=====Manufacturers: Ostomy Pouches and Products - Cymed=====

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**Cymed Ostomy Co.**
1336A Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94702
**Toll-free**: 800-582-0707 -or- 510-540-1926
**Fax:** 510 540-6505
**President and CEO:** Dianne Eastman
**Certified Ostomy Nurse Consultant: **Christine Newberry, RN, BSN, CWOCN
**E-mail:** [[cymed@cymed-ostomy.com]]

===Some of Cymed’s current Products and Services:===
Full details of Cymed’s products including stock and product codes/number can be found on the Cymed Website which you can find at [[http://www.cymed-ostomy.com]]

===In their own words, Cymed Ostomy Products Are...===
**Thin:**
Thinner than plastic food wrap (about 1/1000th of an inch). Most competing products are about as thick as a cardboard box.

**Stretchable:**
""MicroSkin"" is 5 times more stretchable than human skin; when you move, the ""MicroSkin"" moves with you. Other ostomy products have very little stretchability, leading to gaps between the skin and the barrier with body movement.

**Moisture-Vapour Permeable:**
""MicroSkin"" allows moisture to escape from the skin’s surface, allowing the skin to breathe and helping to prevent problems caused by excessive moisture build-up. Competing ostomy appliances trap sweat between the product and the skin, leading to problems with adhesion and skin irritation.

**Strong:**
""MicroSkin"" stays on through even strenuous physical activity without belts or tape. Competing pouches and barriers often come loose far too easily, and in inappropriate circumstances.

**Comfortable:**
""MicroSkin"" adhesives are strong and adhere to the skin around the stoma without irritation. Some other products use belts, which are awkward and can pinch and irritate the skin and stoma.

**Light:**
The ""MicroSkin"" barrier is nearly weightless; wearers often say that they can’t tell they’re wearing a barrier. By comparison, other products are heavy, rigid hardware.

**Easy to Remove:**
""MicroSkin"" leaves the skin clean of any adhesive residue when removed. Other products often leave behind a sticky film that must be removed using a special cleanser before another barrier can be applied.

**Flexible:**
""MicroSkin"" is soft, flexible and elastic, unlike competing products, which tend to be hard plastic.

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