Advancis Medical

Name

Advancis Medical

Legal name

Advancis Medical

Website

https://uk.advancismedical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kirkby In Ashfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advanced Wound Care Products: Advancis Medical generates revenue through the sale of advanced wound care medical devices including Manuka honey dressings, foam dressings, superabsorbers, and soft silicone wound contact layers. Products are sold to healthcare institutions including NHS hospitals, community healthcare providers, and directly to healthcare professionals for patient treatment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Advancis Medical develops, manufactures, and supplies advanced wound care medical devices including medical-grade Manuka honey dressings, absorbent foam dressings, superabsorbent polymer dressings, and soft silicone wound contact layers. Products are sold primarily to NHS hospitals, community healthcare providers, and clinicians across the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Croatia, and the United States, with manufacturing based at a single facility in Nottinghamshire, UK.

Product overview

Advancis Medical is a UK-based medical device company specializing in advanced wound care products. The product portfolio consists of four main sub-brands: Medical grade Manuka honey & dressings (Activon range) including Activon Tube, Activon Tulle, Actilite, Algivon, Algivon Plus, Algivon Plus Ribbon, and Activon Barrier Cream; Advazorb Foam Dressings including Advazorb, Advazorb Border, Advazorb Sacral, Advazorb Heel, Advazorb Areola, and Advazorb Silfix; Eclypse Superabsorbers including Eclypse, Eclypse Non-Backed, Eclypse Adherent, Eclypse Adherent Sacral, Eclypse Border/Oval, Eclypse Boot, and Eclypse Foot; and Silfix Soft Silicone products including Silflex, Siltape, Vellafilm, and Advasil Conform. The company also offers the Wound Probe for wound assessment. These products work together to manage all stages of wound healing from necrotic tissue to infected wounds and highly exuding wounds. Advancis Medical introduced medical-grade Manuka honey to the UK in 2004 and manufactures all products at their Nottinghamshire facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Activon: Medical grade Manuka honey and dressings product range
• Eclypse
• Advazorb
• Silfix

Products and services

• Activon Medical-Grade Manuka Honey Dressing Range A range of antimicrobial wound dressings coated with 100% medical-grade Manuka honey sourced from New Zealand with guaranteed NPA 9.5-15, designed for debridement of necrotic and sloughy wounds, reduction of wound bioburden, and management of infected wounds. Includes Activon Tube, Activon Tulle, Actilite, Algivon, Algivon Plus, and Algivon Plus Ribbon variants for different wound types and exudate levels. Targeted at NHS hospitals, community nurses, and tissue viability specialists.
• Activon Manuka Honey Barrier Cream A medical-grade Manuka honey-based moisture barrier cream providing up to 24-hour protection against perspiration, urine, stool, and wound exudate, designed to assist in the prevention of Moisture Associated Skin Damage (MASD). Available as a 100g tube for healthcare professionals and institutional use.
• Advazorb Absorbent Foam Wound Dressing Range A range of soft, conformable, low-adherent hydrophilic polyurethane foam dressings with breathable film backing, designed for comfortable and effective management of low to medium exudate wounds with up to 7-day wear time. Variants include Advazorb, Advazorb Border (with silicone contact layer), Advazorb Sacral, Advazorb Heel, Advazorb Areola (for breast dressing), and Advazorb Silfix (with soft silicone wound contact layer). Over 77% of clinicians rated Advazorb's comfort in use as 4 or higher on a 1-5 scale.
• Eclypse Superabsorbent Wound Dressing Range A range of highly absorbent wound dressings designed to lock away exudate, bacteria, and excess MMPs using proprietary CrystaLock Technology, preventing leakage and maceration in moderate to heavily exuding wounds. The CrystaLock system converts exudate into a gel on contact while maintaining optimal moisture levels. Variants include Eclypse, Eclypse Non-Backed, Eclypse Adherent (with silicone contact), Eclypse Adherent Sacral, Eclypse Border/Oval, Eclypse Boot (leg wrap), and Eclypse Foot (foot wrap). Used for chronic and acute wounds with high exudate.
• Silfix Soft Silicone Wound Contact Layer Range A range of soft silicone wound contact layers, fixation products, and silicone-coated dressings designed to enable atraumatic, pain-free dressing changes. The hydrophobic soft silicone adheres only to dry peri-wound skin, not to the moist wound bed. Includes Silflex (wound contact layer, up to 14-day wear time), Siltape (perforated silicone fixation tape), Vellafilm (transparent silicone-adherent film dressing), and Advasil Conform (silicone gel sheet for scar management, usable up to 28 days). Designed for patients with thin friable tissue and sensitive peri-wound skin.
• Wound Probe Assessment Device A single-use, disposable wound assessment device used by clinicians to measure wound dimensions including width, length, and depth. Features a smooth design to reduce trauma during wound assessment procedures. Intended for tissue viability nurses, district nurses, and other wound care professionals conducting routine wound evaluations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 77% of clinicians rated Advazorb's comfort in use as 4+ on a scale of 1-5
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Nottingham University Hospitals and Nottingham Breast InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvancis Medical collaborated with Nottingham University Hospitals and Nottingham Breast Institute to develop the Advazorb Areola dressing, specifically designed to fulfill the need for a protective and secure breast dressing that reduces the need for clinicians to create their own dressings from patchwork square dressings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Coloplast: Danish global medical device company with a dedicated Wound & Skin Care business (Biatain, Biatain Silicone, Comfeel). Direct competitor in foam and silicone-contact-layer dressings serving similar European healthcare markets.
• Urgo Medical: French advanced wound care specialist (UrgoStart, UrgoTul, Urgocell). Comparable niche European player competing in antimicrobial, lipidocolloid, and superabsorbent dressings across similar NHS and EU hospital channels.
• Mölnlycke Health Care: Swedish global leader in advanced wound care (Mepilex, Mepore, Mepitac) and surgical solutions. Direct competitor to Advancis across foam, silicone contact layer, and superabsorbent dressing categories with far greater scale.
• ConvaTec: UK-headquartered medical products company specializing in advanced wound care (Aquacel, Aquacel Ag, Foam) and ostomy. Closest geographic and product portfolio peer to Advancis in foam and antimicrobial dressings.
• Lohmann & Rauscher: German-Austrian medical device manufacturer with a wound care portfolio (Suprasorb, Vliwasorb) including superabsorbents and foam dressings. Comparable mid-sized European advanced wound care competitor.
• Paul Hartmann: German medical and hygiene products manufacturer with a substantial wound care portfolio (Hydrocoll, Atrauman, Zetuvit). Direct competitor in the German-speaking and broader European advanced wound care market where Advancis has its own subsidiary.

Broad incumbents

• 3M Health Care (Solventum): Major diversified medical products player with established wound care dressings (Tegaderm, Medipore). Recently spun off as Solventum. Competes broadly in advanced and post-operative wound care with much larger resources.
• Smith+Nephew: Global medical device major with a large Advanced Wound Management division (Allevyn, Acticoat, PICO). Competes directly with Advancis across foam, antimicrobial, and negative pressure wound therapy categories at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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