Novel Internal Suction Technology Platform

Overview

Data and Evidence

Genesis of the technology

IC Surgical began with a vision to transform surgery by addressing surgical tissue damage and the resulting complications, such as seroma. Dr. Brad Bengtson, a renowned plastic surgeon, recognized that this long-standing issue in surgery had no real solution. Complications associated with poor internal tissue healing have been viewed as an inevitable consequence of surgery.

IC Surgical set out to provide internal wound control by delivering internal suction pressure. Through a series of inventions and experiments, the goal was realized through a specially designed implantable Manifold paired with a portable Therapy Unit.

The inability to control the internal surgical wound environment has been a long-standing Achilles heel of surgery. The development of this technology platform has promising potential to achieve the goal of controlling deep surgical spaces.

Patricia McGuire, MD, St. Louis, MO

Novel technology platform

By delivering internal suction pressure broadly to surgically-damaged tissues, the IC Surgical technology platform has the potential to provide internal wound control that until now has not been possible.

Interi System Mechanism of Action (MOA)

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Broad coverage of closed internal surgical spaces

Consistent delivery of internal suction pressure

Continuous suction pressure applied to tissue planes

Continuous fluid removal throughout the surgical site

It is critically important that suction pressure is delivered deep in the internal tissues and broadly across the surgically created tissue planes. This key element of the technology design ensures that the benefits of the Interi MOA are not just isolated to a section of the internal surgical wound, but rather throughout it.

Suction pressure plays an important role in IC Surgical’s innovative approach to wound control. Internal suction pressure starts the cascade of bodily activities which are important for a good outcome. More than just the delivery of suction, it is the application of continuous, consistent pressure throughout the surgically-created tissue planes that differentiates this approach.

Internal suction applied to tissue planes has the potential to improve wound control.

Fluid collection in surgically-created tissue planes is a major problem post-surgery. The Interi MOA allows for removal of any fluid that exists, which is critical for tissue to come back together. If internal dead space is reduced or eliminated, there is little to no space for fluid collection.