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We design, develop, manufacture and market innovative, best of class surgical devices that allow surgeons to optimize technique and patient safety during a broad range of surgical procedures. We believe that our active electrode monitoring technology is changing the marketplace for electrosurgical devices and laparoscopic instruments by providing a solution to patient risk in laparoscopic electrosurgery.

Why Bad Things Happen to Good People During Laparoscopy Surgery

Presented by George Vilos, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

3rd International Meeting, Athens, Greece – May 2010
Laparoscopic Complications: Prevention and if things go wrong what next?

"During monopolar electrosurgery, visceral burns may occur by inadvertent direct coupling, capacitive coupling or insulation failure of instruments. These dangers become particularly important with the use of monopolar electrosurgery during procedures using the da Vinci robotic technology, single-port laparoscopy, as well as, NOTES technologies all of which result in close proximity and crossing of multiple instruments within the abdomen. The inherent risks of monopolar electrosurgery may be eliminated by understanding and respecting electrosurgery, the use of alternative sources of energy such as bipolar RF, harmonics, lasers, etc or the application of technologies that safely divert/eliminate stray energy such as the active electrode monitoring system."

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Did You Know?

An article in the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management stated that physicians and hospitals might be deemed liable for stray energy burns by virtue of the failure to use or obtain certain available safety equipment, given the known risks for thermal injury caused by stray energy released during laparoscopic electrosurgery.

"Trends in Laparoscopic Electrosurgery"
Wendy K. Winer, RN, BSN, CNOR
Assia A. Stepanion, MD
Perioperative Nursing Clinics 2 (2007) 145-154




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