At Bovie Medical, we stay on the very edge of breakthroughs in medical technology. There is no better example of this than the J-Plasma device, which utilizes a new, innovative method to create a cutting plasma stream allowing surgeons quick, precise excision and coagulation with only a minimum of electricity to the surgical site. What this means for surgeons is a new surgical tool using an inert gas plasma and cutting blade, which creates negligible damage to the surrounding tissue and no need for a return electrode.
This new technology in the J-Plasma device allows for it to be used widely in a number of different specialities, and many different procedures. It is available with a standard wand for open surgeries and with an elongated wand for laparoscopic surgeries. The J-Plasma device also employs a metal blade which can be extended for physical excision or retracted for blunt excision and coagulation or tissue resurfacing. The J-Plasma device utilizes a short plasma stream which nearly eliminates pass through involvement of underlying tissues, as can occur with laser devices, while still allowing for fast cutting and near elimination of eschar.
For surgeons, this tool can reduce the amount of time in surgery and allow procedures to be more effective, and since this technology minimizes damage to surrounding tissue, it means faster recovery time for patients as well. Early testing showed that using the J-Plasma tool meant less smoke, eschar and odor as well as tissue damage, but the real test is out in the field, in hospitals, clinics and operating rooms.
So far, more than a hundred different surgical procedures have been performed with the J-Plasma tool including, but not limited to, endometrial cystectomy, bowel resection, abdominoplasty, breast augmentation and myomectomy. Gynecology surgeons, general surgeons and plastic surgeons have used the tool in hospitals, clinics and even in the GI Lab, with everyone being extremely pleased with the results. Field testing with this revolutionary surgical instrument has been successful, with some experts in the medical field predicting that it will become the new standard of care in the coming months and years.
Performing surgeries faster, with less risk is the goal of every surgeon, and there is no doubt that the J-Plasma surgical tool does exactly that. Surgeons that have used the tool have commented on how much time it saved them on surgeries, some able to perform the same procedure 45 minutes faster with this tool. Surgeons also have lauded the tool for being safer and giving them the confidence to perform procedures that used to cause fear. It simply outperforms any other electrosurgical tool on the market and outstrips the previous technology many times over. There is documentation available on our website showing the benefits of J-Plasma versus electrosurgery.
