What are energy medical devices?

Surgical energy devices are used by doctors to seal blood vessels, cut tissue and stop bleeding. They are hand-held devices, so they must be designed as if they are a part of the doctor’s own hand. Given that some surgeries can last 10 hours or more, devices must not cause the doctor any undue stress or fatigue.

What are energy based devices?

The devices emit high amounts of light energy that are effective in treating such things as varicose veins, moles and freckles, acne, and even remove hair. According to ASLMS there are more than 50 types of IPLs on the market today.

What is a Thunderbeat device?

Background: The THUNDERBEAT (TB) is a relatively novel energy device that is used in laparoscopic colorectal resection (LCR), which integrates both ultrasonic and bipolar energy.

What is Thunderbeat?

THUNDERBEAT is the world’s first integration of both bipolar and ultrasonic energies delivered simultaneously from a single instrument.

What is an Enseal device?

Designed for use in vessel sealing during open surgical procedures, ENSEAL X1 Large Jaw Tissue Sealer is an advanced bipolar device that provides better hemostasis, less thermal spread, and improved ergonomics compared to LigaSure Impact™.

Is Thunderbeat monopolar or bipolar?

Thunderbeat™ is a device that uses both ultrasonic and advanced bipolar energies to achieve hemostasis.

Is Harmonic Scalpel bipolar?

Harmonic scalpel uses ultrasound technology to coagulate and to cut tissues. Small Jaw device uses bipolar electrical energy and pressure to form a seal and a micro blade to divide the sealed tissues.

Is LigaSure monopolar or bipolar?

LigaSure (bipolar vessel sealing) technology is a radiofrequency-driven bipolar electrosurgical device.

What is Thunderbeat device?

How does a harmonic scalpel work?

A harmonic scalpel cuts via vibration. The scalpel surface itself cuts through tissue by vibrating in the range of 55,500 Hz. The high frequency vibration of tissue molecules generates stress and friction in tissue, which generates heat and causes protein denaturation.

What is vessel sealing device?

Electrothermal Bipolar Vessel Sealing (EBVS) is an electrosurgery technology for sealing blood vessels of up to 7mm in diameter. In addition to sealing blood vessels, modern instruments are designed to grasp and cut a variety of tissues.

What is the difference between cut and COAG?

Cut/Coag Most wet field electrosurgical systems operate in two modes: “Cut” causes a small area of tissue to be vaporized, and “Coag” causes the tissue to “dry” (in the sense of bleeding being stopped).