Parafricta™
APA Parafricta Ltd. is introducing textile garments for patients. This fabric technology is designed to protect skin from the forces of shear and friction.
Products based on the Parafricta™ technology have been available to customers in the United Kingdom for some time. INVISTA S.à r.l. is working with APA Parafricta to offer these products into the United States healthcare market. Parafricta™ technology is an exciting innovation, and we look forward to supplying products that deliver exceptional performance and seek to meet the needs of U.S. clinicians and distributors.
STICTION
- Definition:
- - The increased force needed to overcome the tendency of skin to stick to a surface before sliding.
- Explanation:
- - “Stiction” (an abbreviation of “static friction”) is the threshold of force, measured relative to the dynamic, frictional force, required to overcome the static cohesion between two surfaces, i.e. the excess force required for skin to overcome its traction and glide over a surface when a patient moves or is repositioned. Stiction is a threshold, not a continuous force, so this buildup results in a tug, or jerk to the skin.
