PainManagement

Piramal Healthcare Launches ActiPatch

Piramal Healthcare Limited launched BioElectronic's ActiPatch, a revolutionary product in pain management. ActiPatch has recently been chosen as 'one of nine medical breakthroughs that may change your life', by MedicalHeadway.com in the USA and is fast becoming the treatment of choice for everything from soft tissue injuries to surgical recovery.

ActiPatch is a medical device that utilises Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Frequency (PEMF) to accelerate healing of soft tissue injuries. A drug-free patch with an embedded battery operated microchip; ActiPatch delivers weeks of continuous pulsed therapy. Patients suffering from pain and swelling in conditions such as, low back pain, sports and work injuries, ankle sprain, tennis elbow, all kinds of sprains and strains and inflammation can benefit from this product. Its unique delivery system, using patented technology, provides a cost-effective patient friendly method to reduce soft tissue pain and swelling.

ActiPatch is available in four different ranges; for back pain therapy, knee pain therapy, foot and ankle pain therapy, and for wrist pain therapy. The ActiPatch range for back pain and knee pain therapy works for maximum 720 hours (30 days) and that of foot and ankle and the wrist pain therapy has a working time of 360 hours (15 days). Worldwide, ActiPatch is available as an OTC product. However in India, ActiPatch will be available only by prescription.

According to the American Chronic Pain Association, pain is the number one cause of adult disability. The Indian Pain Management market is valued at Rs 3000 crore with around 1.5 lakh patients on some form of pain management therapy everyday. Said Dr Swati Piramal, Director, Piramal Healthcare Ltd, "With the ActiPatch launch, we are delighted to bring yet another advanced product to India to offer a cost effective healing solution."

EH News Bureau