Founded in 1996 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, privately owned GWR Medical develops FDA-cleared topical oxygen therapy devices for hard-to-heal open wounds and burns. Its home-based TO2 treatment is paired with WoundMatrix, the company’s wound-imaging and measurement technology, to help clinicians and insurers track healing remotely. GWR says its therapy has been provided to 15,000 patients and has been used by the Department of Defense and Veterans Administration.
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RashEndZ, IncFounded around the work of neonatal intensive-care nurse and co-founder Colleen John, R.N., RashEndZ, Inc. makes FDA-registered occlusive wound dressings that deliver continuous topical oxygen through standard medical oxygen supplies. Based in St. Petersburg with an executive office in New York City, the company’s patented GasPort™ platform is designed for hard-to-heal wounds as well as pediatric and perineal skin conditions, without proprietary equipment. Its clinical program includes an FDA-approved Florida hospital safety study and reported case results in pressure injuries and long-term-care wounds.BROOKLYN, NY
Bechtel Medical, IncFounded by healthcare entrepreneur John M. Gvodas Jr., Bechtel Medical designs, develops, and manufactures medical devices focused on wound care. The Phoenixville company brings engineering and clinical insight together in technologies such as its VOX Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System, with patient safety, quality, and regulatory discipline at the center of its work.PHOENIXVILLE, PA
Ethos Therapy SolutionsFounded in 2008, Ethos Therapy Solutions is a Pennsylvania-based company known for bringing complex wound care into the home. Its clinical team supports patients with pressure injuries while helping care providers arrange appropriate therapy and ongoing support. Ethos says it has served more than 35,000 wound-care patients across the United States.BLUE BELL, PA
Cork Medical, LLCFounded in 2007, Cork Medical designs and manufactures medical devices for wound treatment and prevention, with a particular focus on negative pressure wound therapy. The Indianapolis company began as an NPWT and specialty-mattress distributor before building clinical and engineering teams to develop its own Nisus system, creating products shaped by clinician needs. Its manufacturing facility is certified to ISO 13485:2016 through the Medical Device Single Audit Program, and its products are distributed across the United States and internationally.COLUMBUS, OH