Mar-Med Blog Posts:
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Introducing the Balloon Extractor
Balloon Extractor - Nasal Foreign Body RemoverIntroducing the Mar-Med Balloon Extractor. The Balloon Extractor is used to remove nasal foreign bodies safely and easily. For use insert the thin catheter into the nose cavity past the foreign body, inflate the soft small...
Introducing the Derma-Stent
Derma-Stent - Abscess and Cyst DrainIntroducing the Mar-Med Derma-Stent, a new minimally invasive cutaneous abscess drain. A Derma-Stent is a biocompatible, flexible, silicone drain that can be trimmed in multiple ways to fit a wide range of cutaneous abscess...
Mar-Med’s Ride on the Green Side
Environmental Sustainability at Mar-Med We at Mar-Med take pride in our popular medical devices, but we put effort into reducing our footprint because we also take pride in Michigan’s environment. As a manufacturer of medical devices, we generate waste. This waste...
How the United Kingdom Avoids Finger Amputations
Forgotten digital tourniquets leading to digit amputation is the single greatest risk posed by their use. Covering the digit in gauze before a patient is discharged can hide an inconspicuous tourniquet. Our most persistent competitor in the marketplace are...
The Tourni-Cot Digital Tourniquet by Mar-Med
Mar-Med's Tourni-Cot Digital Tourniquet For over 20 years the Tourni-Cot has set the bar for achieving safe and easy hemostasis of fingers and toes. Mar-Med in Grand Rapids, Michigan has received praise for the Tourni-Cot from top institutions and...
Derma-Stent Clinical Trial Pictures
Pictures from Mar-Med's Wayne State University Trial Displayed below are images captured from a clinical trial using the Derma-Stent cutaneous drainage device. The clinical trial was recently completed by Aaron Brody, MD, MPH at Wayne State...
Video – Uni-Cot Tips and Best Practices
Uni-Cot Tips and Best Practices The video above captures how to use our new Uni-Cot, one-size-fits-all digit tourniquet. Specifically we address the common question about why the Uni-Cot was designed with 3 holes, which relates to how many hands a...
Mar-Med’s Digital Tourniquets: Great Under Pressure
Digital Tourniquet Pressure: Clinicians often ask whether Mar-Med’s Tourni-Cot and Uni-Cot digital tourniquet devices apply safe amounts of pressure when in use on a finger or toe. This is an understandable concern in our litigious climate, because...
Introducing the Uni-Cot
For over 20 years Mar-Med in Grand Rapids, Michigan has offered the Tourni-Cot which has set the bar for achieving safe and easy hemostasis of fingers and toes. Now Mar-Med would like to introduce a new member of the Tourni-Cot digit tourniquet family, the Uni-Cot. ...
Tourni-Cots for Charity – Thumbs Up!
With great healthcare needs around the world, Clinicians are known for doing a great deal of volunteer charity work. This charity work can often lack the resources for effective care. Mar-Med wants to help by offering our devices as a charitable donation to any...
Digital Tourniquets and Tissue Adhesives
Mar-Med’s Tourni-Cot and Uni-Cot facilitate the use of tissue adhesive products in digit wound repairs. Clinicians have long sought an efficient method of wound repair that requires little time and minimizes discomfort for their patients, yet produces a good cosmetic...
Tourni-Cot – #1 for Good Reason
The Tourni-Cot is the world's most popular digit tourniquet, and clinically that's for good reason. Generally speaking, digit tourniquets improve care by creating a bloodless field for procedures on fingers and toes. A bloodless field allows visualization and...
Derma-Stent – First Human Case Article Published
I’m proud to announce the publication of an article in Volume 56, Issue 3 of the Journal of Emergency Medicine describing the first documented use of Mar-Med’s Derma-Stent device on a human patient. The case was performed in the context of a randomized...
A Novel Digital Tourniquet Proves itself to be #1
Mar-Med’s Tourni-Cot device is the world leader in digital tourniquets. Developed in 1989 by Dr. Joseph Marogil, a general surgeon, the Tourni-Cot was well ahead of its time in digit tourniquet products. Dr. Marogil was unhappy with common improvised methods, like...