Who are Biocomposites?
Biocomposites is an international medical device company that engineers, manufactures and markets world leading products for use in infection management in bone and soft tissue. Based in Keele, UK, it has global operations across Europe, USA, Canada, China and India. Biocomposites is a world leader in the development of innovative calcium compounds and polymers for surgical use. Its products regenerate bone and target infection risks across a variety of specialties, including musculoskeletal infection, orthopaedics, trauma, spine, foot and ankle, podiatry and sports injuries. Biocomposites products are now used in over 1 million procedures per annum and sold in more than 100 countries around the world.
Biocomposites in Barbados
- STIMULAN is a truly absorbable calcium sulfate antibiotic carrier – specifically designed to support the proactive management of dead space and surgical site infection with unrivaled flexibility and the broadest surgical application.
- The only calcium matrix approved for use in bone and soft tissue
- Freedom to select and source your preferred antibiotic
- Approved for mixing with vancomycin, gentamicin and tobramycin
- Can be placed directly into infected and non-infected sites
(examples and pictures of before and after backed by Evidence based outcomes)
Can I mix antibiotics with STIMULAN
- Easily mixed with liquid and powdered antibiotics.
- Approved for mixing with vancomycin, gentamicin and tobramycin.
Benefits of using STIMULAN
- Does not have to be removed. Completely absorbs at an optimal rate.
- Predictable, supra-therapeutic elution profile.
- Proven action against biofilms
- Low levels of drainage
- Does not cause third body damage
- Does not prevent use in articulating surfaces
- Does not act as a nidus for infection
- Controlled purity
- No hydroxyapatite, insoluble impurities or PMMA debris