Use of Comfiwave® in patients with lower limb swelling and ulceration
Comfiwave is a patented compression garment, designed to complement the treatment a patient receives during waking hours.
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Comfiwave is a soft compressive fabric, with a distinctive wave pattern knit. The wave profile creates a pressure differential, that leaves lines/grooves on a patient’s skin that help soften the skin while promoting lymphatic drainage.
Compression to drift-off in
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Comfiwave is a soft compressive fabric, with a distinctive wave pattern knit. The wave profile creates a pressure differential, that leaves lines/grooves on a patient’s skin that help soften the skin while promoting lymphatic drainage.
Patient-friendly
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High air permeability for coolness all year round, day or night.
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Soft, organic cotton against the skin ensures maximum comfort.
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Continue compression therapy overnight in supreme comfort with Comfiwave’s fabric providing gentle compression while you sleep or while relaxing in the day.
Innovative
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3D knitting technology creates a seamless knit which delivers a gentle yet targetted, therapeutic pressure of 15-21mmHg.
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Comfiwave garments use proprietary ‘low-resistance’ yarns which allow them to be effortlessly donned and doffed.
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Comfiwave’s wave patterning mimics the pressure differential massage effect that is ordinarily found in cut-foam, chip-bag style garments.
Real results
Clinical Evidence
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Studies have shown that night-time compression can result in improved sleep and reduced discomfort, reduced oedema, increased blood flow, reduced venous stasis and increased tissue oxygenation.
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Across multiple case studies patients reported Comfiwave to be comfortable and easy to use, which itself would improve concordance with treatment and self-management of oedema.
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Maintenance therapy for longterm oedema control once ulcers have healed to reduce the risk of recurrence.
In complex patients where standard bandaging is contraindicated, impractical, or not tolerated.
Journal of Community Nursing
Clinical Evidence
Case studies and journal articles
Specifications
Comfiwave is available in one compression level.
15-21mmHg
ISO 13485 focuses on patient safety by ensuring the consistent quality throughout the entire lifecycle of medical devices, from design and production to disposal.
OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 sets the standard for textile safety, from yarn to finished product. Every product carrying the label has passed laboratory tests for harmful substances.
Primary or secondary lymphoedema, chronic oedema, lipoedema as a stand-alone treatment or as part of combination treatment.
In venous disease and peripheral arterial disease where an absolute ankle blood pressure is more than 60mmHg; ABPI 0.5 - 0.8; or where reduced compression is indicated.
Can be used where leg ulcers or wounds are present where, concordance with gold standard treatment is problematic. Where the wound is covered with a primary dressing and where leakage is contained within an absorbent dressing.
Comfiwave Breast Band: Breast swelling post lumpectomy, thickening or fibrosis of the tissues.
Absolute contraindications
Not to be used in cases of: advanced peripheral arterial occlusive disease; decompensated heart disease; uncontrolled congestive heart failure; untreated septic phlebitis; phlegmasia coerulea dolens. Known allergy to any of the material used in the garments.
Relative contrainidcations
Occasionally can lead to problems in cases of: Immobility (confinement to bed); skin infections; weeping dermatoses; incompatibility to fabric; impaired sensitivity of the limb (e.g. in diabetes mellitus); suppurating dermatoses; primarily chronic polyarthritis; advanced peripheral neuropathy; primary chronic arthritis. Allergic or allergic type responses to fabric.
Did you know?
Comfiwave has a simple sizing system
Colour-coded, stitched dots eliminate the need for uncomfortable sewn-in labels.
e.g. 3 red dots = Medium, Regular Length.
