COCOPATCH

Nature’s Answer to Moisture Care

CocoPatch is the natures answer to moisture care, it is an all-natural, hypo-allergenic moist patch
made from coco-cellulose fiber impregnated with monolaurin.
Coco-cellulose
Coco-cellulose, the base form of Coco Patch takes advantage of these properties and goes a step
further. Coco-cellulose brings together biotechnology with the tropical bounty of the Philippines. In a
patented process, our experts have produced microbial cellulose using 100% natural coconut-based
materials rather than the synthetic chemical components microbial cellulose is usually made of.
Monolaurin
Monolaurin, a monoester formed from lauric acid and derived from virgin coconut oil, has profound
antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-fungal properties which does not contribute to drug resistance1-4.
Moreover, monolaurin is a US FDA GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) substance.

What is the Role of Moisture in Healing?

Surface drying not only impedes delivery of nutrients and immune defenses to the wound surface
but also markedly impedes the ability of cells to migrate across the wound surface. Epithelial cells
need a moisture layer to migrate and spread. Characteristics of Moist Wound Healing • Rapid
movement of epithelial cells across surface • Decreased surface inflammation Without Moisture
Layer • slower epithelial movement as enzyme debridement thru eschar required • increased wound
inflammation (exudate) •
“ A dry wound is a dead wound… ”-T.D Turner, Cardiff/Wales 1976
 ERGONOMIC DESIGN

CocoPatch is ergonomically-designed for easy aseptic application on different parts of the body.
 AUTOLYTIC DEBRIDEMENT

CocoPatch provides autolytic debridement for skin damage such as burns, lacerations, abrasions,
and pressure injuries.

MOISTURE BALANCE
CocoPatch has moisture balance capabilities to minimize damage and keep skin intact and thus
prevent skin maceration.

 UP-PGH Recognition: Tatak PGH Nurse Innovator Award

 Most Promising Intellectual Property Award: Philippine Chamber of Commerce

and Industry

 1st Place: Philippine Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons

Research Competition

 1st Place: Philippine College of Surgeons 1st Inventions Competition,

 Creative Design Category Regional Winner LIKHA (Outstanding Creative

Research) Category (DOST-NCR) National Invention Contest

 NICE Outstanding Creative Research(DOST-NCR)

 Philippine Green innovation Product 2014

 History

 The Philippine medical and health care scene welcomes a revolutionary new product,- a wound
dressing that is made out of nata de coco cellulose.

 A pioneering product of Chicano Nata de Coco, the company previously used its products for
food until the owner’s son, a registered nurse, thought of using the product’s coco cellulose as a
dressing for burn and trauma wounds.

 It was a novel idea so the owners, Mr. Denver Chicano, a registered nurse, and his wife. Dr. Acel
Pauline Ampong-Chicano, subjected their product to several clinical trials at the Philippine
General Hospital.

 The result: the clinical trials found that wound dressing made of coco cellulose had better healing
properties than conventional dressings.

 Being both men of science, the Chicanos appreciate the value of S & T intervention in product
manufacturing. Accordingly, Chicano Nata de Coco approached DOST-NCR for help in upgrading
their production through the acquisition of a vacuum sealer and an autoclave machine.

 Another must, especially for a revolutionary product, was patent protection. Thanks to DOST’s
assistance, the nata de coco cellulose for wound dressing is now patented under Patent
Registration No. 22007000429, giving Chicano the exclusive right to produce this highly
marketable product in the country.

 The company’s discovery, which is now trademarked under the name VERMAC, has since been
producing fruitful gains.

 Aside from an offer to produce the product for a foreign company, Chicano’s coco cellulose
dressing has won numerous awards, namely: as Most Promising Invention from the Intellectual
Property of the Philippines Office and as a breakthrough in wound care management from the
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

 It also won the top prize in last year’s DOST-NCR Regional Inventions Fair and Exhibit (Creative
Research Category), paving the way for the company to represent NCR in the 2014 National
Invention Contest and Exhibit this July.

 Better yet, Chicano’s coco cellulose dressing is now being extensively used at the Chicano clinic
in Marikina and during medical missions as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility
activities. (Ms. Paj Palaganas)

Terminologies
Skin grafting is a type of graft surgery involving the transplantation of skin. The
transplanted tissue is called a skin graft.[1]
Skin grafting is often used to treat:

 Extensive wounding or trauma

 Burns
 Areas of extensive skin loss due to infection such as necrotizing fasciitis or purpura fulminans[2]
 Specific surgeries that may require skin grafts for healing to occur - most commonly removal
of skin cancers
Skin grafts are often employed after serious injuries when some of the body's skin is damaged.
Surgical removal (excision or debridement) of the damaged skin is followed by skin grafting. The
grafting serves two purposes: reduce the course of treatment needed (and time in the hospital), and
improve the function and appearance of the area of the body which receives the skin graft.
There are two types of skin grafts, the more common type is where a thin layer is removed from a
healthy part of the body (the donor section) like peeling a potato, or a full thickness skin graft, which
involves pinching and cutting skin away from the donor section. A full thickness skin graft is more
risky, in terms of the body accepting the skin, yet it leaves only a scar line on the donor section,
similar to a Cesarean section scar. For full thickness skin grafts, the donor section will often heal
much more quickly than the injury and is less painful than a partial thickness skin graft.