30 31 Clinogen Laboratories was established in 1979 by medical scientist Sujata Jolly; with thirty years of experience in the health and skincare industry, Sujata has been at the cutting-edge of research and development within this field. The company is responsible for a number of breakthroughs, both in medical and cosmet-ic fields, including: the use oxygen for treat-ing various skin problems, harnessing sound energy for hair removal, and the creation of the dry wound healing concept using a spray-on dressing.Some key innovations include the launch of Oxypeel in 1982 – an oxygen therapy to treat skin problems. Sujata’s work resulted in the arrival of semi-permanent make-up to the UK, whilst in 1996 she oversaw saw the launch of Epil-Pro – a non-invasive hair removal system using sound technology. 2001 saw the launch of Sujata’s Youki ‘The Wound Healer’ – a prod-uct which has been dubbed revolutionary ad-vanced wound healing system. Youki is set to dramatically reduce healing time whilst also delivering significant cost savings. In innovat-ing the Youki product Sujata initially looked at the cons of traditional wound healing tech-niques popularly applied in hospitals. He re-search lead to Sujata choosing to champion ‘dry wound healing’ in order to improve out-comes and lead to more efficient outcomes, putting patients in control of their wound management.The team at Medical LiveWire were thoroughly impressed with the innovation used to create Youki. The product is a two part professional wound healing system that uses scaffolding technology to speed up the healing process of acute and chronic wounds, such as leg ulcers, pressure sores and diabetic foot. The product addresses the key principles of wound healing, and in doing so, is able to significantly reduce patient down time. Youki is a Medical Device and has been granted a CE mark.Youki works by utilising oxygen, which is essen-tial to any type of wound healing. The product forms a permeable membrane that allows the wound to breathe, and supports the body’s natural humidity. The product further allows excess exudate to flow away from the wound site. It forms its own dressing over the wound bed which builds up upon repeated applica-tion, leaving the area undisturbed. It is specially formulated so that it does not cause an inflam-matory response or iatrogenic reaction often associated with certain wound dressings. There are two different Youki products which are used to encourage wound healing as well as ensuring that once healed, the skins’ resil-ience is restored and scarring in minimised.Youki Bio-Cell Spray for use on open wounds. The spray creates an environment for acceler-ated wound healing. The spray assists healing by providing a protective layer or scaffold that shields during the epithelialisation and granu-lation phases. Sujata Jolly CEO & Medical Director www.youki.co.uk +44 (0) 1628 674 644 sj@clinogen.com Clinogen Innovation in Wound Healing Youki Skin Repair Cream is a formulated to help to condition and soothe fragile and damaged skin of the peri-wound area. It helps acceler-ates the granulation and remodelling phases which helps minimise scarring. The cream nourishes and hydrates the skin, reduces the appearance of post-inflammatory pigmenta-tion (PIH) and minimises keloid scars.The panel of judges from the Medical LiveWire team admired the creativity evident through Clinogen’s list of products, and admired the endeavours of Sujata in spearheading the Youki product. The judges wanted to com-mend the philosophy that is behind each in-novative product – unlike many other com-panies, which convolute their products and the methods used to create them, Clinogen’s philosophy when formulating and develop-ing products is to make the protocols simple to follow.‘Over-engineering’ is something Sujata aims to avoid, instead choosing to place a greater emphasis on assuring their efficacy and sim-plicity to clients and potential practitioners.The team at Medical LiveWire further com-mended founder Sujata Jolly’s international presence and respect amongst the medical community during her many years of practise. In addition in to being the driving force be-hind a range of innovative and potentially life changing medical products, Sujata has shared her vast knowledge of expertise on skin dis-orders, lecturing many future dermatolo-gists and health professionals at university. Her work in pioneering ‘dry wound healing’ has seen her author a chapter in ‘Advanced Wound Repair Therapies’, which was first published by Woodhead Publishing in 2011. Her presence as a leader in her field is ubiqui-tously understood across the media, and the panel of judges admired her television work for leading broadcast media channels such as the BBC, CNN and ITV.Sujata deserves further praise from Medi-cal LiveWire after having worked closely with trading standards experts, with the panel of judges being thoroughly impressed with her part in banning the harmful substance hydro-quinone in the European Union after her ex-tensive research which spanned two decades.