Current instrumentation with traditional electrosurgery can involve some risk due to trying to control the energy spread. Staying away from vital organs like the bladder, bowel and ureter is necessary to decrease the risk of damage to these vital organs. There is a need for a versatile surgical instrumentation with the approach of precise control for safe and effective treatment in laparoscopic surgeries.
Cold plasma instruments in laparoscopic surgical procedures is a safe and effective choice with highly reduced risk to vital organs and higher success for patients with chronic pain from diseases like endometriosis. Cold plasma devices are also effective and safer in other surgeries that previously needed the use of scalpels and stitches. Cold plasma techniques allow for closure without stitches and reduce risks of infection and also speed recovery times. This may not replace the need for scalpels. In fact, the J-Plasma cold plasma device by Bovie Medical Corporation can be used with a scalpel blade for cutting. The blade can be extended to allow for mechanical cutting, or retracted into the hand piece for blunt dissection.
The use of cold plasma instruments allows for extremely precise incisions that can produce coagulation, reduce thermal spread and allow for faster healing. It also reduces patient exposure to electrical charges.
An inert gas passes over the energized blade producing a short plasma beam. This beam stimulates the cells causing very limited destruction and aids in producing benefits for wound healing.
Cold plasma technology is exciting for more precise incisions, faster healing and reduced complications. It offers safe, controlled tissue layer removal. Removing diseased tissue layer by layer results in less inflammation, faster healing, less adhesions and better patient outcomes.
Bovie Medical Corporation has developed the new open laparoscopic J-Plasma tool with a retractable cutting blade for soft tissue coagulation and cutting. The gas is passed over the blade to energize and create a plasma stream, it is generated from Bovie's proprietary generator. The retraction of the blade creates multiple options during surgery in one instrument. This allows for cutting, coagulation or blunt dissection with reduced impact and damage on surrounding tissue and vital organs.
This innovative technology will change the way many procedures are completed. Its use can reduce healing times, offer patients more successful outcomes, reduce risk of infection and tissue damage, and reduce risk of damage to vital organs. By allowing the surgeon more control and more options with one instrument, surgical risks can be greatly decreased and the benefits greatly increased.
Bovie Medical Corporation is proud to be able to provide surgeons with this break-through cold plasma technology in the form of the J-Plasma device. For more information, visit our website or call us at 1-800-537-2790.
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