CYGNUS Disk is a multilayer allograft derived from the amnion and chorion layers of the placental membrane
INTENDED USES: The intended use of CYGNUS Disk is to serve as a tissue barrier or covering, protecting injured tissue from the external environment. CYGNUS Disk is most often used for acute and chronic complex wounds and burns.
CLAIMED BENEFITS: CYGNUS Disk is manufactured using Integrity Processing™ Methodology, which helps to maintain the inherent levels of key extracellular matrices, including proteins, carbohydrates, growth factors, and cytokines. CYGNUS Disk retains the structural and functional characteristics of the membrane to provide a barrier or covering, protecting injured tissue from the external environment. CYGNUS Disk is supplied in various sizes.
Application of Skin Substitutes (also known as Cellular and/or Tissue Based Products) to certain wounds may help these wounds heal faster than conventional dressings and conservative treatments. Usually skin substitutes are used if conventional treatment has been tried for at least 30 days and the wound has not healed as quickly as expected. Human skin allografts are a type of skin substitute. They are made of skin donated by human donors that have had intact cells removed or treated to avoid immunologic rejection (a process in which the body of the person receiving the skin substitute kills the cells of the skin substitute).
For Medicare to cover this product, it needs to be ordered and applied by your clinician. A patient cannot purchase it directly from a Durable Medical Equipment (DME) store and receive reimbursement for it.
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