Medela Invia Liberty Instrucciones De Uso página 5

Invia Liberty is intended for use on people in all stations of the hospital and in the home area
and may only be used by trained persons after getting instructions. They may not be hard of
hearing or deaf and must have normal visual acuity.
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy can be indicated for the following wound types: diabetic/
neuropathic ulcers; pressure ulcers; chronic wounds; acute wounds and dehisced wounds
(see below). Negative Pressure Wound Therapy is a moist and occlusive wound treatment
without the danger of accumulation of secretions. It can lead to fast results during the treat-
ment of the mentioned wound types.
This type of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) using the Invia Liberty with the NPWT
components protects the wound from infection and contamination and supports the wound
healing process even of therapy resistant wounds.
Indications for use
The types of wounds indicated are:
• Diabetic/Neuropathic ulcers
• Pressure ulcers
• Chronic wounds
• Acute wounds
• Dehisced wounds
Contraindications
Contraindicated for patients with:
• Malignancy of the wound
• Untreated osteomyelitis or malnutrition
• Non-enteric and unexplored fistula
• Necrotic tissue with eschar present
• Do not place Invia Wound Therapy dressing over exposed blood vessels or organs.
• Do not place directly over anastomoses or sutured vessels
Precautions:
The following statements describe medical conditions that may require special care for the
safe and effective use of the Invia Wound Therapy.
Additional precautions must be used with:
• Patients at high risk for bleeding and hemorrhage.
• Patients taking anticoagulants or platelet aggregation inhibitors, or in patients experiencing
active bleeding or difficult wound hemostasis.
• Wounds that involve a fistula.
• Using Invia Wound Therapy in close proximity to blood vessels and organs or exposed
organs, vessels, nerves, tendons, or ligaments. Provide necessary protection of all vessels
and organs using a protective barrier.
• Patients with a history of vascular anastomosis or friable, irradiated, sutured or infected
blood vessels.
• Use near vagus nerve (bradycardia) or use on patients with a history of spinal cord injury
(stimulation of sympathetic nervous system).
• Circumferential dressing application.
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