One of the great innovations in recent years has been negative pressure wound therapy.

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One example is a device for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, which was added by CMS to the competitive bidding list as a new category.

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One company, KCI based in San Antonio, Texas, handles more than half a million support calls a year for their Negative Pressure Wound therapy system.

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