Bovie Medical Insights

Proper maintenance and attention of electrosurgical generators in medical or veterinary facilities is critical. The most important key to the maintenance program for your electrosurgery unit is to keep a regular schedule for the performance of maintenance tasks.  Three factors for providing proper care are: knowing what to do, when to do it and who has the responsibility for it. The person in charge of maintaining the units must be given time in their regular schedule to perform the tasks.

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Topics: Bovie Medical, Veterinary Electrosurgery, Bovie Medical Corporation, Electrosurgical Generators, Electrosurgical Safety Considerations

Electrosurgery makes use of high-frequency electrical current to cut, coagulate, desiccate, and fulgurate tissue and can be performed using either monopolar or bipolar-energy in conjunction with a specialized instrument. Each of these two modalities has specific advantages and understanding the difference between the two can help you understand the differences in how they’re used.

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Topics: Benefits of Electrosurgery in Surgery, Bovie Medical, Electrosurgery Misconceptions, Bovie, Bovie Medical Corporation, Electrosurgical Generators

After many decades as the top manufacturer of electrosurgical generators used in hospitals, doctors' offices and surgical clinics, Bovie® is now experiencing a wide acceptance among Doctors of Veterinary Medicine as well.  The company that bears the name of the man who invented the technology in the 1920s, Bovie Medical Corporation, has long been "the first name in electrosurgery," with more than eight decades of successful improvement of the ground-breaking development first brought into surgical operating room theaters in 1926 by Dr. William Bovie.  Now, with a line of electrosurgical generators designed specifically for use by veterinarians, the same benefits previously available only to human surgical patients can now also be offered by DVMs to their patients.

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Topics: Electrosurgical Generators, Bovie®, Vet-Advantage, Aaron 1250™-V, and 1250™-VS, Dr. William Bovie

For over 80 years, the Bovie name has stood for innovation and a commitment to improving the quality of medical technology and patient care.  Traditionally known as manufacturers of electrosurgical generators, devices and associated products, today, we’re calling attention to the considerable benefits and advantages of our J-PLASMA™ technology over traditional laser surgical procedures.

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Topics: J-Plasma vs. Laser, Bovie, Electrosurgical Generators

For those of you who aren’t aware of our quarterly promotions, we wanted to take this opportunity to share our current campaign: The Bovie 2012 Sleep Well Promotion

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Topics: aaron, Electrosurgical Generators, Second Quarter Promotion: The Bovie 2012 Sleep Wel

Electrosurgery devices and procedures are widely used in operating rooms across the globe. Even with this widespread use there are still myths associated with electrosurgery, its devices, and benefits.  The myths paint an incorrect and incomplete picture of the benefits of electrosurgery.

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Topics: Electrosurgical Generators, 5 Myths About Electrosurgery, Electorsurgical Fires