Innovations

Dr. Carpenter, CEO of MedCentris, worked with an outside manufacturer and helped develop significant improvements to an offloading cast for patients who need to take pressure away from their wounds. This foot plate has “Lock-and-Walk Technology” and, in conjunction with the Total Contact Casting system, helps to transfer weight from the plantar surface to the calf, which makes it the “Gold Standard” for offloading diabetic foot ulcers on the heel, mid-foot, or plantar. Innovation and constant improvement are essential elements of our philosophy — Here to Heal™.

Overcoming an obstacle is a key element to delivering care that works. In a clinic setting, we have to think on our feet (and sometimes off our feet). Dr. Carpenter recognized that after certain procedures, a patient’s leg needs offloading to help isolate the wound. So, he developed a simple cushion, which can be used to offload the leg when the patient is in bed and has a wound either on the lateral or posterior side/s of the leg. Oftentimes when people are asleep on their backs or even in a recliner, their legs will laterally rotate — meaning their toes turn out and pressure could be placed on their leg wound. This solution is custom cut for the patient by our staff from a soft medical grade foam wedge.