Wellstar/TMI Begins Marketing Imaging System to Long-Term Care Facilities
09 Janvier 2009 - 1:25AM
Marketwired
Wellstar International, Inc. (OTCBB: WLSI), a provider of
specialized diagnostic software and equipment, announced today that
its wholly-owned subsidiary, Trillennium Medical Imaging ("TMI"),
is ready to begin marketing its thermal imaging system to long-term
care ("LTC") facilities in the United States. National statistics
currently show that the incidence rate of pressure ulcers, also
known as bed sores, is as high as 28% of the population for those
living in LTC facilities; with many leading experts believing the
rate is even higher.
LTC facilities generally care for patients that are critically
and/or terminally ill, bed-ridden, and that show higher rates of
dementia; all indicators that put an individual at risk for
developing a pressure ulcer. TMI's thermal imaging diagnostic
device will equip caregivers at these facilities with the ability
to objectively identify patterns of injury associated with the
development of pressure ulcers. This kind of early detection can
lead to intervention and even prevention. By identifying the tissue
changes associated with the development of these wounds prior to
skin breakdown, a patient can receive considerably better care by
avoiding a pressure ulcer occurrence altogether. When long-term
care facilities reduce the occurrence of pressure ulcers within
their facility, they receive a higher rating in the pay for
performance ("P4P") initiative from the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services ("CMS").
LTC facilities that utilize TMI's thermal imaging system
technology will be able to provide better overall patient care by
significantly lowering their pressure ulcer incident rate. By
having complete documentation of every skin assessment performed,
an LTC facility can also curtail its liabilities by protecting
itself against costly lawsuits.
With nearly 16,000 long-term care facilities in the United
States, and an aging population that is increasing in size year
after year, TMI has an enormous and largely untouched market to go
after with its revolutionary system. TMI's marketing plan includes
a program where LTC facilities can lease the equipment necessary to
perform skin assessments and store the necessary data onsite. Lease
plans start at the monthly fee of $2,000 per unit. This monthly fee
allows for unlimited imaging, a factor that should help promote
aggressive imaging/assessment programs by these facilities.
Wellstar/TMI CEO, John Antonio, commented: "We have already seen
a positive response to our thermal imaging system among the LTC
facilities we have been engaged with. We expect significant revenue
potential within the LTC market, and the Company anticipates
placing initial units within these facilities sometime within the
first quarter of 2009."
The company has developed its thermal imaging system for various
applications. The TMI technology and software has been approved by
the FDA as an Adjunctive Diagnostic Screening Procedure for early
breast cancer detection, differential diagnoses of pain
dysfunctions (such as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Neuromuscular
Skeletal Syndromes and neurological disorders), for the early
detection of pressure ulcers, deep tissue injuries, and bedsores,
as well as for orthopedic applications. The company has plans to
market diagnostic systems for all of the above mentioned
applications.
ABOUT WELLSTAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.:
Wellstar International, Inc., through its wholly owned operating
subsidiary Trillennium Medical Imaging, Inc. (TMI), is poised to
become a leading diagnostic company in the health care industry.
TMI has developed and is marketing fully calibrated and functional,
thermal imaging systems that utilize state-of-the-art infrared
technologies and proprietary software to accurately and
cost-effectively measure physiological changes in the human body.
More information on the Company and its unique diagnostic software
and product line is available on Wellstar's corporate Website, by
visiting: www.wellstar.us.
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