Wounds UK - Harrogate

Synapse Microcurrent will be on stand 92 this year.

There will be opportunities to learn more about Accel-Heal® unit and a chance to hear 2 Tissue Viability Nurses speaking about their recent experiences using Accel-Heal® on their patients and the difference this has made treating chronic wounds in the community.

Both company founders, Dr David Chapman-Jones and CEO, John Gildersleeve, will be available to talk about the science behind Accel-Heal® and the business opoortnuities emerging.

Accel-Heal® changing lives and minds.

SYNAPSE MICROCURRENT LTD SEALS WOUNDCARE CONTRACT WITH NHS SBS

UK-based health technology company Synapse Microcurrent could be supplying its innovative Accel-Heal® wound management system to every NHS Trust in England. It has succeeded in its bid to be appointed onto a national Framework Agreement.

Accel-Heal® builds on the long-established link between electrical current and the body’s healing mechanisms. It is a compact, easily operated device that uses Synapse’s patented micro-current technology to make a real impact in wound management, in particular chronic venous leg ulcers. Accel-Heal® is generally used as a valuable adjunct treatment to compression bandages to significantly accelerate healing and improve patient comfort.

In 2009, independently conducted clinical trials demonstrated that
Accel-Heal® made significant reductions in wound size, exudate levels and pain in 95% of the trial patients who suffered from non-healing venous leg ulcers, with 38% achieving full closure.

The rigorous procurement exercise undertaken by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) resulted in Synapse Microcurrent being selected to feature on NHS SBS’s 2-year Innovative Wound Healing Technologies Framework Agreement. Over 50 companies competed with only 4 technologies being selected.

Accel-Heal® offered compelling evidence for its innovation, with independent supporting information, including clinical trials and health economics analysis demonstrating a QALY of – (minus) £7,696.

Through the new Framework Agreement NHS Trusts can provide patients with this life-enhancing treatment without further tendering, providing immediate access to the product and saving them time and money. The framework exercise provides assurance that Synapse Microcurrent has been assessed as able to supply products and services that fulfill NHS quality and budgetary needs, and meet all legislative requirements.

John Gildersleeve, CEO of Synapse commented:

“The acceptance of Accel-Heal® on the Framework Agreement is an endorsement not only of this remarkable product, but of the conviction we have demonstrated over a number of years in researching, developing and bringing to market a revolutionary new approach to the treatment of wounds, one that will not only have a dramatic effect on the quality of life for long-suffering chronic would patients, but also on costs.”

Kevin Pritchard, Director of Strategic Sourcing at NHS SBS said:

“The award of this new Framework Agreement realises an ambition for the organisation of partnering with suppliers who provide innovative products and services which deliver genuine advancements in care whilst contributing to cost management. With the estimated annual NHS cost of wound care at approximately £3 billion, any product which can demonstrate clear patient benefits in terms of advanced recovery, cost savings and productivity gains for the NHS is to be applauded.”

How can more equal less?

On Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th May Accel-Heal® attended NICE at the ICC Birmingham.
The NICE conference is the only annual resource for all those in healthcare and public sectors committed to providing the highest quality evidenced-based care and with the Government's vision for improving the NHS, it felt right therefore that Synapse should be there too.
Not only does Accel-Heal® improve patient outcomes in wound healing, but in these financially tough times, it also saves money.
Our brand new -£7,696 QALY poster attracted a lot of attention from people right across the Health Industry and beyond; many meetings were held and we look forward to new working collaborations, healing more wounds and reducing costs.

The details on www.accelheal.com

The first conference of the year for Accel-Heal® was in the grand Town Hall in Manchester where we attracted a lot of attention managing to draw quite a bit of attention, with our Pledge to Trial.

Our aim was to target TVNs who deal with VLU and to ask them to sign up to trial with us. This was a great start to the exhibition season and it was great to be recognised by other companies and nurses that we have seen at previous exhibitions.

Accel-Heal® is fast becoming a recognised name within wound care and we are now looking forward to the rest of the exhibition season.

Happy New Year to you, in what's already looking like an exciting year for Synapse micro-current.

The newly released video of New Zealand Rugby Legend, Dan Carter talking about his use of Synapse micro-current units, both in his injury recovery and also post training / post match recovery is on You Tube.
Ex team mate of Dan's and now Sky Rugby Commentator, Justin Marshall asks the questions.
The link to the Dan Carter video published on You Tube.

