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Bed linens made with DermaTherapy® fabrics are intended for use by patients 18 years of age and older in hospital settings who are susceptible to pressure ulcers. The DermaTherapy Bed Linens help to reduce the likelihood of patients developing pressure ulcers by reducing moisture, friction and shear on the patient's skin.

DermaTherapy uses a silk-like fabric to minimize moisture, friction, and shear between the skin and the bedsupport surface. Continuous-filament yarns woven into the silk-like synthetic DermaTherapy fabric provide a smooth surface, free of broken or discontinuous fibers. This enhanced smoothness helps minimize the potential for irritation and abrasion of sensitive skin. DermaTherapy Bed Linens consists of pillow cases, top flat sheets, and underpads. The subject devices are made from DermaTherapy fabrics which are plain-weave constructions of 100% continuous-filament yarns. The polyester yarns have a non-round fiber cross-section to create micro-channels to facilitate moisture wicking and rapid drying. The yarns used in DermaTherapy fabrics are commercially available products, typically used in apparel. The only technological difference in the fabric construction between the subject device and the predicate device is the addition of a secondary static-dissipative polyester yarn at 0.8% of the total fabric weight. The static-dissipative yarn is incorporated to reduce the potential for static electricity that may occur during institutional laundering processes. The company has made no other modifications to the fabric or the manufacturing process of turning the fabric into the final product.

Institutional Bedding (bed sheets and pillow cases) made with DermaTherapy™ fabrics is intended for use by patients in a hospital, healthcare or home setting who are susceptible to or may have mild atopic dermatitis.

The device that is the subject of this 510(k) premarket notification is generally described as Institutional Bedding made with DermaTherapy™ fabrics. Institutional bedding in this case refers to bed linens, generally comprised of a flat top sheet, a fitted or flat bottom sheet, and pillow cases that encase pillows on beds used in hospitals and/or in other healthcare or home settings. DermaTherapy fabrics are plain-weave constructions of 100% contineous-filament yarns. The preferred embodiment of the technology involves 100% nylon yarns in one direction of the fabric, with 100% polyester yarns in the other direction. The polyester varns have a non-round fiber cross-section to create micro-channels to facilitate moisture wicking and rapid drying. The yarns used in DermaTherapy fabrics are commercially available products, typically used in women's lingerie or intimate apparel. Once woven, DermaTherapy fabrics are treated with a durable antimicrobial treatment to control bacteria and fungi growth on the fabrics. The antimicrobial treatment applied to DermaTherapy fabrics is a commercially available technology commonly used in the textile industry.