The Bovie brand of LLETZ or LEEP electrodes are absolutely the best product for OBGYNs who use electrosurgery during their procedures. Bovie’s loop electrodes are over engineered, over tested, and made in the USA at our facility in Florida. Here are four things you should know about Bovie’s loop electrodes:
Double Insulation
The stainless steel base with the tungsten loop are double insulated for guaranteed safety. Even though they are double insulated, we still run each and every loop electrode through a hi-pot test, at double the old AAMI/ANSI standard of 1500 volts for 60 seconds. Meaning, that Bovie tests all of our loop electrodes at 3000 volts for 60 seconds. In the unlikely event of a failure, the loop is destroyed if it does not pass this test.
Patented Protective Tray
When the loop electrode passes this heightened test, it is then fitted with a patented protective tray that is only offered by Bovie Medical . This tray guarantees that the loop stays in the optimal shape until is is used.
Additional Ribs
The second important feature consumers need to be aware of, pertains to part of the double insulation process: ribs. Bovie Medical added ribs to make it easier for doctors to both insert and remove electrodes from their electrosurgical pencils. This additional feature makes Bovie’s loop electrodes easy to use.
Variety of Sizes
Bovie Medical offers more loop electrode sizes than anyone else in the business. Why? So that doctors always have exactly what they need.
Pricing
Pricing is the final surprise. With all of the extra steps that Bovie puts into their loop electrodes you would think that it would cause these electrodes to be more costly. But, think again! Bovie’s loop electrodes are, in fact, very competitively priced and readily available through our authorized distributors worldwide.
If we put this much work into a loop electrode, can you imagine how much we have put inside our Aaron 1250, our most popular electrosurgical generator for the LLETZ procedure? More on that in the next edition…
Let me leave you with one last thought: Why do I think that Bovie Medical makes a better LLETZ electrode than others in our industry?
At a trade-show, in the not too distant past, one of our competitors left a bunch of their loop samples and departed the show early. When the show closed, I gathered up their electrodes, still in the sterile packaging, and gave them to our senior engineer. I asked him to run our test on them, to see what percentage passed. The test results showed that every single one of the competitors LLETZ loop electrodes failed the same test that every single one of our loop electrodes must pass.
Feel free to reach out, or leave a comment below with any additional question or concerns.
J. Robert Saron
President, Bovie Medical Corporation