Wounds UK at Harrogate International Centre
Synapse attended the Wounds UK exhibition in the spa town of Harrogate, arguably the most prestigious event in the Wound Expo calendar, it brings together Key Opinion Leaders, Tissue Viability and Industry Professionals working to promote wound healing.

Our exhibition stand created quite a stir; D C-J wore custom "scrubs" and we had a pick-n-mix sweet stall; but the most interesting thing for the delegates, and what brought them to our stand was Accel-Heal!

A great exhibition, some very good contacts and opportunities for future development, we are looking forward to next year!

Congratulations to Dan Carter

On Saturday, Dan became international rugby's leading all-time point-scorer during a 37-25 win over Wales in Cardiff. Dan's eighth-minute penalty gave him the three points he needed to pass Jonny Wilkinson's world record of 1178 points.

Dan ( pictured left with Synapse Chief Executive John Gildersleeve)

Congratulations from us all here.

Synapse Micro-current exclusively supply all sport products to Lovell Rugby. www.lovell-rugby.co.uk

Rugby Expo, London
Synapse were in attendence at Rugby Expo. The event brought together some of the most influential individuals from both codes of the sport and included speakers and delegates from the UK and major rugby playing territories as well as a significant number of international attendees.
Tendonworks® also managed to catch up with an old friend Matthew Vaea Tagitau - Samoa Tour Team Manager (attach picture of David/Mike with Matthew).

Football Association Elite Football Medicine Conference in London
Elite conference with Tendonworks®in attendence. The aim of the conference was to provide an academic and scientific programme that met the needs and requirements of Medical Teams working within the Elite levels of professional football. Consequently, the event was only open to Medical Personnel working at that level of professional football and it was good to have Elite Physiotherapists recognise who we are and what we do.

Thursday 10th - Friday 11th September Synapse attended Wounds Expo in London
Filling Wounds Expo's requirement of filling a gap in the current wound care market and improving the fundamental knowledge and skills of professionals in primary and secondary care to better inspire practices with our micro-current device.
We were able to communicate directly with health care professionals that traditional wound events do not attract and it was a great opportunity to get delegates to interact with Accel-Heal®.

On 8th September 2010 Synapse attended Journal of Community Nursing Exhibition in Croydon.

Accel-Heal®: a new therapy for chronic wounds.

“Wound healing can certainly be a challenge
for the practitioner who has to dedicate treatment time on wound care and also a challenge for the NHS when £2
billion to £3 billion per year must be found for treatment of these chronic wounds.

The results of the case study (Mr B) was typical of all other case studies when Accel-Heal® was applied, leading to a conclusion that wound care need not be such a challenge if electrical stimulation is used as therapy for chronic wounds.

Therefore, the clinical implications of applying Accel-Heal® should be considered as overcoming or restricting the effects of lengthy or treatment-resistant wound healing may enable the practitioner to address other health issues such as the prevention of wounds.”

Read Article (pdf)

"During the 2010 World Cup Finals (in South Africa) we used Synapse micro-current system for some of our players (England) who were suffering with chronic Tendonopathy. The feedback we received from the players was very good, they felt it helped relieve their morning stiffness and reduced their pain throughout the tournament.
We used it x3 sessions per day. I believe that this micro current system definitely helps as part of a structured rehabilitation protocol when dealing with Chronic Tendonopathy and would recommend the synapse system."
Dave Hancock - MSc MCSP Physiotherapist

The Synapse micro-current technology has been used on a number of Gloucester Rugby players. With its ability of speeding up the body's natural healing process it has proved to be a really efficient addition to the treatment of tendon and soft tissue injuries. The Tendonworks unit has recently helped one key first team player recover from a ruptured Achilles tendon. After using the unit daily, as recommended, he was back playing 6 weeks sooner than I would have expected.
Bob Stewart – Gloucester Rugby Head Physio

Synapse micro-current Tendonworks unit is simply the best. Under the guidance of my club physio, Bob Stewart, the unit helped me recover from a very serious injury. Amazingly I was back playing premiership rugby 6 weeks sooner than was initially predicted.
Lesley Vainikolo – Gloucester Rugby Player

I have been using Tendonworks on an ongoing basis for quite a while. It is so easy to use and has helped me recover much quicker than I would normally expect from various injuries sustained during the season. In my view it is 'must have' item in your kit bag, for any sportsman, no matter what the sport!
Andy Hazell – England & Gloucester Rugby Player

