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Donations Make a Difference – The Placenta Donation Process
While placenta donation is not a new concept, it has become more popular and widely accepted as new medical uses are discovered. As briefly discussed in a previous post about the different types of Tides Medical Amniotic Tissue Products, the tissues that house and...
Lafayette Biotech Company Announces 40-Job Expansion
Tides Medical, a producer of skin graft products distributed nationwide for use in the treatment of chronic or difficult-to-heal wounds, announced it is investing $1.5 million to upgrade its corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Lafayette. The expansion...
Different Types of Tides Medical® Amniotic Tissue Products
The use of amniotic tissue products have become a popular and widely accepted concept over the past decade. The first traces of its use date as far back as 1910 as a method used to treat burns. (Ref 1) Through donor programs, such as LOFT (Louisiana Organization For...
Tides Medical: What We Do Step by Step
Who is Tides Medical? At Tides Medical, we are proud to be a homegrown biotechnology business based in Lafayette Louisana. Our mission is to revolutionize access to the regenerative power of birth tissue technology. Our vision is to eliminate pain and suffering caused...
Caring For Your Feet in Winter Months
In summer months, skin care is on the radar for most due to the excessive exposure to the sun that comes with summer activities. The sun causes extensive damage to the skin, often leading to cancer and need for Tides Products such as skin substitute grafts. While...
Types of Debridement – Everything You Need To Know
Debridement is an essential part of the amniotic tissue graft application process. Debridement is the medical term used for the removal of dead and/or damaged skin tissue (and sometimes removal of foreign materials) from a wound. Wound debridement improves the healing...
Taking Care of Your Wound Site at Home
The purpose of this article is to educate end users of the use of amniotic tissue products in wound care and provide physicians with additional resources to provide patients guidance on wound care. The contents of this article will discuss Tides Medical wound care...
TRG – The Artacleanse Process For Tides Amniotic Tissue Products
TRG stands for The Tissue Reference Group. It was created to provide a single reference point for specific questions the FDA receives about products concerning human cells, tissues, and cellular tissue-based products. In short, it is an FDA review that provides...
What are MACs? Tides Reimbursement Services
Brief Overview of MACs & Why They’re Important MACs serve as the operational contact between Medicare’s FFS program and healthcare providers enrolled within the program. They operate across different regions and states and are responsible for administering claims...
Summer Sunburns – Preventing Your Need For Skin Substitute Grafts
At Tides Medical, we specialize in providing advanced products that provide the opportunity for the full range of treatment options you or your patients deserve. This includes our primary product, a high-quality human amniotic tissue graft, or skin substitute grafts....
What is MOHS & How Artacent AC Amniotic Tissue Graft Can Help
Mohs Surgery, also called Mohs micrographic surgery, is a very precise surgical procedure used in the treatment of skin cancers. In this article we will discuss Artacent AC, a Tides Medical amniotic tissue graft, and how it can be used in the accelerated healing...
How To Talk To Your Podiatrist About Your Health
A podiatrist is a medical specialist who is trained in the treatment of your feet or lower legs. Podiatrists are specifically trained doctors and can perform surgery and treatment to the feet, ankles, and related structures of the leg, including skin substitutes. A...
Limb Salvage Case – Artacent Wound Graft
Limb salvage is any medical procedure used to save a limb (foot, leg, etc. - usually one of the lower extremities), that is a very high risk for amputation. The reason for amputation risk can be from many different reasons including, but not limited to injury/trauma,...
How to Apply A Wound Graft
If you are a physician or in the medical field where the Artacent wound graft is beneficial, contact Tides Medical to learn how to increase patients’ access to these products. Partial video transcription below: Today we’re going...
Diabetic Foot Ulcers – What You Need To Know
Did you know that every 1.2 seconds (1), someone develops a Diabetic Foot Ulcer? How about that every 20 seconds (1) an amputation occurs due to a diabetic foot ulcer and that one in every 4 diabetic foot ulcers result in an amputation? (3) Although anyone with...