710285Haemocap Ltd - Haemolimb Wound Management SystemClosedGRD Proof of ConceptInnovate UKLast year in the UK, over 625,144 patients were treated by NHS Accident & Emergency Departments for lacerations to limbs. The primary treatment goal in most of these cases is to clean and close the wound and stem bleeding. In 2010/11 the NHS spent approximately £1,500,000 on consumables to treat lacerations. The basic treatment methods and equipment used (sutures, gauze and bandages) have not significantly evolved since the 1900s. The time consumed bandaging and re-bandaging of typical limb laceration within A&E is the equivalent of having over 49 full time members of NHS staff dedicated to only this activity, a labour cost for 2011/12 of approximately £1,206,000 to the NHS. Staffing pressures and Government Targets around A&E treatment times makes the case for a solutions, which enhance and speed patient treatment in A&E departments. Haemocap Ltd. are seeking to develop and test solutions for a proof of concept low cost, transparent, limb ‘wrap’ wound management system for use in Accident and Emergency situations. The project will seek to develop a solution that will speed application, provide additional functionality (controllable pressure on wound), and potentially reduce secondary infection resulting from poor wound visibility.