After having an operation on my ruptured Achilles tendon, I started using the Synapse micro current Tendonworks unit. Under a controlled treatment programme, the easy to use Tendonworks unit, gave me instant relief from the discomfort of surgery. Using the unit got me back playing football much sooner than expected, as Captain of the club, this was really important to me. My injured leg now feels stronger and I am told that the same injury should not recur.
Shane Duff – Cheltenham Town Footballer

New Tendonworks Site Goes Live at www.tendonworks.com

Used successfully by many of the world’s top athletes, the Tendonworks unit is now widely available and has it's own dedicated site.
Synapse Tendonworks™ microcurrent is clinically proven to accelerate healing in soft-tissue structures. Tendon and ligament repairs benefit from the augmentation of the production of type 1 collagen, promoting the regenerative sequence of normal tendon tissue. This results in a quicker regenerative process which facilitates a speedier and better quality repair.

"I have been using Tendonworks™ for a while and find it easy to use. It helped me recover faster and stronger, to get me back on the field"
Daniel Carter, International Rugby Player

Synapse Microcurrent was very much in evidence at UK Strongest Man competition which was held at Whitstable Rugby Club on the 26th July.

Implementation of Synapse Micro-current technology into training regimes improves overall muscle performance giving athletes a competitive edge over their opponents, reduce the risk of injury and speed up their recovery after such gruelling workouts and events.

Athletes were tested on strength, power and endurance in events such as the Farmers Walk, Overhead Press, Tyre Flip and the mighty Atlas Stones.
Around 500 people attended the event including 3 of the top strongmen in England: Terry Hollands (Britain’s Strongest Man 2007, 3rd in World’s Strongest Man 2008), Laurence Shahlaei (2nd Britain’s Most Powerful Man 2008 & Britain’s Strongest Man contender) and Darren Sadler (Britain’s Strongest Man contender & World’s Strongest Man contender)

The overall winner was Paul Wood from Whitstable who will now qualify for a place in the 2009 World’s Strongest Man 105kg category later this year. Earlier this year he won the Southern qualifier for the 2009 England’s Strongest Man 105kg and is also aiming to participate in the 2009 Britain’s Strongest Man 105kg. 2nd place was Paul Cater from Portsmouth and 3rd place was Simon Cowdrey from Pangbourne in Reading.

Wound Healing

A gentleman with a chronic non-healing wound is providing a possible reason as to why this type of problem wound will not heal. The tissue viability specialist treating the case comments that ‘his graph shows that when he stops with the Synapse treatment the line goes up (indicating that the wound is deteriorating) and when we recommence with the Synapse treatment, the line goes down indicating healing. This gives a very definite indication that he will not heal unless he has the Synapse treatment’. The specialist wound clinic are intending to take the wound to full healing to demonstrate this fact. This case suggests that electricity, inherent within the body, has a vital role to play in tissue repair and this biological circuitry may be disrupted or halted when tissue is damaged. The application of the patented Synapse’s protocol suggests that this treatment reignites this process.

Go to Synapse Accel-Heal Wound Manaegement Site

John Smiths Grand National Synapse x 3

At the time of going to press three horses, likely to run in Saturdays John Smith’s Grand National have been treated using Synapse’s patented tendon technology. Dr David Chapman-Jones comments ‘We suspect that a cause of tendon problems in humans and racehorses is reduced cellular activity in tendon cells resulting in degenerative type pathology making the tendon structure vulnerable to breakdown. In addition to treating tendons once a problem has occurred the cell stimulating treatment regime is now being used to help prevent tendon problems which is a very positive advancement.
Treated horses can come back with tendons better than ever so I would not be at all concerned with a treated tendon causing a problem in a race like the National.

Newcastle Falcons Powered by Synapse Microcurrent.

Back in Jan 2009, Newcastle Falcons purchased over 70 Synapse microcurrent units.
Dave Thompson, Newcastle Falcons Chairman said “ There is even greater pressure on professional clubs now. With proposed smaller budgets and squads, we need to ensure that players are better prepared, train more efficiently and generally looked after better. We are constantly looking for the best ways of achieving this for our players and from what we’ve seen, Synapse microcurrent provides significant advantages in these areas.

Steve Bates, Newcastle Falcons Director Of Rugby said “I totally believe in this technology. It’s like nothing else out there”

"I have been using the Synapse Tendonworks unit to treat tendon injuries.This has been the most effective treatment I've used. It significantly
reduces my tendon pain, enabling me to train fully and continue to play."

Andrew Farrell OBE. England & Saracens Rugby Union, Great Britain and Wigan Rugby League.