New Decor!

Here at BRIDGE PTS we are always looking for ways to support other small businesses.  As such, BRIDGE PTS commissioned a wall piece to decorate our conference room.  Crafted out of Jatoba wood, also known as Brazilian Cherry, by Dr. Doug MacAskill a retired physician and wood craftsman from Michigan.

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In addition to the wall piece several smaller versions were also commissioned to decorate the desks and offices of those employees who have worked for five years with BRIDGE PTS. 

A small way to say thank you to the employees who have worked so hard to make BRIDGE PTS the company that it is today.

A small way to say thank you to the employees who have worked so hard to make BRIDGE PTS the company that it is today.

We believe working with other small businesses helps strengthen our communities, and we always look for new opportunities.

If you are looking for custom woodwork please consider Dr. MacAskill, he is a brilliant craftsman and great person to work with.   As always, if you have any projects you are considering please give us a call or send us an email.  We are always happy to discuss new opportunities.

Until next time,

Joe K.

Paul.Attar@bridgepts.com

210-532-7344

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  From everyone here at BRIDGE PTS we hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and we wanted to let you know that BRIDGE PTS ready to help you make this year one of your best.

If you have new studies you would like to start please don’t hesitate to call or email us.  We look forward to working with you all and having a great start to the new decade.

Happy New Year and until next time,

Joe K.

Paul.Attar@bridgepts.com

210-532-7344

 

BRIDGE PTS at SAWC | WHS Spring 2019!

Hello Everyone!  This is just a quick update to let everyone know that BRIDGE PTS is going to be at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Spring | Wound Healing Society meeting from May 7 through May 11. 

https://www.sawcspring.com/

We would love to talk with you! Also, we have two employees that are presenting posters.  Come on by and say hello, and if there are other meetings that you would like to see BRIDGE PTS attend please let us know.

Here are the links to the poster abstracts:

http://woundheal.org/Meeting/Program/2019/P.IB01.cgi

http://woundheal.org/Meeting/Program/2019/P.AW06.cgi

Until next time,

Joe K.

 

Contact Info:

Paul.Attar@bridgepts.com

210-532-7344

 

 

Happy New Year!

Hello all and happy New Year!  I would like to take a quick moment to let you all know that BRIDGE PTS will be attending several conferences this year.  This year we will be attending:

 

Orthopaedic Research Society 2019 Annual Meeting: February 2 – 5, in Austin, TX

American Burn Association 51st Annual Meeting: April 2 – 5, in Las Vegas, NV

Wound Healing Society 31st Annual Meeting: May 7 – 10, San Antonio, TX

97th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research: June 19 – 22, Vancouver, BC

2019 TERMIS-AM Conference: December 2 – 5, Orlando, FL

 

Are there meetings that you think BRIDGE PTS should attend? Let us know! We hope to see you at the meetings and if you see us please stop by and say hi. 

 

Until next time,

Joe K.

Paul.Attar@bridgepts.com

210-532-7344

New BRIDGE PTS Record!

Somebody get the “Guiness Book” people on the phone!

It is with enormous pride that I announce a milestone for BRIDGE PTS. Last week our company, working with two teams of surgeons and engineers, completed 46 larger animal surgical procedures in only 6 days! By my quick calculations, the total number of “person-hours” was greater than 1,100 over that 6-day time-frame!

Phew!

As with every mountain we climb, we only have a moment to enjoy the view and the feeling of accomplishment before we start off on the next adventure. But what a view we have today!

Congratulations to all involved! Well done!!

Paul

BRIDGE PTS at SURF 2018!

Hello Everyone!  This is just a quick update to let everyone know that BRIDGE PTS is going to be at the San Antonio Military Health System & Universities Research Forum on June 28 and 29. 

http://research.utsa.edu/surf/

We would love to talk with you! Come on by and say hello, and if there are other meetings that you would like to see BRIDGE PTS attend please let us know.

Until next time,

Joe K.

Paul.Attar@bridgepts.com

210-532-7344

Stable Biofilms in Chronic Wounds

 Once again, I am back and today I would like to revisit a topic I posted about last time.  In my last post I wrote about the porcine chronic wound healing model that we have been developing here at BRIDGE PTS.  In that last post, I mentioned that we were able to create a stable biofilm infection in the chronic wounds, but I did not present any data to that effect.

So, this time around, I would like to share with you a poster that was just recently presented at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care in Charlotte, NC.  In the study, we showed that after at least 13 days, the wounds that were the most delayed in their healing also had the highest total bioburden.   To our surprise, we did not see any cytotoxic activity from the glutaraldehyde treated wounds.  On day 13, the recovered staphylococcus reached 5 log CFUs per gram, a reduction from 7 log CFUs on day 4, while the pseudomonas reached >8 log CFUs on day 13. 

The study presented in Charlotte also tested different crosslinking chemicals to evaluate their ability to delay healing in wounds compared to glutaraldehyde.  Three additional chemicals were tested (Ribose, N-(3-Dimethylaminopropyl)-N’-ethylcarbodiimide (EDC), and Genipin), but the only chemical to delay healing on par with glutaraldehyde was EDC while maintaining a stable and recoverable biofilm.

For more details, please look at the poster that I have linked below from the meeting in Charlotte, or contact Dr. Paul Attar who would be delighted to discuss the various models we can offer at BRIDGE PTS. 

Do you have a product that is designed to help speed the recovery of infected chronic wounds? Let us help you test your product. 

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58f4d97917bffcda49811084/t/5aeb3a7c562fa72a39cc1b57/1525365377478/HWC-1446.pdf

Until next time,

Joe K.

Paul.Attar@bridgepts.com

210-532-7344