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Arm yourself against joint replacement allergies.

Sensiband is a simple, affordable, and fast way to test for metal allergies before joint replacement surgery.
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FIND OUT FIRST

Before it’s put in your body, try it on your wrist.

Before you buy clothes, you try them on. Before you buy a car, you take it for a test drive. Yet we don’t check to make sure there are no adverse reactions to a certain metal before it's permanently implanted.
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Be your own advocate

Sensiband empowers people to find out first.

It's a low-risk, no-hassle way to make sure your body isn't allergic to one of the metals used in artificial joints. How? By testing for skin reactions to seven of the most commonly used metals in medical procedures. These procedures include:

• Joint replacement
• Arterial Stents
• Orthopedic plates and screws
• Cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators
• Sternal wires
• IUDs
• Dental implants

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INFORMATION IS POWER

Find out

before it goes in.

If you notice a reaction from a Sensiband metal, tell your surgeon. They can easily choose a different type of implant to avoid placing metals in your body to which you are allergic.
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Arm showing signs of an allergic reaction
Actual example after one week using Sensiband
Arm showing signs of an allergic reaction
Would you want something that causes this reaction inside your body?

FDA STATEMENT

“A growing body of evidence suggests…”

In 2019, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, and Dr. Jeff Shuren, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, issued a statement detailing the need for further study into this growing issue.

“patients may have biological responses to certain types of materials in implantable or insertable devices... They develop inflammatory reactions and tissue changes causing pain and other symptoms that may interfere with their quality of life.”

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A growing problem

Allergies are on the rise. Nobody really knows why.

Here’s the truth: there is still much we don’t understand about allergies. What causes them? Why have they seemingly increased in recent years? Why do different people react in different ways? One thing we do know: many people have shown allergies to various metals. Yet despite that fact, devices containing metal are typically implanted in our bodies during surgery without prior testing for allergic reactions.
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What if it isn’t “all in your head”?

Doctors are trained to have all the answers. But when it comes to allergies, so much isn’t fully understood.

Too often after knee or hip replacement surgery, patients report discomfort, swelling, fatigue, and even depression. And because the medical community doesn’t know exactly what’s causing these symptoms, patients may be incorrectly diagnosed with disorders such as: Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Depression and Chronic Lyme Disease. Or they’ll tell patients “that’s just the way it goes with an artificial joint.” But what if that’s not true? What if it’s really an allergic reaction?

OUR STORY

Created and designed by surgeons

Sensiband was founded by Orthopaedic Surgeons Drs. Mark Drzala and Mitchell Reiter. Early in their careers, both surgeons were troubled by the fact that certain patients who underwent properly performed surgical procedures involving metal implants such as hip and knee replacements experienced poor outcomes. So they did something about it.

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Sensiband metal allergy test

Sensiband is the fast and easy way to check for allergies before your procedure.

Find out first with Sensiband.
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