Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Healtcare

The Problem

Skin abscess treatment has remained largely unchanged for decades, often relying on a multi-day hospital admission, general anaesthesia, and surgical treatment in the operating theatre. This outdated model places a significant burden on the healthcare system, and is inconvenient for patients.

global bacterial skin infections [5]

0 m+

of all presentations to the emergency department are for skin abscess. [2,3,4]

0 %

Increase in hospitalisation for the treatment of skin abscesses[1]

0 %

of patients presenting to the ED receive for skin abscesses. In-theatre treatment[2,4]

> 0 %

References:

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White Rose Surgical Collaborative and MAGIC Collaborators , Management of subcutaneous abscesses: prospective cross-sectional study (MAGIC), British Journal of Surgery, Volume 111, Issue 8, August 2024, znae162, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae162
White Rose Surgical Collaborative and MAGIC Collaborators, The MAGIC Study: Management of Acute surGical absCesses [Infographic], British Journal of Surgery.
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Mala K, Baker MG, Stanley J, Bennett J. The epidemiology of repeatedly positive bacterial skin infections in Auckland children, New Zealand. J Infect. 2025 May;90(5):106484. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106484. Epub 2025 Apr 9. PMID: 40216088.

Taking the fuss out of pus

Abcease^TM Kit

This sterile, single use kit offers a complete solution of out-of-theatre management of deep and superficial skin abscesses. The device comprises skin penetration, drainage, pathology collection, and wound management components in a convenient package.

Key features:

About inova medical

Inova Medical Pty Ltd is an Australian medical technology company developing innovative solutions for sustainable healthcare. The company’s Abcease™ Kit is a sterile, single-use device designed to enable safe, efficient drainage of deep and superficial skin abscesses in ambulatory settings.

Designed for ease of use and accessibility, the Abcease™ Kit aims to move skin abscess treatment away from costly in-patient, surgical treatment, and facilitate streamlined treatment in an ambulatory setting utilising local anaesthetic.

Inova Medical aims to streamline procedures and optimise resource utilisation by creating the tools clinicians need.

Our Experts

MING KHOON YEW

MBBS, FRACS, MAICD

Chief Medical Officer

MELANIE WHITE

Bsc (Neuroscience), BMedSci(Hons), MBA, MAICD

Chief Executive Officer

ALEX HAYES

BEng (Mechanical) (Hons), PhD (biomechanical), MBA, GAICD

Chief Technology Officer

Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Healtcare