherent, ensuring several key benefits:

  • Atraumatic Removal: It prevents adherence to the wound bed, which minimizes trauma and pain during dressing changes.
  • Easy Handling: The non-adherent property facilitates simple repositioning of the dressing after initial placement, if necessary.
  • Optimal Healing Environment: It protects the delicate wound while helping to maintain the crucial moist environment conducive to healing.
Are the foam border dressings available in various sizes?

Yes, the PIVOT Silicone Foam Border Dressings are available in multiple sizes to accommodate diverse wound care needs. All sizes are packaged in cartons containing 10 units.

Available Sizes and Configurations:

  • Standard Border Dressings: Offered in 2” x 2”, 3” x 3”, 4” x 4”, and 6” x 6”.
  • Sacral Dressing: A specialized 7” x 6.8” size, uniquely shaped for the sacral region.
Is the PIVOT silicone foam dressing gentle and non-adherent?

Yes, the PIVOT Silicone Foam Border Dressing is specifically engineered for gentle contact and atraumatic wound management.

Here is how its design maximizes comfort and ease of use:

  • Non-Adherent Wound Layer: The dressing features a perforated silicone layer that contacts the wound bed. This layer is gentle and is designed specifically not to adhere to the healing tissue, minimizing trauma during removal or repositioning.
  • Easy Removal and Repositioning: Because the wound contact layer is non-adherent, handling the dressing is simple, allowing for easy removal and changes with minimal disturbance to the wound.
  • High Conformability: The foam matrix maintains its structure even when saturated, and the dressing is highly conformable to body contours, ensuring a secure yet comfortable fit.
Is a specific sacral configuration available?

Yes, the PIVOT line includes a dedicated Border Sacral Dressing configuration.

This specialized dressing is specifically shaped (7” x 6.8”) to conform well to the sacral region, ensuring excellent coverage and comfort. It ships in cartons containing 10 units.

Key features of this sacral dressing include:

  • Maximized Absorption: It uses a customized foam matrix engineered for high exudate absorption and retention capacity.
  • Gentle Contact: The perforated silicone layer is gentle on the skin and prevents adherence to the wound bed, facilitating easy and non-traumatic removal or repositioning.
  • Optimal Healing: Designed to maintain a moist environment, which is critical for promoting the wound healing process.
Is the PIVOT dressing highly conformable?

Yes, the PIVOT Silicone Foam Border Dressing features a highly conformable design. This allows the dressing to effectively adapt to various body contours and uneven body surfaces. The high level of conformability ensures both a secure fit and optimal contact with the wound bed, which is crucial for maintaining the necessary moist healing environment.

Does the dressing offer high absorbency?

Yes, the PIVOT Silicone Foam Border Dressing is specifically engineered for maximized absorption.

It features a customized foam matrix designed to maximize the absorption and retention of wound exudate. This capability is essential for creating and maintaining the moist wound environment required for optimal healing.

How many dressings are in a carton?

All configurations of the PIVOT Silicone Foam Border Dressing and Sacral Dressing are packaged with 10 dressings per carton. This quantity applies universally across all available sizes and shapes, including the standard border dressings and the specialized sacral dressing format.

What special materials make this dressing gentle?

This dressing is constructed using specialized, high-quality materials designed to promote effective healing while ensuring gentle, non-traumatic application and removal.

The key components include:

  • Customized Foam Matrix: This highly effective core maximizes the absorption and retention of wound exudate, maintaining structural integrity even when saturated.
  • Perforated Silicone Layer: This is the key material for gentle contact. It is intentionally non-adherent to the wound bed, which facilitates easy, atraumatic repositioning or removal.
  • Silicone Adhesive Border: This border provides secure and reliable fixation around the wound site.

This material combination actively helps create and maintain the optimal moist wound environment crucial for the healing process.