Patent Pending Cautery – NEW Safety-Enhanced Snap Design
The battery powered cauteries that Bovie Medical has manufactured for decades have been updated based on valued feedback from you, the customer. We had numerous requests to make it easier to recycle the alkaline batteries. Our original cautery was virtually impossible to open without a saw. We listened and we changed the design. The new, safety-enhanced, snap design back can be “snapped off” and the batteries can be removed and recycled. Request number one, answered!
The second request was to make it more difficult for an accidental activation to occur if the cautery disposal directions were not followed. The disposal directions are to break off the tip using a hemostat and replace the cover cap after use. If this is followed an accident can never happen. Unfortunately, people don’t always follow directions! The new, safety-enhanced, snap design cautery is designed with a recessed button. In the event the directions are not followed, (YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BREAK OFF THE TIP AND REPLACE THE COVER CAP) the chances of the button being inadvertently depressed are dramatically reduced. Request number two, answered!
We listened to the requests and we updated our time tested design…But everyone isn’t happy.
It turns out the recessed button interferes with some techniques currently empoyed. So we are listening again. If you are dissatisfied with our new design, then you can order the old design. Here is how; when placing the order add an “X” to the end of the catalog number. (Example: AA01 = AA01X or AA03 = AA03X) Bovie will send you the old style cautery.
Now, we at Bovie have one simple request:
Repeat after Us: “I WILL break off the tip and replace the cover cap before disposing of the cautery!”
