Kinetic Concepts
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Medical devices, Medical technology |
| Founded | San Antonio, Texas, 1976 |
| Headquarters | San Antonio, Texas, United States |
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Key people
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James R. Leininger (founder), Joseph F. Woody, President and CEO |
| Products | Items related to negative pressure wound therapy and wound healing |
| Revenue | $1.6 billion  (2010) |
| $256.1 million (2010) |
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Number of employees
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5,000 (2013) |
| Website | www |
Kinetic Concepts, Inc., (KCI) is a global corporation that produces medical technology related to wounds and wound healing. KCI produced the first product developed specifically for negative pressure wound therapy. As of 2013[update] the company employs 5,000 people and markets its products in more than 25 countries. Its headquarters is in San Antonio, Texas. Currently, KCI, LifeCell and Systagenix operate under one global medical technology brand known as Acelity.
KCI is composed of three business units: Active Healing Solutions, LifeCell and Therapeutic Support Systems, that operate in the wound care, regenerative medicine and therapeutic support systems markets. The largest of these business units is dedicated to wound care primarily negative pressure wound therapy for the treatment of traumatic wounds, pressure ulcers, chronic wounds and diabetic ulcers but also assistance with surgery. The therapeutic support systems developed and supplied by KCI are largely for the treatment and prevention of complications associated with patient immobility. These include support surfaces for hospital beds and home patients designed to address pulmonary complications in immobile patients. KCI also develops specialty beds for use in hospitals or in long-term care facilities. KCI expanded into the regenerative medicine market in 2008. Through subsidiary company LifeCell Corporation, KCI develops and supplies tissue-based products. These include tissue-based treatments used in surgical procedures to repair soft-tissue.
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