ConvaFoam™ Border Foam Dressing

ConvaFoam™ Border dressings - The simple dressing choice for both skin protection and wound management

ConvaFoam™ Border foam dressings can be used on a multitude of wound types at any stage of the wound journey, making it the simple dressing choice for wound management.

Powered by AQUACEL^® Hydrofiber^® Technology, ConvaFoam™ is the only foam dressing with tried-and-trusted AQUACEL^® Hydrofiber^® Technology. So you can trust that every ConvaFoam™ dressing helps to create an optimal wound healing environment.*

MICRO CONTOURS TO THE WOUND BED TO ELIMINATE DEAD SPACES1,2,3 No wound is flat the hydrofiber layer within the dressings micro-contour and adapt to the wound bed unlike traditional foam dressings.

AQUACEL® HYDROFIBER® TECHNOLOGY LOCKS IN EXUDATE AND BACTERIA4,5,6 By locking in wound exudate, ConvaFoam™ dressings mirror the wound surface, reducing lateral spread and helping prevent maceration of the peri-wound skin even under compression.

BALANCES HEALING*7 • Reduced/resolved maceration • Allows supported removal of sloughy tissue • Clear signs of granulation tissue formation.

All wounds are a little different, varying in shape, size, location. You need a dressing that’s versatile and can be tailored to any anatomical location.ConvaFoam™ Border dressings can be cut to aid application in difficult to dress areas⁸, and feature patterned film for exudate monitoring within the dressing and may help optimize changes³.

*Not applicable to ConvaFoam™Silicone dressing

<sup>1. WHRI8051 MS173 In-vitro Performance Characteristics of ConvaFoam
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3. Hoekstra MJ, Hermans MH, Richters CD, Dutrieux RP. A histological comparison of acute inflammatory responses with a hydrofibre
or tulle gauze dressing. J Wound Care. 2002;11(3):113 117.
4. Bowler PG, Jones SA, Davies BJ, Coyle E. Infection control properties
of some wound dressings. J Wound Care. 1999;8(10):499 502.
5. Walker M, Hobot JA, Newman GR, Bowler PG. Scanning electron
microscopic examination of bacterial immobilisation in a carboxymethyl cellulose (AQUACEL®) and alginate dressings. Biomaterials.
2003;24(5):883 890.
6. Waring MJ, Parsons D. Physico chemical characterisation of carboxymethylated spun cellulose fibres.
Biomaterials. 2001;22(9):903 912.
7. AQUACEL® Foam & AQUACEL® Ag Foam Product Monograph
8. Sen CK. Human Wound and its Burden: Updated 2020 Compendium of Estimates. Adv Wound Care 2021 May;10(5):281-292.</sup>